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You will not. Ticketmaster has exclusivity contracts with venues. You cannot bypass them unless the venue and ticketmaster want you to. The very nature of th

You will not. Ticketmaster has exclusivity contracts with venues. You cannot bypass them unless the venue and ticketmaster want you to. The very nature of the exclusivity contract prevents your startup idea. Unless they are also scalpers in good graces with ticketmaster, there's no tickets for them in the first place.

soared 8y ago
Cities had exclusivity contracts (medallions) with cab companies.
- ascagnel_ 8y ago
  Ticketmaster has exclusivity on the infrastructure (venues) -- a rival service would need to create their own network of venues.
  - ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
    That's part of the issue but the bigger than venues, was the merger between LiveNation and Ticketmaster, that congress decided to approve. LiveNation is the promoter of every major artist and tour. When that merger happened Ticketmaster gained the ability to basically block any Arena Size artist of going on tour if they weren't using Ticketmaster.
benbristow 8y ago
In the UK TicketMaster own many venues. They even own the companies that run the concerts too. For example in Scotland the main company that runs all the 'big' events is DF Concerts & Events who are owned by LiveNation who themselves are partially owned by TicketMaster. They also host festivals like 'T(ennents) in The Park' and 'TRNSMT' and own their own venues like 'King Tuts Wah Wah Hut'. LiveNation also own many venues around the country. Basically you're stuck with them. I find it's relatively easy to get tickets though. Presales (through Spotify, DF concerts themselves ('gigsinscotland.com' and Spanish/Telefonica owned telecom company O2) or just being fast on the website is normally good enough. There are other companies in the UK that run ticketing sales too. SeeTickets is quite big and the Ticketmaster owned TicketWeb. Both give better chances of getting tickets.

soared 8y ago

Cities had exclusivity contracts (medallions) with cab companies.

ascagnel_ 8y ago
Ticketmaster has exclusivity on the infrastructure (venues) -- a rival service would need to create their own network of venues.
- ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
  That's part of the issue but the bigger than venues, was the merger between LiveNation and Ticketmaster, that congress decided to approve. LiveNation is the promoter of every major artist and tour. When that merger happened Ticketmaster gained the ability to basically block any Arena Size artist of going on tour if they weren't using Ticketmaster.

benbristow 8y ago

In the UK TicketMaster own many venues. They even own the companies that run the concerts too. For example in Scotland the main company that runs all the 'big' events is DF Concerts & Events who are owned by LiveNation who themselves are partially owned by TicketMaster. They also host festivals like 'T(ennents) in The Park' and 'TRNSMT' and own their own venues like 'King Tuts Wah Wah Hut'. LiveNation also own many venues around the country. Basically you're stuck with them. I find it's relatively easy to get tickets though. Presales (through Spotify, DF concerts themselves ('gigsinscotland.com' and Spanish/Telefonica owned telecom company O2) or just being fast on the website is normally good enough. There are other companies in the UK that run ticketing sales too. SeeTickets is quite big and the Ticketmaster owned TicketWeb. Both give better chances of getting tickets.