Before Ticketmaster, you could go to or call the box office and reliably get tickets to shows in your own city. Now I have to buy them from scalpers in Canada.

Before Ticketmaster, you could go to or call the box office and reliably get tickets to shows in your own city. Now I have to buy them from scalpers in Canada. Ticketmaster artificially expanded the market and used its leverage to force venues into exclusive deals. It's got nothing to do with "market price". Edit: Also artists get a cut of the bar and to sell their merch. Also also, there is a massive range of costs of tickets already. It's really not a market price issue for tickets.