Local Promoters Concerned At Ticketing Trends
Local Promoters Concerned At Ticketing Trends
Tuesday May 16,
2017
NZPA
(formerly NEOA) representing promoters in New Zealand are
dismayed that the Wellington Regional Economic Development
Agency (WREDA) have chosen Ticketmaster as exclusive
ticketer to Venues Wellington, and without any consultation
with the promoters as owners of the events held in their
venues. The stadium in Wellington remains with Ticketek.
As two ticketing companies will be operating in
Wellington, NZPA would like to have the choice to select one
of those companies on a per show basis, as their preferred
ticketer for any venue.
NZPA would like the
ticket buying public to understand:
· That
this exclusive contract takes away the right of the promoter
to seek better pricing from a competitive ticket provider
for the public
· That Ticketmaster is actively
involved in the resale market in NZ.
Promoters have concerns that the exclusive ticketing arrangement entered into with Venues Wellington will seriously impact the ticket purchaser with increasing ticketing costs, which the promoter has no control over.
This includes the potential for all tickets to events at Venues Wellington venues to be targeted for resale through the Ticketmaster Resale site and others, to further confuse, inconvenience and take advantage of the public who purchase tickets to events at any of these venues.
The ticket resale
market in New Zealand and worldwide is already under
investigation because of the public outcry.
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