Announces new legislation to curb scalping and inflated secondary market pricing<\/p>\n
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey<\/strong> has announced new legislation designed to curb ticket scalping and eradicate price gouging in the secondary ticket market.<\/p>\n The \u201cGreat Divide Act<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 named after the latest album by ticket affordability proponent Noah Kahan<\/strong> \u2013 caps concert ticket resale prices at 110 per cent of a ticket\u2019s original face value.<\/p>\n It limits the fees on resale sites such as StubHub<\/strong> and SeatGeek<\/strong> to no more than 10 per cent of the total ticket price.<\/p>\n Speculative selling, whereby brokers offer tickets they don\u2019t possess, will also be prohibited.<\/p>\n The Act implements additional consumer protections measures, such as prohibiting the use of deceptive websites by ticket resellers and misleading consumers about the availability of tickets.<\/p>\n Healey\u2019s proposal will be included in her upcoming closeout supplemental budget.<\/p>\n It will need approval from the state\u2019s legislature to go into effect.<\/p>\n Healey\u2019s announcement follows the passing of some of the country\u2019s strictest anti-scalping ticketing legislation in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n Similar bills have been adopted in Vermont and Maine, while legislation is also pending in California and New York.<\/p>\n Governor Healey: \u201cFar too many Massachusetts residents have experienced the pain of being excited to buy tickets to see their favorite singer or sports team, only to realize that resale prices and fees have driven up the cost to outrageous levels. Or how about when you do purchase tickets from a reseller, only to get to the venue to realize the seller never actually transfers them to you? Enough is enough. We are taking action to lower ticket resale prices so Massachusetts fans can better afford to see their favorite performer or team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey proposes the Great Divide Act to cap concert ticket resale prices, limit platform fees, and ban speculative ticket selling.","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[518],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-policy-legal","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\n