Source: New York Post
A Live Nation employee admitted to turning a blind eye when brokers were buying up big blocks of tickets, saying “normally I’d look other way,” according to newly released court documents. The chat logs, which surfaced as part of a federal antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation, appeared to undermine Live Nation’s claim ahead of the trial that the company’s stance was that “artists should have the final say in how tickets reach their fans across all platforms in the live event ecosystem. ” In a series of Slack messages that took place in January 2022, Live Nation employee Ben Baker grumbled to Jeff Weinhold that an outside ticket broker had purchased all available wheelchair-accessible seats for an upcoming Kid Rock concert.
