What I am telling you isn’t speculation. It comes from 35 years of being a witness to shady practices of ticket resellers and being around Stubhub since day 1 of their existence.
Majority of busted orders the sellers don’t pay a fine or they disappear. There are enough consignment houses out there that a seller can start over instantly.
Spin it however you want it but he’s a term you use often which is scalper.
He also owns a resale site now that doesn’t bring anything back to rights holders. You left that part out.
I love your passion and in America we can have any opinion we want.
But you are rolling with a “scalper”
Wrong! Chiefs being out doesn’t strengthen anything at this point.
Chiefs are a national brand with a superstar QB and a Tight end that is the most recognizable football player currently on planet earth. Chiefs 10x better than Jaguars, Chargers or Patriots. Steelers better, Denver better, Bills better than Chiefs and the Texans a wild card.
Very disappointed by some of these takes about the #Saints going into the 2025 season. How can you judge a team based on something you haven’t seen? We have seen new coaching staffs inject new life into a team. To say that a player will look the same as last year when you know damn well the coaching last year was atrocious is lazy. Don’t know why everybody wants to make it to the club at 8:30p when the place start jumping at 11p. Let’s see what happens first.
I’ve seen a lot of practices in my 26 years covering the Saints, and today was one of the best that I can remember from strictly a competitive standpoint. Plays being made from both sides, at all levels, from all over the field. Good stuff.
Scalpers lose $ everyday on shows. I respect your hustle and your passion but please don’t keep your head in the sand on this. Yes, they occasionally make a huge lick with a Taylor Swift or an Oasis but those are the unicorns. The majority of shows are losers for ticket scalpers. Yes, you read that right. The majority of shows are losers. Scalpers hope the real big ones outweigh all the losers.
When scalpers buy up one of your artists you do understand that fans would never buy those tickets at the prices you set them at? Do you offer refunds to those scalpers? You should send them thank you notes. We saw this with Brand New. We are seeing this with Papa Roach. You can’t act like every tour is Taylor Or Oasis. You are being intellectually dishonest.
I am hearing and seeing lots of blame going around as to why the Essence Fest is empty. The reality of the situation is simple, the lineup. If they had Beyonce or Kendrick Lamar for one of the 3 nights they would have at least guaranteed one sellout. Bigger issue going around the city should be that there were/are 14 stadium acts touring America this year and only 2 had New Orleans dates. Chris Brown is coming in October and Billy Joel was coming until illness hit him. Coldplay, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, Oasis, Morgan Wallen, Beyonce, Blackpink, Shakira, Metallica, Chris Stapleton, The Weeknd, My Chemical Romance all bypassed Nola. Maybe we should be asking why?
@forcemm I respect your opinion, hustle, and enthusiasm for the side you are fighting for but you are being intellectually dishonest about the numbers. There are so few events that sell for the numbers you are using to promote your cause.
@forcemm Ok, but your number 1 point on that flyer to legislators is the 5/10x multiple. I don’t think that’s very genuine in 2025. We don’t live in 1987 anymore. Promoters and artists price tickets often times over market not 5/10x under.
Entire sections of Lower level endzone seats for sale on Ticketmaster resale for the @SugarBowlNola . Huge blocks of good seats on the Notre Dame and Georgia sides for sale.
Nearly 13k tickets currently available on @Ticketmaster resale for the @SugarBowlNola with many below cost. Hotels downtown have slashed prices for the last week. The Sugar Bowl is a much needed event for New Orleans but please take the economic impact stories you read about over the next week with a grain of salt. Georgia and Notre Dame fans are not traveling like many media members will tell you. The new CFP format has completely confused fans over which game they should attend.