If you’ve ever stared at a concert ticket checkout screen wondering why a $60 ticket suddenly costs $147, you’re not alone, and now we may know why.
Newly unsealed court documents have revealed internal Slack messages from two Live Nation ticketing directors openly joking about price-gouging fans. The messages surfaced during the company’s ongoing antitrust battle with the U.S. Department of Justice and multiple state attorneys general.
In the leaked conversation, regional ticketing directors Ben Baker and Jeff Weinhold discussed the eye-watering fees attached to concerts.
“These people are so stupid,” Baker wrote in…
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