Category: ticket

Ticketmaster Halts Taylor Swift Ticket Sales in France, Cites Issue With Third-Party Provider

NEW YORK—The trouble between Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift’s“Eras” tour isn’t over—with the latest snafu impacting fans hoping to score tickets in France. On Tuesday, after some fans reported issues with accessing Ticketmaster’s site, sales for six of Ms. Swift’s upcoming shows in Paris and Lyon were abruptly postponed. An explanation wasn’t immediately clear, but in…


Live Nation Says Taylor Swift Fans Can’t Sue Over Ticket Debacle

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and subsidiary Ticketmaster LLC asked a U.S. judge on Friday to halt a proposed consumer class action over their sales of Taylor Swift concert tickets and instead force claims to be heard privately in arbitration. The companies are hoping to head off a lawsuit in Los Angeles, California, federal court accusing…


US Senate Panel to Hold Jan. 24 Hearing on Ticket Industry Issues

WASHINGTON—A U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing on Jan. 24 on the lack of competition in the ticketing industry after Ticketmaster’s problems managing the sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is titled “That’s The Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment.” The committee did not disclose the…


Winning Numbers for $1.35 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot Are Drawn

DES MOINES, Iowa—The numbers for an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot were drawn and now all hopeful players can do is wait until word of a possible winner. The numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61, and gold Mega Ball 14. It usually takes hours after the drawing for Mega…


There Is a Winner of the $1.35 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot

DES MOINES, Iowa—Someone matched all six numbers Friday and won an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions prize, overcoming steep odds that led to three months of drawings without a winner. The winning numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61, and gold Mega Ball 14. The front page of the Mega Millions…


Pregnant Texas Woman Receives Ticket After Claiming Her Unborn Child as Second Passenger

A pregnant woman from Texas was slapped with a traffic ticket for driving her car in a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane after officers dismissed her argument that her unborn child be counted as a second person. Brandy Bottone of Plano was 34 weeks into pregnancy on June 29 when she was driving her car to…


Kenney Relieves Justice Minister of Duties, Orders Investigation Into Police Call

EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has relieved Justice Minister Kaycee Madu of his duties after it came to light that Madu called Edmonton’s police chief about a traffic ticket. Kenney says while all parties agree Madu never asked Chief Dale McFee to cancel the ticket last March, there’s a bigger issue at play. “It’s essential the…


Report: LA Spending More On Traffic, Parking Enforcement Than Tickets Generate

LOS ANGELES—While parking fines used to provide Los Angeles with net income, the city spent $192 million more in the last five years for parking and traffic enforcement than it generated in fines from the tickets, it was reported Oct. 18. The city brought in $617 million in parking tickets since the 2017 fiscal year,…


Airlines Say Rise in COVID-19 Cases Is Hurting Ticket Sales

DALLAS—Several leading U.S. airlines warned Thursday that the rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant is hurting their bookings and further delaying the travel industry’s recovery. The summer got off to a strong start, with many planes full of vacationers eager to break out after being stuck at home for more than a…


Italy Police Stop Man Suspected of Snatching Winning Ticket

ROME—Border police at Rome’s main airport on Sunday prevented a Naples tobacco shop owner suspected of running off with a customer’s winning game ticket from boarding a flight to the Canary Islands, Italian news reports said. The man didn’t have the filched card worth 500,000 euros ($580,000) on himself, but he did have a plane…