Canada’s Evenko sued over print-at-home fees

The dispute over charging for the delivery of digital and box office-pickup tickets has crossed the Atlantic, with promoter Evenko facing a class action in Quebec

The Palais de Justice in Montreal is home to Quebec superior court © Jean Gagnon

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Quebec-based national promoter Evenko, in the latest legal controversy around charging ‘delivery’ fees on digital tickets.

The suit – filed in the superior court in Montreal last Thursday by Jeffrey Orenstein of Consumer Law Group (CLG), against Evenko parent company L’aréna des Canadiens Inc. – disputes four charges levied by Evenko: the ‘Electronic Ticket’, ‘Will Call – Box Office pickup’, ‘Mobile Ticket’ and ‘Ticketless’ fees, which it describes as “disproportionate, exploitative and abusive”.

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