‘We’re close to a genuine transformation’: Get Me In!/Seatwave shutdown reactions
The industry reacts to today's news that Ticketmaster is closing its European secondary sites
News By IQ | 13 August 2018
Anti-touting campaign group FanFair Alliance “warmly welcomes” Ticketmaster’s decision to close its European ticket resale sites, a spokesperson has said, as the latest step towards effecting a “genuine transformation of the secondary market” in the UK and beyond.
IQ revealed this morning that as of today (13 August), no new events may be listed on either Get Me In! or Seatwave, with both sites beginning a phased closure from October. The sites will be replaced by a new platform integrated into the main Ticketmaster site which caps the resale price at that paid by the original buyer.
https://www.iqmagazine.com/2018/08/ticketmaster-shuts-european-resale-sites-gmi-seatwave/#.W3FOqdgzpLx
“We are now much closer to a genuine transformation of the secondary market”
“After a long campaign to change the UK…
