Ticketmaster to pay $4m to settle Canada lawsuit

The legal action, brought by Canada's Competition Bureau, concerned the drip pricing of tickets by Ticketmaster Canada and its sister websites

News By IQ | 28 June 2019

Matthew Boswell, Canada's commissioner of competition

Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a C$4 million (US$3.1m) fine to settle an investigation by the Canadian Competition Bureau into alleged deceptive pricing online. Three Ticketmaster companies, Ticketmaster LLC, TNow Entertainment Group Inc.

and Ticketmaster Canada LP, will additionally pay $500,000 (US$382,200) to settle costs incurred by the bureau during its investigation, according to the competition regulator.

The Competition Bureau brought legal action against Ticketmaster Canada in January 2018, after an investigation found Ticketmaster’s advertised prices are deceptive because…

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