Italian ticket touts facing fines of €180,000
If passed, a budget law amendment by culture minister Dario Franceschini would forbid resale by anyone but the event's promoter, with fines from €30,000 to €180,000
News By | 14 November 2016
The sale of tickets on the secondary market in Italy could soon be punishable by a fine of up to €180,000.
Following weeks of controversy around online ticket resale – which kicked off with complaints by consumer-protection groups over widespread touting of tickets for Coldplay’s shows in Milan next July and culminated with Italian pop stars Vasco Rossi and Tiziano Ferro severing ties with Live Nation Italy for alleged collusion with Viagogo – Italy’s culture minister, Dario Franceschini, on Friday tabled an amendment to the…
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