TICKETMASTER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
STATE OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE WEBSITE HAS VIOLATED CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS OR ANTI-TRUST LAWS…
[L3: TAYLOR SWIFT PRESALE EVENT FLOODS SITE]
AFTER A TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT PRE-SALE EVENT CRASHED AMID CHAOS.
ON TUESDAY…ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST SUPERSTARS OPENED UP TICKET SALES FOR A TOUR FANS HAVE WAITED FIVE YEARS FOR.
BUT WITH DEMAND IN THE THOUSANDS…THE TICKETMASTER WEBSITE COULDN’T KEEP UP WITH THE ‘UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND.’
THE SITE CRASHED.
FANS WHO WAITED HOURS IN A QUEUE WERE BUMPED OUT IN GLITCHES.
ULTIMATELY LEAVING THOUSANDS OF FANS EMPTY-HANDED AND OUTRAGED.
THE DEBACLE IS RAISING THE EYEBROWS OF SENATORS AND ATTORNEY GENERALS.
QUESTIONING WHETHER TICKEMASTER FAILED TO PROVIDE WHAT THEY PROMISED CUSTOMERS.
AND WHETHER THE COMPANY HAS TOO MUCH CONTROL.
IT’S PARENT COMPANY LIVENATION REPORTEDLY OWNING 70 PERCENT OF THE MARKET SPACE FOR TICKET SALES.
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS HAVE SUGGESTED THE MERGER BETWEEN TICKETMASTER AND LIVENATION…COULD BE TOO BIG…AND LIMIT COMPETITION.
BREAKING ANTI-TRUST LAWS.
THAT MERGER TOOK PLACE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO.
AND WAS EVEN APPROVED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THE TSUNAMI OF SWIFTIES…
HAS CRASHED DOWN ON TICKETMASTER.
THE SITE NOW LEFT WITH MANY QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.