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Negotiated bill to ban speculative ticketing moves forward after venue and marketplace testimony
Summary
A narrow, stakeholder-negotiated concept (LC 137) to ban speculative ticketing for live events was presented to the Senate committee; proponents described frequent consumer harm and venues' "Maingate heartbreak," platforms said the ban matches marketplace policies and enforcement remedies would use Oregon's consumer-protection law (UTPA).
A narrowly drawn bill to ban "speculative" ticket sales for live events drew unified support from venue operators and conditional support from ticket marketplaces during a Senate interim hearing Tuesday.
Marnie Smith, owner and general manager of the Hayden Homes Amphitheatre in Bend, told lawmakers that speculative ticketing'selling a ticket a reseller does not have or cannot deliver'regularly leaves fans without valid admission and damages venues' reputations. "Speculative ticketing is…
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