Kenny, Ticketmaster had a massive data breach back in May. Over 560 million customers credit card, email, addresses, phone and other personal information compromised. I’d say with NASCAR this is terrible timing.
I'm in South Carolina currently. Boy have we got an uphill battle in front of us. Trees down everywhere, no power, excessive flooding, ect... We could use a few prayers here in the southeast. God bless you all and may the good Lord be with us
Hi Kenny, I just listened to you for the 1st time about a week ago, lve subscribed, You are special and your able to showcase others in a special way, Thank you! You asked for comments regarding Ticketmaster. I understand what your saying about being confused because football and baseball trust Ticketmaster, they aren't stupid. Has nothing to do with being stupid. This is long, but I promise, it needs to be. My 30 year relationship with TM. I'll try and keep this under a 10 min read, but TM goes back decades. It's not all their fault they got out of control, but they have been and will continue to take more advantage of their position. My TM evolution. Ticketmaster has been the go to for Concert Events as long as I can remember, i don't know when they added sports, but I'm pretty sure music was first, if it wasn't I apologize, but I know music is how this whole thing got out of hand. I've been to over 250 music concerts since I was 13 yrs old, I'm 49 now. In 1992 bought tickets to see Def Leppard at Arco Arena Sacramento, CA, 2 tickets ,show was GA, standing room only. I called Ticketmaster ordered 2 tickets $20-40 each, TM fee per ticket $5-6 per,There was 1 ticket price per ticket on the ticket, it's called face value, if you want to stand, pick a spot on the floor or take a break in the stands find an empty seat. Same price. A year or so later, .... Van Halen same venue and GA, Tix price was around same as Def Leppard, now the total w fees was more than double the ticket price., TM fee higher plus tax. We learned we could buy Tix directly from venue, avoid TM fee, Then all these lil TM box offices started popping up, we could go there, wait in line and get the paper ticket in hand, that was awesome! Not have to wait for mail. Ect , I remember for several years, we added $36 to ticket price TM fee, $45 if we estimated with tax. Me and my bf and friends would figure it out, save $20-50 for Tix, carpool, split gas, parking, bring sandwiches to eat in parking lot before we went in, some venues allowed in and out. Tshirts were $10-20, there was a group of us, we took turns buying the shirt, we shared it. The whole process was fun and we created so many memories. If a concert was seated, there would be a couple price tiers, floor was $50, mezzanine level off floor $10-20 more, all way to nose bleeds $10-15. Ticket prices got a little higher, through the years, a few dollars. Unless it was a festival, all day a dozen bands could be less than $75, I went to the George Straight Country music fest several years in a row, it was $40-60. I was in first 10 rows, all big names all day. I thought TM fees were a lil high, but that's were you go to buy tickets and I always got tickets, they knew what they were doing. This changed everything for me. Eagles the band was $80ish, my friend bought from a ticket broker, we were pretty far from stage, but it was sold out, I didn't buy tickets, i have $80 for this was terrible. I was confused, ticket broker? My friend explained how she got tickets. It's a ticket scalper, but they have a brick and morter and they charge ticket face value plus "convenience fee,"they buy the tickets from TM. Texas has moved some things around and made it legal to scalp tickets and I was very annoyed! There was several of these "brokers", For anyone doesn't know, scalping tickets is reselling tickets without a license. I was very offended and wanted to learn as much about this as I could, I became a nuisance during onsales, because the Scalpers would show up 5 min before onsales and I've been waiting all night. If there's more than 10 ppl in line, they do a lottery , give me a number and rearrange the line. I was first, now I'm 7th and mad as hell! I caused such a fuss, the broker offered me a job and free tickets, front row to whatever shows I wanted if I'd stop. I was against them, but I can't save the world, that solved my problem with them. I did marketing, handed out flyers and cards and took ticket orders for free ticket to every show i wanted to see. I did this for over 10 years. II learned how it worked, a customer came in, Boss asked me to help him, handed me 2 tickets. Guy gave me $600.00, I read the ticket said $24.50. I asked the owner why so much, he said, it's fair for what they provide, that person calls him before tickets even go on sale. he's got a list of ppl that want a particular seat. All they have to do is come get Tix the day of the show, the next person paid $1000, their ticket had same price, difference about 5 rows. TM was getting f+cked by Texas, and a few others decided to make up their of own rules. TM gets the fee and as they expanded, they needed more fees. TM has to abide by the price on ticket and none of that goes to them, they know these brokers are getting very rich, buying their Tix for $20 and selling for 10x more and charging whatever they want for convenience fee. TM found a way to get some, this was wrong and I'm guessing they probably tried to do something about it, but I don't see this being a priority at any level. So they figured out a way to get some, they gave"resellers aka ticket brokers" a place to scalp tickets online. They can use their site, and they have added resellers to the buying page. When you look at the ticket buying map, the dots in red are resellers tickets. They used to be particular about 10 Tix per person and companies could buy group tickets. TM started doing these presales, it's supposed to be for fans, requires a code for early ticket buying before on sale. Not for resellers. TM has made it ridiculous to get the code for presale, but when tickets go on sale, all the "orchestra" tickets are gone and resellers in the Taylor Swift situation have priced tickets at $10,000.00 I'm wrapping it up ...... I'll fast forward to 2023. I wanted to see Pink last year, got online 2-3 days after onsales, I'm not exaggerating, they sectioned the floor seats, $5000+ closest to stage(orchestra) 4 sections. The 4 sections behind that $1800-2500 each, the nose bleeds $3-500. I'll explain, I could buy the ticket from the TM site and it's a legit ticket, but I'm not buying it from TM anymore, I'm buying it from a reseller. Theres a 10 ticket max when buying and all these ticket resellers(Scalpers) have a ton of people who they employ and there's some shady shit with presale codes,each buys 10 tickets, they buy as many as they can at face value and then go to TM reseller page and sell them putting any amount they want on the tickets and TM charges them a fee to do this, I'm not sure if fee is based on amount or a set fee. This is legal ticket scalping, which is supposed to be illegal(gambling) and extremely un-american and making it impossible to go to events at arenas, sporting events are affected at their championship, like super bown, final four. All music concerts are screwing their fans. Something has changed this year from last year, I don't see the insane reseller amounts, but nothing under $1000. TM puts "standard ticket price" in the box on their site, this should be face value. 1st 10 rows $450-500+, goes down about every 5-10 rows going back. All the way up to nose bleeds. TM says artist sets the price, how in the hell does the artist say row 10 is $495, row 11 is $350. And so on. TM also claims they only get $6 of the fees, they have to share with Live Nation since they merged. The baseball strike 100 yrs ago, sucked the spirit out of the american game, it came back, but it's tainted, never be the same. When buying your tickets, it offers ways to finance your tickets through TM, 3 mo no interest, what normal American can pay off $1000 + in 3 months? What happened to baseball is what's happening to Live music, my bf bought me a new convertible 2ss Camaro, it has fantastic sound system, 500hp, I'm never going to pay $1000 for an event, I can go on a cruise. I miss going to every show i would like to go, I drive my car. Young people have accepted this is what entertainment costs, charge it, make payments forever. TM started this thing called Official Platinum, that ticket is supposed to be the face value price, but it tells you on their site to keep checking for more OP seats becoming available. I did that a couple years ago, saw there were some around $100, went back a little later to purchase and they were over $300. I've seen 2 shows this summer, Luke Bryan in Orange Beach, Small amphitheater, $175 each, floor section behind orchestra, after fees, almost $500. Live/Stone Temple Pilots bought 7 months early, $180 each GA in front of stage. Dailys Place, Jacksonville, FL 6 hr drive. Closer venues $230+ same ticket. Total after fees over $500. My other 3 on list, Staind, Creed, Pink. Ive never seen Pink she added an Orlando show, 5 hrs drive. floor orchestra around $500. Ticket prices go down about every 4-5 rows as you go back. $350+, $200+, I found 2 marked partially obstructed view because of a pole, but we will be able to see around it, about 20 rows back. $230 each, after fees over $600. Your right Kenny paper tickets are a thing in the past, in the past the paper ticket showed ticket price and fee paid, they would tell you don't lose it, it's also your receipt. Now we have no way of knowing what the actual price is There's a ton of lies and TM is just trying to keep up with getting totally screwed. I don't buy sports tickets, so I don't know exactly what's going on there, I do know people were paying $10k for super bowl tickets and face value was a couple hundred dollars.
Ticket prices for the MIS NASCAR Cup races went from about $27 in 1975 to over $100 in the mid 90s. They dropped some after that. The last MIS NASCAR Cup race I attended was in 2006 and the ticket prices has dropped to about $85. And that was before Ticketmaster.
I can no longer afford tickets to a NASCAR race anymore anyway. It doesn't affect me who the tickets are sold through. Everything is so expensive now days. I can just about afford to eat and get my medication and rent paid. Times sure have changed. Have a great day Kenny!
Why Kenny doesn't care about ticket prices is he doesn't have to pay for them he just told us hes sponsors pay for hes tickets !!!! So if someone else paid for my tickets i wouldn't give a shit either !!!! So wiggle out of that one Kenny !!
Kenny, Nascar doesn't hate their fans. But they do love money more than they love their fans. Ticketmaster is paying Nascar $millions to be the sole source of race tickets. That means fans will pay a lot more.
A ticket to the southern 500 was $110 in the year 2000. It’s still basically the same price. NASCAR has been very fair with their ticket price increases over the past 20 years
Ticketmaster has so many fees built in that MLB, NFL, and NASCAR can outsource ticket sales and make as much if not more on each ticket. All these leagues can eliminate anyone working in-house on ticket sales saving money. Ticketmaster takes in enough fees to make a mint and the leagues and venues profit more on each ticket sold. A local Civic Center switched because the venue received full face value per ticket through Ticketmaster. That can only happen if the fees are built into the final price to pay Ticketmaster.
I Like a Nice Looking Ticket to Keep as a Souvenir, I was in Tampa for work and ordered Tickets to see NY Yankees vs Tampa Rays, they tried to send me a bar code and I said NO, I want the Hard Ticket, he groaned and said they would be at Will Call... A beautiful Ticket with gold trim and a pic of Jeter and Longoria facing each other...awesome..
Daytona Beach servived. No major damage. Very little rain. And maybe we had 45 to 50 mph gusts. Just a cake walk in the park. Good luck He Stay dry. Inside.......✌️
From my understanding it isnt that they are bad, its that they have a monopoly on the ticket sale industry. Thats why they have an antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ, i dont think they are actually bad but they definitely dont give fair prices all the time.
No your not complaining about $8 but when it adds $100 to a $100 ticket thats the problem. BTW they arnt getting away with being something awesome that we are all just ignoring. They did a very good job of driving/ buying the comp out. They are in the middle of a fed investigation and you seem to just ignore and brees over it like its not factual or a big deal or the reasons why. But its gotta be great because all these leagues use them right? had it accured to you thats because they get a hire cut then if they where handling it and they dont have the head ache. We as the customer and fan just pay for it. Why make the sport less accessible? I dont buy from ticket master and sounds like it will be my last NASCAR race.
And it used to be Kenny... That there was competition against Ticketmaster and there was lots of scalpers you could buy tickets off of I bought them for Daytona at several times and at the last minute and they didn't even rob me buying them off of scalpers 20 years ago and 15 years ago😊
I don’t realize how iconic you had that push at Talladega means to the Houston NASCAR 18 the first and what eight laps come on Kenny give yourself a pat on the back
Mr Kenny, ticketmaster, it's an easy way for many venues to sell the tickets. Supposedly they're well organized and they will deliver the money for the sales of the seats. I understand they have to make a profit. But here goes to problem. Every year the Daytona 500 is sold early. Why? because ticketmaster buys the seats and then resells them at a really high price. They say that the Daytona 500 tickets are all sold, but you can go online and find that they're not really sold. they were bought by a company that has to resell them. And you can find them at an outrageous price. If nobody bought them the race, we're gonna have a lot of empty seats.
@@kyleolson279 Kenny is a lot like my grandparents and my parents. We didn’t have a lot so part of their entertainment was “picking” on us (kids) or “making fun” of us (kids). They would say things to us just to see how we would respond. A way of having fun and passing the time. If you ever had your grandpa take you “snipe” hunting then you can start to understand Kenny. I’d love to drink 🍺 a beer with him and pick his brain a little. Kenny is lots of fun! That’s why I hang out here.
It's kinda like temp agencies. All the responsibilities fall on the agency and no the company. It just takes the headaches away from NASCAR! When Tickmaster first came out over 20+ years ago, I knew it was gonna be a problem! As far as Bristol is concerned, it's like I said before. It's POV! Driver, team, owners POV vs fan POV! Now who's more important?
All fans of every sport is taken advantage of for their love of the sport. Most the middle class pays a lot to got see multi-millionaires do something most do for fun. Prices could be cheaper if the athletes and owners didn’t need so much expensive things. That’s just how it works! It’s the same for Atlantis.. they know you’re paying big money to stay so of course you’ll pay 8 bucks for a coke.
Kenny, why doesn’t Nascar have an email address on their website for the fans to communicate with them. Imagine, NASCAR will beat it into the drivers the fans are everything, except when a fan wants to communicate with Them/Nascar.
I think Kenny gets a kick out of liking everything people hate 😂 This ticketmaster thing will definitely make people not buy a ticket and not go to the race. It might not be very noticeable tho so they won't care. I can't afford tickets anyways so who cares what I say
Of course they’re defending NASFARCE. Steve O’Donnell basically has the same talk with anyone who has issues with how things are done. “If you don’t like it, see Phelps for an Applebee’s application. World needs plenty of bartenders.”
Since nascar is not processing the ticket and ticketmaster will be, will the base nascar ticket fee be reduced then ticketmaster add their fees on top for processing?
They get away with it because to stop them would be a VERY politcal move. Itll come, but the only thing stopping ticketmasger from charging crazy fees is us not buying, and dam do we consumers suck at not buying into the shit we love as much as we may ruin it for that
I’m having my coffee too! Slept in late after fishing on the Mississippi River all day yesterday. Talladega always had a sweet lady that ran the ticket office. I talked with her every time I ordered tickets. Probably because I would get my tickets way ahead of time. Modern tech has changed that. Ticket Master is the new normal! Ticket master has always charged fees for concerts, games or anything else. Some People, today, just want something to fuss about!
Yeah the fee used to be fixed and about $2.50. Now it's a percentage and ends up being 40% or more of the price. Then you add on the scam they have going on with the resell market and charging fees on the buyer and seller. By the time it's said and done they probably make 100-150% profit on top of the ticket cost which is already sky high. Imagine making 100% above product cost and you virtually produce nothing for that.
@@BurnNotice2023That’s true! NASCAR could have their own website and stop this. But you know NASCAR is making more money as a result of this. “Ticket Master” is kicking back NASCAR and it benefits both parties. It’s not right but I’m not going to boycott NASCAR for doing it. There are reasons to go to war and this issue is not on my list of reasons. Respectfully to everyone.
The NFL and the MLB love ticket master because they sell the tickets for them and they don't have to sell any. Now NASCAR wants in on that to to sell more tickets and they and it is out of their hands. It makes it easier for them to handle it all. If the NFL and MLB and NASCAR would just pay the fee in the price of the tickets nobody would say a thing. Mikie's right too
boy louie was excited and wound up, but its the nature of chiuawas, haven't been following ticket master but they seem to put many hands in the pot and its the only source of tickets often, especcially when you buy a certified resale ticket they are scalping like no tomorrow charging 75 for a 40 doller ticket, and its not even for a good seat, sometimes its easier to get there early and go day of if possible and save on all the transaction fees, thats if its possible sometimes I like to wait to the last minute and miss out but I often dont know if I can make the event so I will wait to see if the weather holds out so I am not out the money for the tickets like if I go to a race, whick even at eldora it dont take long to get in, now irp for the carb night was another story took a half hour or more to get in cuz they were not running all the ticket windows and missed all the silvercrown qualifying, but was still a fun race, got to go by the brickyard while the indycars were running and heard what they actually sounded like in person and sound more like a tie fighter then the buzz you hear on tv watching them, took a wrong turn trying to get to irp last year and went by the state fair where the Hoosier hundred used to be and should have been kept but the fairboard felt horse racing was more important and limestoned it so they can run the horses in all weather vs mud when it rains still they could have saved the inner half mile for racing, but its a good deal of a night to watch racing at carb night you got the starter classes of indycar the 2000's and pro 2000's you got pavement midgets for 35 laps on the 5/8ths and you got the big silver crown cars racing a 100 mile race 146 laps at irp, for a pavement version of the Hoosier hundred which used to be for dirt racing the indy 500 level event, when the champ car circut ran both dirt and pavement for decades till 71 when they split the division so teams didn't have to field both dirt cars and pavement, they also ran the pikes peak hill climb as part of the champ car circuit, and you had places like langhorn and Nazareth, the indy state fair and the ones in Illinois as well as a few out west on fair grounds, back in the hey day usac also sanctioned lots of indoor areana racing with the allen country war memorial colosium here in fort wayne being the last event sanctioned by tripple a before they disbanded and usac being founded the week later and having its first event a week later there, most dont know that though most even pavement fans dont care, but point is if I take a day off to go to an event I cant get the next one off from work if it gets rained out or something, and I would be out the money so I usually do it day of.
Aww poor Louis. No comment on an explanation as to why Anything and Everything is the price it is today. Just beating a dead rabbit in the Ass trying to explain anything these days Try to stay dry Louis ❤❤
Hi Kenny, send me a autographed baseball card. Do you have one of the most iconic pushes for Earnhardt Talladega? I just like to have that thanks I’ll pay the shipping and handling.
Kenny Kenny Kenny. Too complicated for you. Stick to racing and car stuff. Just kidding. I don’t watch you talk about serious stuff………..just because. 😉
The new car or I guess not so new now . And I guess I'm the old time drag racer but here's my theory on the car 16 inch wheels in bigger sidewalls the sidewalls need more Flex than them. The 18 inch tires and wheels is sort of like a rubber band around a wheel and so in this car start skidding it's like it's on roller skates there's no give. That's my theory
Kenny I highly encourage you to take a look at the monopoly that ticketmaster has on live events. Fans are upset because they're forced to go through a evil cooperate conglomerate that has intentionally snuffed all of the small guys out. They've chokeheld the music industry for years and destroyed the potential for small bands and venues to evnlen have a prayer of competing. Why would you want that involved in NASCAR?
NBC Sports App...I get what their doing, but Millions of Nascar Fans have cut the cord on cable, This makes it Harder to follow Nascar, Especially when competing with Football this time of year... More Exposure, not Forced Compliance, I pay $74.99 for UA-cam TV Only for the Racing, F1 is on 4 days during a race week, but that doesn't count to get the NBC App. I pause UA-cam Tv during the off season and don't have to pay... Sorry Off Topic but Hey wtf..lol
If you're not getting a cut or eliminating jobs or found away to increase your bottom line you wouldn'tuse ticketmaster. You know yet you pay. I don't and haven't been to any event sporting or otherwise involving them. Last nascar race new hampshire 2016, last concert at Nassau coliseum 2017. If you want to pay for tickets and invite me I guess, ok. But stop complaining it's your money given voluntarily.
They are racketeeringup pricing on all tickets 🎟 after the Taylor swift deal, but she is a none credited person now, she will love to see cars and trucks go away after that other girl gets in office, lol thanks BigAl California
Ticketmaster is a monopoly Kenny. They are price gouging
Yiu have a choice not to use them also
Kenny, the reason is plain and simple. Greed.
Ticketmaster is the worst , total crooks !!!
Kenny, Ticketmaster had a massive data breach back in May. Over 560 million customers credit card, email, addresses, phone and other personal information compromised. I’d say with NASCAR this is terrible timing.
I'm in South Carolina currently. Boy have we got an uphill battle in front of us. Trees down everywhere, no power, excessive flooding, ect... We could use a few prayers here in the southeast. God bless you all and may the good Lord be with us
Hi Kenny,
I just listened to you for the 1st time about a week ago, lve subscribed, You are special and your able to showcase others in a special way, Thank you!
You asked for comments regarding Ticketmaster.
I understand what your saying about being confused because football and baseball trust Ticketmaster, they aren't stupid.
Has nothing to do with being stupid.
This is long, but I promise, it needs to be.
My 30 year relationship with TM. I'll try and keep this under a 10 min read, but TM goes back decades.
It's not all their fault they got out of control, but they have been and will continue to take more advantage of their position.
My TM evolution.
Ticketmaster has been the go to for Concert Events as long as I can remember, i don't know when they added sports, but I'm pretty sure music was first, if it wasn't I apologize, but I know music is how this whole thing got out of hand.
I've been to over 250 music concerts since I was 13 yrs old, I'm 49 now.
In 1992 bought tickets to see Def Leppard at Arco Arena Sacramento, CA, 2 tickets ,show was GA, standing room only. I called Ticketmaster ordered 2 tickets $20-40 each, TM fee per ticket $5-6 per,There was 1 ticket price per ticket on the ticket, it's called face value, if you want to stand, pick a spot on the floor or take a break in the stands find an empty seat. Same price.
A year or so later, ....
Van Halen same venue and GA, Tix price was around same as Def Leppard, now the total w fees was more than double the ticket price., TM fee higher plus tax.
We learned we could buy Tix directly from venue, avoid TM fee,
Then all these lil TM box offices started popping up, we could go there, wait in line and get the paper ticket in hand, that was awesome! Not have to wait for mail. Ect
, I remember for several years, we added $36 to ticket price TM fee, $45 if we estimated with tax.
Me and my bf and friends would figure it out, save $20-50 for Tix, carpool, split gas, parking, bring sandwiches to eat in parking lot before we went in, some venues allowed in and out.
Tshirts were $10-20, there was a group of us, we took turns buying the shirt, we shared it.
The whole process was fun and we created so many memories.
If a concert was seated, there would be a couple price tiers, floor was $50, mezzanine level off floor $10-20 more, all way to nose bleeds $10-15.
Ticket prices got a little higher, through the years, a few dollars. Unless it was a festival, all day a dozen bands could be less than $75, I went to the George Straight Country music fest several years in a row, it was $40-60. I was in first 10 rows, all big names all day.
I thought TM fees were a lil high, but that's were you go to buy tickets and I always got tickets, they knew what they were doing.
This changed everything for me.
Eagles the band was $80ish, my friend bought from a ticket broker, we were pretty far from stage, but it was sold out, I didn't buy tickets, i have $80 for this was terrible.
I was confused, ticket broker?
My friend explained how she got tickets.
It's a ticket scalper, but they have a brick and morter and they charge ticket face value plus "convenience fee,"they buy the tickets from TM.
Texas has moved some things around and made it legal to scalp tickets and I was very annoyed!
There was several of these "brokers",
For anyone doesn't know, scalping tickets is reselling tickets without a license.
I was very offended and wanted to learn as much about this as I could, I became a nuisance during onsales, because the Scalpers would show up 5 min before onsales and I've been waiting all night. If there's more than 10 ppl in line, they do a lottery , give me a number and rearrange the line.
I was first, now I'm 7th and mad as hell!
I caused such a fuss, the broker offered me a job and free tickets, front row to whatever shows I wanted if I'd stop.
I was against them, but I can't save the world, that solved my problem with them.
I did marketing, handed out flyers and cards and took ticket orders for free ticket to every show i wanted to see.
I did this for over 10 years.
II learned how it worked, a customer came in, Boss asked me to help him, handed me 2 tickets. Guy gave me $600.00, I read the ticket said $24.50.
I asked the owner why so much, he said, it's fair for what they provide, that person calls him before tickets even go on sale.
he's got a list of ppl that want a particular seat.
All they have to do is come get Tix the day of the show, the next person paid $1000, their ticket had same price, difference about 5 rows.
TM was getting f+cked by Texas, and a few others decided to make up their of own rules.
TM gets the fee and as they expanded, they needed more fees.
TM has to abide by the price on ticket and none of that goes to them, they know these brokers are getting very rich, buying their Tix for $20 and selling for 10x more and charging whatever they want for convenience fee.
TM found a way to get some, this was wrong and I'm guessing they probably tried to do something about it, but I don't see this being a priority at any level.
So they figured out a way to get some, they gave"resellers aka ticket brokers" a place to scalp tickets online.
They can use their site, and they have added resellers to the buying page.
When you look at the ticket buying map, the dots in red are resellers tickets.
They used to be particular about 10 Tix per person and companies could buy group tickets.
TM started doing these presales, it's supposed to be for fans, requires a code for early ticket buying before on sale.
Not for resellers.
TM has made it ridiculous to get the code for presale, but when tickets go on sale, all the "orchestra" tickets are gone and resellers in the Taylor Swift situation have priced tickets at $10,000.00
I'm wrapping it up ......
I'll fast forward to 2023.
I wanted to see Pink last year, got online 2-3 days after onsales, I'm not exaggerating, they sectioned the floor seats, $5000+ closest to stage(orchestra) 4 sections. The 4 sections behind that $1800-2500 each, the nose bleeds $3-500.
I'll explain, I could buy the ticket from the TM site and it's a legit ticket, but I'm not buying it from TM anymore, I'm buying it from a reseller. Theres a 10 ticket max when buying and all these ticket resellers(Scalpers) have a ton of people who they employ and there's some shady shit with presale codes,each buys 10 tickets, they buy as many as they can at face value and then go to TM reseller page and sell them putting any amount they want on the tickets and TM charges them a fee to do this, I'm not sure if fee is based on amount or a set fee.
This is legal ticket scalping, which is supposed to be illegal(gambling) and extremely un-american and making it impossible to go to events at arenas, sporting events are affected at their championship, like super bown, final four.
All music concerts are screwing their fans.
Something has changed this year from last year, I don't see the insane reseller amounts, but nothing under $1000.
TM puts "standard ticket price" in the box on their site, this should be face value.
1st 10 rows $450-500+, goes down about every 5-10 rows going back. All the way up to nose bleeds.
TM says artist sets the price, how in the hell does the artist say row 10 is $495, row 11 is $350. And so on.
TM also claims they only get $6 of the fees, they have to share with Live Nation since they merged.
The baseball strike 100 yrs ago, sucked the spirit out of the american game, it came back, but it's tainted, never be the same.
When buying your tickets, it offers ways to finance your tickets through TM, 3 mo no interest, what normal American can pay off $1000 + in 3 months?
What happened to baseball is what's happening to Live music, my bf bought me a new convertible 2ss Camaro, it has fantastic sound system, 500hp,
I'm never going to pay $1000 for an event, I can go on a cruise.
I miss going to every show i would like to go, I drive my car.
Young people have accepted this is what entertainment costs, charge it, make payments forever.
TM started this thing called Official Platinum, that ticket is supposed to be the face value price, but it tells you on their site to keep checking for more OP seats becoming available. I did that a couple years ago, saw there were some around $100, went back a little later to purchase and they were over $300.
I've seen 2 shows this summer, Luke Bryan in Orange Beach, Small amphitheater, $175 each, floor section behind orchestra, after fees, almost $500.
Live/Stone Temple Pilots bought 7 months early, $180 each GA in front of stage. Dailys Place, Jacksonville, FL 6 hr drive. Closer venues $230+ same ticket.
Total after fees over $500.
My other 3 on list, Staind, Creed, Pink. Ive never seen Pink she added an Orlando show, 5 hrs drive. floor orchestra around $500.
Ticket prices go down about every 4-5 rows as you go back.
$350+, $200+,
I found 2 marked partially obstructed view because of a pole, but we will be able to see around it, about 20 rows back.
$230 each, after fees over $600.
Your right Kenny paper tickets are a thing in the past, in the past the paper ticket showed ticket price and fee paid, they would tell you don't lose it, it's also your receipt.
Now we have no way of knowing what the actual price is
There's a ton of lies and TM is just trying to keep up with getting totally screwed.
I don't buy sports tickets, so I don't know exactly what's going on there, I do know people were paying $10k for super bowl tickets and face value was a couple hundred dollars.
Ticket prices for the MIS NASCAR Cup races went from about $27 in 1975 to over $100 in the mid 90s. They dropped some after that. The last MIS NASCAR Cup race I attended was in 2006 and the ticket prices has dropped to about $85. And that was before Ticketmaster.
Ticketmaster is as bad as fluoride in our tap water.
Louie is the reason I clicked on the video.....lol..jkjk
I can no longer afford tickets to a NASCAR race anymore anyway. It doesn't affect me who the tickets are sold through. Everything is so expensive now days. I can just about afford to eat and get my medication and rent paid. Times sure have changed. Have a great day Kenny!
Agree with you. Vote RED
Why Kenny doesn't care about ticket prices is he doesn't have to pay for them he just told us hes sponsors pay for hes tickets !!!! So if someone else paid for my tickets i wouldn't give a shit either !!!! So wiggle out of that one Kenny !!
Kenny, Nascar doesn't hate their fans. But they do love money more than they love their fans. Ticketmaster is paying Nascar $millions to be the sole source of race tickets. That means fans will pay a lot more.
A ticket to the southern 500 was $110 in the year 2000. It’s still basically the same price. NASCAR has been very fair with their ticket price increases over the past 20 years
Until now. If TicketBastard is going to take over all NASCAR ticketing, just wait for the screwing to begin.
Pro sports don’t care. The teams
Aren’t paying the fees. The fan is.
You have a choice
@usleadershipareliars only choice is don't attend that's not much of a choice
@PaperBanjo64 or go buy a ticket at the venue lol 😆 I know that's hard.
@usleadershipareliars when I went to Bristol and bought tickets I just called the track for tickets, don't know it's that's possible now or not.
@PaperBanjo64 you can go in person, and sometimes call the venue directly and do it over the phone.
Ticketmaster has so many fees built in that MLB, NFL, and NASCAR can outsource ticket sales and make as much if not more on each ticket. All these leagues can eliminate anyone working in-house on ticket sales saving money. Ticketmaster takes in enough fees to make a mint and the leagues and venues profit more on each ticket sold. A local Civic Center switched because the venue received full face value per ticket through Ticketmaster. That can only happen if the fees are built into the final price to pay Ticketmaster.
I do not fly without a printed out boarding pass I do not want to go to a event without a paper ticket
I Like a Nice Looking Ticket to Keep as a Souvenir, I was in Tampa for work and ordered Tickets to see NY Yankees vs Tampa Rays, they tried to send me a bar code and I said NO, I want the Hard Ticket, he groaned and said they would be at Will Call... A beautiful Ticket with gold trim and a pic of Jeter and Longoria facing each other...awesome..
Daytona Beach servived. No major damage. Very little rain. And maybe we had 45 to 50 mph gusts. Just a cake walk in the park. Good luck He
Stay dry. Inside.......✌️
Ticketmaster has everything monopolized... Used to be you could buy a ticket off of the venue itself now that's hard to do....
Happy Friday morning Kenny. You should have some coffee mugs out with a picture of you and Louie sitting on your couch. Id love to buy one.
That put it over the top. Can't afford to go watch Nascar anymore. Greed its all about the money. Government is benefiting big time!
$10 kids tickets for a cup race!
@@brianlecorchick Not a kid!
Cardinals attendance is way down, better watch out they might relocate one day.
Cubs didn't relocate.😂😂😂
@kenruggles7039 cubs attendance issues not as bad as whitesox
Ticketmaster is why I do not go to the races
That’s all? I don’t believe you. Only SMI tracks have been using Ticketmaster.
From my understanding it isnt that they are bad, its that they have a monopoly on the ticket sale industry. Thats why they have an antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ, i dont think they are actually bad but they definitely dont give fair prices all the time.
No your not complaining about $8 but when it adds $100 to a $100 ticket thats the problem. BTW they arnt getting away with being something awesome that we are all just ignoring. They did a very good job of driving/ buying the comp out. They are in the middle of a fed investigation and you seem to just ignore and brees over it like its not factual or a big deal or the reasons why. But its gotta be great because all these leagues use them right? had it accured to you thats because they get a hire cut then if they where handling it and they dont have the head ache. We as the customer and fan just pay for it. Why make the sport less accessible? I dont buy from ticket master and sounds like it will be my last NASCAR race.
And it used to be Kenny... That there was competition against Ticketmaster and there was lots of scalpers you could buy tickets off of I bought them for Daytona at several times and at the last minute and they didn't even rob me buying them off of scalpers 20 years ago and 15 years ago😊
I don’t realize how iconic you had that push at Talladega means to the Houston NASCAR 18 the first and what eight laps come on Kenny give yourself a pat on the back
All of the SMI tracks have been using ticket master for years. I haven't had any problems with my tickets
Have a weekend while being safe Kenny. See you and Louie on the next one.
Back in the day there was a $2.00 service charge on a $15.00 ticket...
Kenny there is 2 kinds of of Americans (clean version) that’s the screwer and the screwed that’s it
Herman the reason is simple Everyone Has to to make a profit. Take what you can get....As long as we pay...
Screw ticket master and nascar I've never been to a race and will never attend one.
I will never buy another ticket to anything from ticketmaster.
Mr Kenny, ticketmaster, it's an easy way for many venues to sell the tickets. Supposedly they're well organized and they will deliver the money for the sales of the seats. I understand they have to make a profit. But here goes to problem. Every year the Daytona 500 is sold early. Why? because ticketmaster buys the seats and then resells them at a really high price. They say that the Daytona 500 tickets are all sold, but you can go online and find that they're not really sold. they were bought by a company that has to resell them. And you can find them at an outrageous price. If nobody bought them the race, we're gonna have a lot of empty seats.
If Ticketmaster takes over ticketing for all of the nascar racing race classes, that’s the end for class’s like the modified series and the like
Kenny you have to the most naive person in the world.
@@kyleolson279 Kenny is a lot like my grandparents and my parents. We didn’t have a lot so part of their entertainment was “picking” on us (kids) or “making fun” of us (kids). They would say things to us just to see how we would respond. A way of having fun and passing the time. If you ever had your grandpa take you “snipe” hunting then you can start to understand Kenny. I’d love to drink 🍺 a beer with him and pick his brain a little. Kenny is lots of fun! That’s why I hang out here.
Ticketmaster it all about the money NASCAR can lay off people save them money .
It's kinda like temp agencies. All the responsibilities fall on the agency and no the company. It just takes the headaches away from NASCAR! When Tickmaster first came out over 20+ years ago, I knew it was gonna be a problem! As far as Bristol is concerned, it's like I said before. It's POV! Driver, team, owners POV vs fan POV! Now who's more important?
Kenny Wallace for President
All fans of every sport is taken advantage of for their love of the sport. Most the middle class pays a lot to got see multi-millionaires do something most do for fun. Prices could be cheaper if the athletes and owners didn’t need so much expensive things. That’s just how it works! It’s the same for Atlantis.. they know you’re paying big money to stay so of course you’ll pay 8 bucks for a coke.
Kenny, why doesn’t Nascar have an email address on their website for the fans to communicate with them.
Imagine, NASCAR will beat it into the drivers the fans are everything, except when a fan wants to communicate with Them/Nascar.
I think Kenny gets a kick out of liking everything people hate 😂 This ticketmaster thing will definitely make people not buy a ticket and not go to the race. It might not be very noticeable tho so they won't care. I can't afford tickets anyways so who cares what I say
When you have a monopoly on the business, everybody has no choice but to us you. That's why they use them.
I live in the Midwest
I can’t afford to do anything. I’ve never used Ticketmaster.
hey louie!! raining here in western kentucky like cats n dogs!!!!!
Kenny Louie has to potty. Go let the poor guy out! Lol
The bigger a company gets the more corrupt it get. It's the American way. Reminds me of when you use to get a cell phone bill. 20 added on fees.
I liked a race but it need a few cautions. But tires need work.
Of course they’re defending NASFARCE. Steve O’Donnell basically has the same talk with anyone who has issues with how things are done. “If you don’t like it, see Phelps for an Applebee’s application. World needs plenty of bartenders.”
Most dachshunds hate the rain also
The. Reason is they pay off the teams. The teams get full price and have no expenses in the sale. It's another profit line.
Look Up Pearl Jam and Ticketmaster or Metallica too...
Since nascar is not processing the ticket and ticketmaster will be, will the base nascar ticket fee be reduced then ticketmaster add their fees on top for processing?
Bwaaahaaaahaaaaa! You're hilarious!
LOUIE !!!!! THATS WHAT MY DOG DOES WHEN THERE IS THUNDER
They get away with it because to stop them would be a VERY politcal move. Itll come, but the only thing stopping ticketmasger from charging crazy fees is us not buying, and dam do we consumers suck at not buying into the shit we love as much as we may ruin it for that
Louie is way better looking than Kenny.
One more reason not to spend money to go to a NASCAR race.
The federal government don't have anything to do with this
I’m having my coffee too! Slept in late after fishing on the Mississippi River all day yesterday. Talladega always had a sweet lady that ran the ticket office. I talked with her every time I ordered tickets. Probably because I would get my tickets way ahead of time. Modern tech has changed that. Ticket Master is the new normal! Ticket master has always charged fees for concerts, games or anything else. Some People, today, just want something to fuss about!
Yeah the fee used to be fixed and about $2.50. Now it's a percentage and ends up being 40% or more of the price. Then you add on the scam they have going on with the resell market and charging fees on the buyer and seller. By the time it's said and done they probably make 100-150% profit on top of the ticket cost which is already sky high. Imagine making 100% above product cost and you virtually produce nothing for that.
@@BurnNotice2023That’s true! NASCAR could have their own website and stop this. But you know NASCAR is making more money as a result of this. “Ticket Master” is kicking back NASCAR and it benefits both parties. It’s not right but I’m not going to boycott NASCAR for doing it. There are reasons to go to war and this issue is not on my list of reasons. Respectfully to everyone.
The NFL and the MLB love ticket master because they sell the tickets for them and they don't have to sell any. Now NASCAR wants in on that to to sell more tickets and they and it is out of their hands. It makes it easier for them to handle it all. If the NFL and MLB and NASCAR would just pay the fee in the price of the tickets nobody would say a thing. Mikie's right too
everything that's big money is dirty. period. it's all gonna come out.
Us NASCAR fans will complain about everything, I’m sure we’d find a way to complain about your dog lol
I'm sorry but I will not be able to afford ticket anymore 😢
You don't have to use ticketmaster to get brewers tickets
I said they have to tweak on the cars.
The reason is GREED! and the ones with the most money make the rules.😮
boy louie was excited and wound up, but its the nature of chiuawas, haven't been following ticket master but they seem to put many hands in the pot and its the only source of tickets often, especcially when you buy a certified resale ticket they are scalping like no tomorrow charging 75 for a 40 doller ticket, and its not even for a good seat, sometimes its easier to get there early and go day of if possible and save on all the transaction fees, thats if its possible sometimes I like to wait to the last minute and miss out but I often dont know if I can make the event so I will wait to see if the weather holds out so I am not out the money for the tickets like if I go to a race, whick even at eldora it dont take long to get in, now irp for the carb night was another story took a half hour or more to get in cuz they were not running all the ticket windows and missed all the silvercrown qualifying, but was still a fun race, got to go by the brickyard while the indycars were running and heard what they actually sounded like in person and sound more like a tie fighter then the buzz you hear on tv watching them, took a wrong turn trying to get to irp last year and went by the state fair where the Hoosier hundred used to be and should have been kept but the fairboard felt horse racing was more important and limestoned it so they can run the horses in all weather vs mud when it rains still they could have saved the inner half mile for racing, but its a good deal of a night to watch racing at carb night you got the starter classes of indycar the 2000's and pro 2000's you got pavement midgets for 35 laps on the 5/8ths and you got the big silver crown cars racing a 100 mile race 146 laps at irp, for a pavement version of the Hoosier hundred which used to be for dirt racing the indy 500 level event, when the champ car circut ran both dirt and pavement for decades till 71 when they split the division so teams didn't have to field both dirt cars and pavement, they also ran the pikes peak hill climb as part of the champ car circuit, and you had places like langhorn and Nazareth, the indy state fair and the ones in Illinois as well as a few out west on fair grounds, back in the hey day usac also sanctioned lots of indoor areana racing with the allen country war memorial colosium here in fort wayne being the last event sanctioned by tripple a before they disbanded and usac being founded the week later and having its first event a week later there, most dont know that though most even pavement fans dont care, but point is if I take a day off to go to an event I cant get the next one off from work if it gets rained out or something, and I would be out the money so I usually do it day of.
Growing up was cheap intertaiment not any more times tuff that's why stains are empty cheaper the coke cola the more you will sell
Aww poor Louis. No comment on an explanation as to why Anything and Everything is the price it is today. Just beating a dead rabbit in the Ass trying to explain anything these days Try to stay dry Louis ❤❤
Hi Kenny, send me a autographed baseball card. Do you have one of the most iconic pushes for Earnhardt Talladega? I just like to have that thanks I’ll pay the shipping and handling.
I’m kind of disappointed about minimizing the impact of Helena being an inconvenience on his daughter. We’re from Florida
When the stands aren't full Ticketbastard is cheap!
I can't comment. I've been censored.
Kenny Kenny Kenny. Too complicated for you. Stick to racing and car stuff. Just kidding. I don’t watch you talk about serious stuff………..just because. 😉
The new car or I guess not so new now . And I guess I'm the old time drag racer but here's my theory on the car 16 inch wheels in bigger sidewalls the sidewalls need more Flex than them. The 18 inch tires and wheels is sort of like a rubber band around a wheel and so in this car start skidding it's like it's on roller skates there's no give. That's my theory
Mr Wallace , try and get tickets to any st Louis baseball or football this season or in the playoffs you will discover how crooked they are
I refuse to pay the ticket prices. Cash is king at the door.
Poor Louie
I haven't payed but for 2 races. The rest have been pit passes. And or. Just drive in. Like. Own it... Lol😂
Kenny I highly encourage you to take a look at the monopoly that ticketmaster has on live events. Fans are upset because they're forced to go through a evil cooperate conglomerate that has intentionally snuffed all of the small guys out. They've chokeheld the music industry for years and destroyed the potential for small bands and venues to evnlen have a prayer of competing. Why would you want that involved in NASCAR?
Go back to the tracks selling the tickets
Ticket master rapes you on ticket prices. Cheaper to buy from the venue, if possible.
Louie is sweet!
P.m.a. goes along waaaay
Gabehart is Hamlin's crew chief
NASCAR is about money not the fans.
I refuse to use ticketmaster. If nascar is going to use them ive seen my last race at texas motor speedway.
Lol, your dog is HILARIOUS 😂! Are you still in CANADA?
NBC Sports App...I get what their doing, but Millions of Nascar Fans have cut the cord on cable,
This makes it Harder to follow Nascar, Especially when competing with Football this time of year...
More Exposure, not Forced Compliance, I pay $74.99 for UA-cam TV Only for the Racing, F1 is on
4 days during a race week, but that doesn't count to get the NBC App.
I pause UA-cam Tv during the off season and don't have to pay... Sorry Off Topic but Hey wtf..lol
Kenny, TicketBastard is a monopoly. They exist to screw fans. NASCAR wants the $$ too.
Tired of all the Nascar drama.
This is the straw that broke the camels back.
No more Nascar for me.
If you're not getting a cut or eliminating jobs or found away to increase your bottom line you wouldn'tuse ticketmaster. You know yet you pay. I don't and haven't been to any event sporting or otherwise involving them. Last nascar race new hampshire 2016, last concert at Nassau coliseum 2017. If you want to pay for tickets and invite me I guess, ok. But stop complaining it's your money given voluntarily.
Puppy love
Mike Andretti Leaving😮
I live in Charlotte they acting crazy
When fans start bltchin, there is a slogan for them. "Who let the bleacher creatures out"
I don’t care about ticket master. Live 15 min from MIS and quit going around 2018. Snoozefest.
Paying someone 40anhour to push a button
They are racketeeringup pricing on all tickets 🎟 after the Taylor swift deal, but she is a none credited person now, she will love to see cars and trucks go away after that other girl gets in office, lol thanks BigAl California
Ticketmaster is why i do not go to the races