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June 4, 2010 |
Paperless Ticketing Hearing Held in New York On June 2, 2010, the New York state Senate's
Standing Committee on Investigations and Government Operations conducted
a hearing regarding paperless ticketing (a full-length, uncut video of
the hearing is available here).
Major players in the ticketing industry
discussed their thoughts on paperless ticketing and offered opinions on a
newly
proposed piece of legislation affecting both the primary and
secondary markets. The New York Yankees, Madison Square Garden and
Broadway all offered similar opinions on the transferability of tickets.
The consistent message: tickets should be transferable. All
three entities went so far as to say that they felt that even paperless
tickets should be transferable.
Randy Levine, President of the New York Yankees, stated, "We believe in
and we support transferability; the ability of one person to buy a
ticket and legitimately transfer it to another." Joe Lhota, Senior
Vice-President of Government Relations for Madison Square Garden, echoed
this sentiment: "We will support only paperless tickets that are
transferable." Robert Wankel, President and CEO of the Schubert
Organization, followed suit by declaring, "I would not worry that
anybody's going get locked out of the theater for not being able to
transfer [tickets]." Since the hearing, several key articles have
been published related to the hearing and the ongoing debate about
paperless ticketing in New York state, including:
Professionals in the secondary market interested in the ongoing paperless ticketing debate in New York should send their comments and questions to the Better Ticketing Association via email at info@betterticketing.com. Disclaimer: The Better Ticket Association is a TicketNetwork-sponsored organization. The contents of this newsletter should not be interpreted as legal advice, and are for information only. TicketNetwork recommends you speak with your lawyer and/or accountant for any and all legal guidance and recommendations. |
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