TRENDS: Average Concert Ticket Prices: 1981-2005…

This was a central exhibit in a ten-year, exhaustive class action lawsuit against former Live Nation parent Clear Channel. It focused on the markets of Denver and Los Angeles, and attempted to prove that monopoly control was unfairly driving ticket prices into the stratosphere. It was ultimately rejected and tossed by a federal judge for a number of reasons…

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