(WBBM NEWSRADIO) - If you went to the Bears game Sunday and think you paid too much for your ticket, there's an organization that's on your side.
“It just makes me so angry,” says Sally Greenberg, executive director of the National Consumers League.
She is referring to something that makes those who go to sporting events or concerts mad about: fees tacked on to the often already exorbitant ticket price.
She is pushing Congress to pass the Ticket Act, which aims to stop hidden fees and other deceptive practices.
“It’s a rigged system for consumers, and we think the Ticket Act will give us a lot more leverage,” Greenberg says.
She says the 2010 merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation drove ticket prices through the roof and says, for example, a pair of tickets to an upcoming Usher concert in Chicago, will cost about $1,200, including about $400 in ticket fees.
“We’re trying to unwrap the layers of the onion on this industry,” says Greenberg. The Ticket Act is a good start.”
The proposed legislation is now in the Senate.
“If it is approved, we’ll let fans know when they buy a ticket to their favorite event they won’t be surprised by fees added on at the end of the purchase,” Greenberg says.
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