Global Events Drive Experience Rents

When mega‑events draw transnational audiences, the resale market creates steep 'experience rents' — very high prices for the chance to attend in person. Those rents concentrate benefits to scalpers, wealthy visitors, and host‑city service sectors while excluding ordinary locals and reshaping political debates about tourism, migration, and urban access. — Tracking extreme resale prices at global events provides a simple, quantifiable lens on inequality, tourism pressures, and the political economy of globalization.