Ticketing Platforms as Cultural Gatekeepers

A dominant ticketing company can control who performs, which venues thrive, and what fans pay by bundling ticket sales, venue booking, and secondary‑market rules. Legal challenges and settlements (fee caps, forced access for competitors, divestitures) are emerging as the corrective tools states and the DOJ use to unwind that control. — How ticketing platforms are regulated will shape live culture, competition in secondary markets, and consumer prices across the entertainment economy.