NATB Statement on Steve Wynn’s Attempts to Block Transfer of Concert Tickets

NATB Statement on Steve Wynn’s Attempts to Block Transfer of Concert Tickets

WASHINGTON: The National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB), the non-profit trade association dedicated to protecting consumers and the secondary ticket market, today released the following statement from Gary Adler, General Counsel to NATB, regarding recent actions taken by resort proprietor Steve Wynn to block fans from transferring tickets to the Garth Brooks concerts.

“As a top travel destination, Las Vegas is one of the largest markets for secondary ticket sales.  The average visitor can’t always plan their trips around the most popular shows, or track down the best seats as soon as they go on sale.

“Fans hire brokers to help them find the tickets they want, for the price they can pay, or to resell the tickets they can’t use.  Wynn has no right to tell these fans ‘hey, tough luck - unless you bought them at our box office within two hours of going on sale then you can’t go to the show.’

“Fans should have the right to buy and sell the tickets they want without having to RSVP their guests or risk cancellation based on new, arbitrary rules.  They’re changing the rules in the middle of the game, and it’s only going to hurt the fans who can’t find tickets, or are stuck with ones they can’t use.

“These actions aren’t meant to address any problems with brokers or the reselling of tickets. They are meant to restrict the open market and eliminate any competition for tickets.

“NATB brings hundreds of brokers each year to the Wynn at our annual ticket broker conference, but now they’ve lost our business.  These actions are hypocritical and disrespectful to the very industry that supports their acts and their customers.”

For more information on NATB and consumer protection efforts, please visit www.NATB.org.

About the National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB)

The National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB) was formed in 1994 by a group of leading ticket brokers involved in the sale of sports, concerts and theater admission tickets, for the purpose of establishing an industry-wide standard of conduct and to create ethical rules and procedures to educate the public concerning ticket-brokering services and to serve the primary goal of the NATB — promoting consumer protection. All members of the NATB are dedicated to the principle of assuring the public that dealings with NATB members are conducted with integrity, reliability and convenience. To this end, the NATB has created procedures that permit the public to report improper and unethical conduct by ticket brokers, and to disseminate consumer protection warnings and guidelines. Through self-governance, the NATB has provided many enhanced protections for ticket-buying consumers. The NATB has worked with law enforcement agencies across the country, state and federal legislators and the NFL and other professional sports leagues and teams, to accomplish these goals, and has been vital in the NFL’s fight against counterfeit and stolen tickets.

More information about the NATB is available at www.NATB.org.

About NATB’s Ticket MarketPlace

NATB offers its “Ticket MarketPlace” site as a resource for the public to purchase tickets directly from a reliable source. All tickets available on this site are for sale only by NATB Member Brokers, assuring the consumer that the tickets being purchased are from a source that provides consumer protection, confidence, and a written guarantee as provided by the NATB’s strict Code of Ethics.

To access the NATB Ticket Marketplace, please visit www.NATB.com.

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