Press Release

Dear IAAM Connecticut Members:

Yesterday, at a public hearing in the Connecticut’s General Law Committee, a part of the General Assembly, Ticketmaster and Hartford’s XLCenter, together opposed Connecticut House Bill 5228. The bill calls for the following:

     • Promoters, venues and others to disclose the number of available tickets for an event.
     • Prohibits anyone from stopping the resale of tickets.
     • Requires disclosure of the total number of tickets available for the event.
     • The number and percentage of tickets released by such owner, lessee, operator or manager for
        sale to the public.
     • The number and percentage of tickets held back for each event.
     • The number and percentage of tickets not available for sale to the general public.
     • The number and percentage of tickets released only through package purchases or fan club
        purchases for each event.
     • The number and percentage of tickets for the venue that are unavailable due to stage design or
        are otherwise put on hold.

This bill is currently in the joint General Law Committee of the House and has not been passed by the State Senate.

If you think we should send a letter from IAAM opposing the bill, please send an email to Rosanne Duke (Rosanne.duke@iaam.org) allowing permission to add your name and the name of your facility to the letter. The entire bill is set forth below.

Sincerely,

Dexter King, CFE
President and CEO of IAAM


General Assembly                                       Raised Bill No. 5228
February Session,                                      2010 LCO No. 1099
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Referred to Committee on General Law
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALES OF EVENT TICKETS ON THE SECONDARY MARKET.


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