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The country is really going to the dogs when we start taxing an already overpriced product such as sports and event tickets. With the price of tickets at an all time high at the same time we are in the midst of a terrible recession, politicians have been searching for new revenue streams and they’ve taken dead aim at your entertainment dollars.

New York is looking to tax everything fun including concerts, bowling, golf, theater, swimming, boxing, amusement parks and more! While New York City wants to tax Broadway, adding an additional 8% to the already struggling Broadway Theater shows.
More information can be found at Syracuse.com

California’s  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking to tax sports events and golf, including many services such as repairs to appliances, furniture and autos, veterinary care and amusement parks as they go through the same problems other states such as New York that have growing deficits.

More information can be found at Morgan Hill Times

Do you live in New York? Let the Governor of New York know your opinion – Governor David Paterson

Do you live in California? Let the Governor of California know your opinion – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

There are so many choices on the internet today to buy tickets it’s very difficult to find a website that doesn’t add more fee’s to the already high ticket price.

The first thing you must realize is that most of the websites selling tickets list many of the exact same seats, just at different prices. In order to make a profit they all have service fee’s. Some websites include all the fee’s in the advertised price, while others add a fee to the advertised price, and then another substantial fee is tacked on before you complete the transaction, more than doubling the service fee.

This is because most websites selling tickets are just listing tickets provided by ticket brokers, and they are just middlemen, making a service fee off of each sale, but they split the fee to appear as if they have the cheapest advertised ticket price you see. But when you start entering your information to buy the tickets, it’s then you find the additional service charge.

To find the lowest price you need to find the broker who actually is holding the tickets, but that is extremely difficult with so many ticket sellers on the web. This is what you need to look for to get the best ticket price and avoid the extra service fee’s:

1. Look for websites that advertise ” No Hidden service charges” or “No hidden fee’s”. This wording may be placed in the ad or on the website and you can verify this if the posted price does not change as you go through the buying process.You may still want to compare other sites for the best price, but realize you must add up the fee’s from them to get an accurate total price per ticket.
2. Check to see if the company is a member of the Better Business Bureau in good standing. Many companies with hidden fees get a large number of complaints submitted to the Better Business Bureau. Look for a company with a AAA Rating.And don’t just take the BBB logo for granted, you should be able to click on the logo to see the company information, the rating and complaint list for the company. If it doesn’t click through, there’s probably a reason they don’t want you to see the report.
3. Verify that they have a contact page with a phone number and physical address. Many sites don’t want to be contacted after the sale and don’t list either an address or phone number.Why would you want to buy a ticket from someone you cannot reach by phone or mail?
4. Be aware that even the large ticket sellers such as Ticketmaster, Stubhub, Ticketliquidator, Ticketsnow, etc all have fee’s added to the advertised price of their tickets after you select and start the purchase procedure and many if not most of their tickets come from ticket brokers also.

For tickets to all Concerts, Sports and Theater without the hidden service charges you can find them at Preferred Seating – No Hidden Service fee’s/charges

Michael Jackson’s video from the “Thriller” album may be made into a theatrical production now that producer James Nederlander has acquired the rights to the music video. Reportedly songs from “Thriller” and “Off the Wall” would be included in the stage version of the popular video, but no further details were released.

The recession has hurt sales for Theater tickets, both on Broadway and for national touring productions such as Wicked and Phantom of the Opera, so producers are looking for the another “Jersey Boys” or “Tommy” to help out the industry.

Please check our selection of Theater Tickets for a show near you!
More of the story at Yahoo! News and Rolling Stone Daily

The NBA has taken a beating this year with prices dropping below face value for many NBA teams around the country. Sports teams are not immune to a poor economy as we can see from some of the cheapest NBA ticket prices in years.

San Antonio Spurs Tickets – Upper level seats as low as $15 each – Lower Level $65 and up

Utah Jazz Tickets – Upper Level seats $15 each – Lower Level $65 each

New York Knicks Tickets – Uppers $20 Lowers $55 and I know they stink, but what else can you do in NY for $20?

Los Angeles Clippers Tickets – Premium level at $50, can’t get near that seat for that price for the Lakers!

Atlanta Hawks Tickets – Lower level seats at just $30! Even Mike Bibby alone is worth that much!

Minnesota Timberwolves – Lower level seats at $72, a bit high, but that’s against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Didn’t see your team, check here for a complete list of NBA Tickets

This is a guy that seems to have no class, canceling a concert last night for the third time at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY.  A lawsuit is almost inevitable since he recieved a $100,000 advance and may not reschedule this show on his upcoming tour.

No kidding, who would want to take the chance? Anyway, the diva part comes from his reported requests to perform which include, a Learjet, a police escort, and fifty free tickets in the first 10 rows at the promoters expence.

And now we know where many of the tickets go!

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