Maryland and Minnesota signed laws this week to mandate all-in ticket prices in an effort to make the ticketing market more transparent.
Maryland governor Wes Moore signed the legislation on Thursday afternoon, weeks after it first passed through the state’s senate. Fees tacked onto ticket prices are one of the most oft-bemoaned aspects of the buying process for customers; while the fees themselves still stand with Maryland’s new law, requiring an all-in pricing system means that fans see the complete price they will pay right away rather than snuck in at the end of a purchase.
Maryland isn’t the only state pushing ticketing transparency bills. Earlier this week, Minnesota passed the so-called “Taylor Swift” bill, which similarly establishes an all-in pricing mandate and outlaws speculative ticketing. The nature of resale limitations comes down to how a ticket is defined. Proponents for resale caps and limits say tickets are merely licenses for entry for a given event. Resale advocates say tickets are property and that such caps limit what a ticket holder is allowed to do with it.that lobbying efforts from the resale platforms along with concern on potential impact for ticketing sporting events made the cap a harder sell.
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