Federal Jury Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Illegally Monopolized Major U.S. Concert Venues; Judge Rebuked Earlier DOJ Settlement
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A federal jury in Manhattan this week found that Live Nation Entertainment and its Ticketmaster unit illegally monopolized “big concert venues,” concluding after roughly four days of deliberation that the companies used their market power to harm competition and consumers. The jury also found that Ticketmaster overcharged consumers by $1.72 per ticket in 22 states — a measure that alone could expose the company to hundreds of millions of dollars in liability — and a judge, Arun Subramanian, has ordered lawyers for Live Nation, the states and the U.S. government to submit a joint letter next week to propose a schedule and structure for the remedies phase and damages hearings. The verdict comes amid evidence of Live Nation’s scale: the DOJ says Ticketmaster holds about an 86% share of primary ticketing for major U.S. venues, Live Nation controls roughly 460 venues and sold 646 million tickets via Ticketmaster in 2025 as it generated nearly $21 billion from its concert business that year.