Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster?

Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster? by morsch on Saturday October 21, 2023 @05:40AM (#37965378)

Ticketmaster isn't huge in Europe. I think CTS Eventim is the closest equivalent, with a similar share of tickets sold in a few countries, including their home turf, Germany. But I don't think it's comparable, as they're not similarly vertically integrated.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTS_Eventim

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Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster? by atoav on Saturday October 21, 2023 @06:28AM (#37965596)

I think the lock-in is nowhere near what ticketmaster is doing. Bands don't have to make deals with Eventim, for venues Eventim is typically just an additional way to sell tickets.

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Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster? by maccard on Saturday October 21, 2023 @07:16AM (#37965856)

Ticketmaster are enormous in Europe. Pretty much every major artist uses them, and every festival uses them (aside from Glastonbury apparently). If that's not your definition of huge I don't know what is.

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Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster? by bazmattaz on Saturday October 21, 2023 @08:42AM (#37966345)

Ticketmaster is gigantic in the UK

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Re:Ask HN: Why has no one replaced Ticketmaster? by nsteel on Saturday October 21, 2023 @07:16PM (#37971365)

That's a bit confusing when gigantic.com is "one of the UK's largest independent ticket agencies".

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