NY Attorney David Schwartz Talks About Ticketmaster's Potential Issues With Beyoncé‘s Tour on PIX11.

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0:00 the 3rd school to be upgraded 0:03 in the district in 5 and 0:05 signing up right now, hoping 0:06 for a chance Beyonce tickets 0:08 and hoping it will cost less 0:09 than the comes after 0:10 Ticketmaster fell under 0:12 federal tough scrutiny for 0:14 problems. Number of Taylor 0:15 Swift ticket sales Jay Dow 0:17
Live in Harlem. A look at what 0:18 they're going to do 0:19 differently. Heather, J. 0:24 >> Hi, and Kori. You know, we 0:24 had a hard time to be honest 0:27 finding Beyonce fans here 100 0:28 25th Street who thought they 0:29 had a fair shot at getting 0:33 tickets to one of these 0:34 Beyonce concert in our area
0:35 later this summer. Still, 0:37 Ticketmaster says it's doing 0:38 everything it needs to do to 0:41 make that It's easy to imagine 0:43 millions of Beyonce fans 0:45 across the country logging 0:46 into their Ticketmaster online 0:47 accounts this week and 0:48 thinking. A declaration of 0:53 sorts made by weary concert 0:54 goers who wonder if the 0:55 company has truly learned its 0:57 lesson. 0:58 >> After a botched Taylor 0:59 Swift concert ticket rollout 1:00 outraged the Swifties. So as 1:02 one Beyonce fan tweeted, 1:06 Ticketmaster better get it 1:06 together because the Beehive 1:07 does not play at all. who we
1:11 met Thursday night in Harlem 1:13 says there's just too much 1:14 money at stake. I believe 1:18 learned a lesson came because 1:19 they didn't with the bottom 1:19 line. 1:22 >> it for Beyonce's upcoming 1:24
Renaissance World Floor 1:25 Ticketmaster announced there 1:26 will be staggered ticket sales 1:29 utilizing its verified fan 1:31 technology to avoid butts and 1:32 issuing access codes to 1:33 purchase tickets by lottery 1:36 registration. Time. Windows 1:37 will vary by location. 1:39 Attorney David Schwartz says 1:40
even after Ticketmaster's 1:42 recent congressional 1:44 testimony, it's unclear 1:45 whether these new measures 1:46 will result in easier access 1:49 to concert tickets. You've got 1:51 such a volume of people 1:54 controlled by one company in 1:55 how much they pay for their 1:56 ticket prices. It's one thing. 2:01 >> We're ticket prices may too 2:02 high on tertiary markets. 2:04 >> But when it's so high on 2:06 the market coming out of the 2:08 first party like Ticketmaster 2:11 is that's a major problem. 2:12 This mom says she hopes this 2:14 time around that ticket prices 2:15 are more accessible and 2:20 affordable. that fallen to you
2:21 have to be a multi-millionaire 2:22 to be able to go to Dubai. 2:24 Know I can't even should be 2:26 able my child to be able to 2:30 and artists who have it is not 2:31 the only be on Sunday should 2:32 be able to see in August that 2:33 had enough for flies. 2:39 >> Kori and tamsan, you know, 2:40 out of one of the blamed at 2:41 home or out here on the street 2:43 for handing out a Roni U.S. 2:46 information about this tour. 2:48 So I'm going to recommend 2:49 everyone go straight to the 2:50 Ticketmaster website to get 2:51
their updates. I did that. And 2:54 Ticketmaster just a short 2:55 while ago posted a demand 2:57 update. I'm going to read it 2:58 verbatim. So mess it up. It 3:01 says fandom and already 3:02 exceeds the number of tickets 3:05 available by more than 800%. 3:08 Good luck, everybody. We're 3:09 live in Harlem tonight. Jay
3:10 Dow PIX11 news. You know that 3:13 day saying he had only