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- Tickets for Paul McCartney’s show on Nov. 8 at Nationwide Arena sold out quickly, with only verified resale tickets now available.
- Resale ticket prices are significantly higher, ranging from $450 to nearly $8,000 per seat.
- A representative for Nationwide Arena cautions against buying resale tickets and suggests checking back for last-minute releases from the venue.
If you endured the long wait time to buy tickets for Paul McCartney’s upcoming show, then you’re the epitome of patience. Just half an hour after tickets went on sale on July 15, queues for Ticketmaster had reached more than 180,000 hopeful buyers.
With the wait possibly exceeding 90 minutes, a good portion of fans – 35% – gave up on getting tickets that day, according to an unscientific Dispatch poll.
You still have the chance to see McCartney live on Nov. 8 at Nationwide Arena, but you’ll pay prices that will make you twist and shout.
That’s because only verified resale tickets are available now, said David Redelberger, director of Communications and Interactive Marketing for Columbus Arena Sports & Entertainment.
Redelberger cautioned fans against buying resale tickets, which are not affiliated with the artist. Prices are set by individual sellers who keep the markup.
“Fans should continue to check the site and follow the venue on social media since many concerts release tickets before or even on the day of a performance,” Redelberger said.
Only verified resale tickets remain on StubHub as well. As of noon Oct. 31, two tickets remained for the nosebleed seats, going for $450 each. If you’ve got money to burn (or you really want to impress your date), you can claim front-row seats for $7,877 apiece.
Comparatively, prices on Ticketmaster ranged from $511.70 per ticket on the low end, and $5057.50 for a front-row ticket.
Here’s how you can get last-minute tickets for McCartney’s show:
Resale industry subject of debate
As high-profile concerts regularly experience this type of heavy demand, some political and government leaders are attempting to take action against resellers.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 31 targeting scalpers who buy up tickets and resell them at artificially inflated prices.
Additionally, a lawsuit filed in September by the Federal Trade Commission and seven states claims that Live Nation and Ticketmaster, its subsidiary, violated consumer protection laws by failing to prevent ticket resellers from using bots and other means to buy large numbers of tickets.
Ticketmaster and its parent company are also at the center of an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice and numerous states, including Ohio, after the Taylor Swift-Ticketmaster fiasco during the singer’s “Eras” tour in 2022.
Filed in May 2024, the suit alleges that Live Nation monopolizes the live events industry in a manner that hurts fans, artists, smaller promoters and venue owners.
Contact features, entertainment and things to do reporter Belinda M. Paschal at [email protected].
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