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Indie Venues & More Call for Day of Action to Pass Ticketing Reform Legislation on July 9

Indie venues and more called for a day of action to lobby Congress on ticketing bills currently making their way through the House and Senate.

NIVA and other members of the Fix the Tix coalition, which also includes the Recording Academy and the National Independent Talent Organization, are backing their own legislation — the Senate’s Fans First Act, supported by U.S. Senators John Cornyn(R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar(D-Minn.) and Marsha Blackburn(R-Tenn.) — while also supporting passage of the TICKET Act, which is sponsored by Cathy McMorris Rodgers(R-Wash.), Gus Bilirakis(R-Fla) and Frank Pallone, Jr.(D-N.J.), among others. A case study conducted by Fix The Tix across five independent venues in the Washington, D.C., area shows that in 2024, 73,000 speculative tickets totaling an estimated $49 million have been listed on resale platforms.

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