Concert Biz Set Up To Screw You

Daniel D'Addario — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:16:13 -0400

The Newark Star-Ledger reports that the Izod Center at the Meadowlands has been kicking back money to concert promoters in order to land top acts; for instance, the concert promoter Live Nation received a $4-$6 rebate for all its concerts and thus granted "priority scheduling rights" to the Izod Center--the rebates reflected in higher ticket prices. Thousands of contracts between music acts' promoters and the Izod Center append the article--happy reading!

Perhaps the most startling detail to the piece's author is that "even the circus" manipulated the Izod Center--Ringling Bros. insisted upon a cut of the Sno-Cone business. (We were intrigued by the detail that Christina Aguilera insisted upon the venue providing a doctor on-call, until we remembered that it would have come out of our pockets, were we ever to go to New Jersey to see a Christina Aguilera concert.)

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Concert Biz Set Up To Screw You