Hawaii eyes ban on reselling tickets above face value

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaii concert fans are often priced out by ticket scalpers who snatch up seats and resell them for huge markups.

Lawmakers and local promoters are now fighting back with new legislation to ban the practice.

Hawaii lawmakers look to stop ticket resellers

Tickets often sell out in seconds, only to reappear online at outrageous prices. Legislators and local promoters hope to crack down with a law that bans scalping practices.

“What this basically means is when the ticket goes on sale, whatever the price is, you can buy it, you can resell it, but you can’t jack up the price,” said Sen. Chris Lee…

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