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Article: Adding too much to ticket costs? Legislator plans to take hard look at fees tacked on for entertainment, sporting events
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 14, 2006
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The Massachusetts senator who has pledged to overhaul the state's
antiscalping law is now saying he intends to broaden his focus to
include many of the fees associated with initial ticket sales, such
as convenience and facilities charges.
Senator Michael W. Morrissey, a Democrat from Quincy and the
cochairman of the Legislature's Consumer Affairs and Professional
Licensure Committee, said he is developing draft legislation that
would deal with the initial sale of tickets as well as their resale.
"We might as well look at the whole picture," he said, stressing
that his bill would be a starting point for a wide-ranging ...