{"id":987638,"date":"2025-05-21T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/?p=987638"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:58:26","slug":"lets-bring-real-reform-to-live-events-in-maine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/?p=987638","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s bring real reform to live events in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For music and entertainment lovers in Maine\u2014whether you are lining up for a concert at the State Theatre or a summer show at Thompson\u2019s Point\u2014the thrill of a live event often begins with a headache: buying the ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hidden fees, confusing pricing, shady scalpers, and limited options to transfer or resell tickets have become the norm. Recognizing this, Maine Senate President Matthea Daughtry introduced legislation earlier this year intended to bring long-overdue fairness and transparency to Maine\u2019s ticketing market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/lets-bring-real-reform-to-live-events-in-maine\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sportbusiness.com\/2023\/07\/secondary-ticketing-solves-a-problem-and-puts-fans-back-in-control\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fraud","category-news"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"sbriesacher","author_link":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/?author=3"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=987638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=987638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=987638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticketpolicyforum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=987638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}