‘Bruno Mars Act’ would forbid scalpers from snatching up tickets to Hawaii shows
Bruno Mars has had the attention of the entire nation this year since performing in the halftime show at the Super Bowl, and that includes the Hawaii Legislature, which may name a new law after the Hawaii-born pop star.
Currently circulating in the Legislature, the “Bruno Mars Act” would forbid people from using computer software programs to circumvent security on a ticket-seller’s website in order to buy in bulk. House Bill 2012 would also forbid people from scalping tickets.
Well any smart scalper can just go with a group of friends buy the maximum allotted number of tickets and the resell them.
Mainland scalpers would lose money flying to Honolulu at airline fares $600-$1000 plus lodging to buy tickets Easier electronically. That's the purpose to make it difficult.
This would be great if it happened all over the world. I'm glad Hawaii is doing this but realistically, nobody (usually) visits Hawaii on their tours so it's not going to make THAT much of an impact.
As an example, even after all of her tasteless self-promotion, Miley Cyrus tickets are available directly from the box office for over half of her shows. Jason Aldean tickets for his “Burn It Down” tour are also still available directly from the box office for all but one of his shows. All to say, even if “The Bruno Mars Act” does become law, it’s not something that would ever make sense on the mainland.
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While Bruno Mars doesn’t play Blaisdell until April, he’s still one of the hottest tickets for this week when he plays the first of several shows at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. At a $1,000 average ticket price, that show is actually the 3rd most expensive ticket in music or sports this month behind the Super Bowl and the NBA All Star Game and ahead of events like the Daytona 500. At 3,200 seats, The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan is one of the smallest venues that Mars will be playing over the next year, and a chance for fans to get up close and personal with the hottest act in music.
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Bruno his impact.
