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Summer music festivals offer a fun way to hear the country's best bands, but between tickets, travel, food and accommodations, they aren't cheap. So we asked directors and promoters of some of the summer's top events for their favorite penny-pinching tips for festival-goers.
The 10 States That Pay Out the Biggest Lottery Jackpots
11:00AM 5/03/2011
Lotteries are big businesses in most states, and they can provide windfalls for both the winning ticket-holders and state coffers. But which states give the most back to ticket-holders and through government services?
With the average price of a seat at a professional sporting event at $50, taking a family of four to a hockey, basketball or other game can be an expensive outing and can quickly add up to $300 when food, drinks and transportation are added.
ScoreBig.com, a ticketing website based in Los Angeles,...
Super Bowl Seats Fiasco: Lessons for Consumers
1:30PM 2/08/2011
When we warned about scams targeting people headed for the Super Bowl, who knew that it would be the NFL that would end up being the target of so much anger when hundreds of ticket holders arrived and found out their seats didn't exist?
Consumer Ally partner Steve Noviello, consumer reporter for...
StubHub Suspends Sales of Tickets for BCS Title Game
7:16AM 1/07/2011
Ticketing website StubHub has suspended sales of tickets for next weeks Bowl Championship Series title football game because one seller did not have enough tickets to fill orders.
On Wednesday, StubHub removed all tickets to Monday's game between Auburn and Oregon, according to The Associated...
Orbitz Could Lose American Airlines Over Data Dispute
6:30PM 11/04/2010
American Airlines says it may pull its ticket listings off travel site Orbitz in December. But will it just be shooting itself in the foot?
Freakonomics launches pay-what-you-want movie theater experiment
1:00PM 9/17/2010
Anyone who walked into a multiplex this decade has wished they could pick their price for the movie, or perhaps more likely wished they could pay what they thought the movie was worth after the show. But ticket prices are traditionally out of your control. That's what makes the launch of the...
Ticketmaster to start showing full ticket price up front
1:30PM 8/24/2010
In a move as shocking as the New Kids On the Block reunion tour, Ticketmaster announced today that it will start showing the full cost of a ticket, including all venue and convenience fees, up front. The company will also begin offering three-day refunds on LiveNation concerts.
The move is a...
James could be one of the best players in the NBA's history, but expecting the man who dubs himself "King James" on Twitter to have a measurable positive impact on the Miami economy is pushing it.
Rock out for less at summer's best music festivals
2:00PM 6/14/2010
For a music lover, it's perhaps the quintessential summer experience: sharing sweat, heat stroke and generational anthems with 200,000 of your shirtless, screaming peers at an outdoor music festival. But with ticket prices at the likes of Bonaroo and Lollapalooza soaring into the $300 range, what...
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