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Cascade County Severs Ties with Ticketmaster Over Fees

Cascade County Severs Ties with Ticketmaster Over Fee

By KFBB News Team

Story Created: Mar 12, 2009 at 8:12 PM MST

Story Updated: Mar 13, 2009 at 9:10 AM MST

Cascade County voted Thursday to send Ticketmaster packing.

As the county transitions into taking over the fairgrounds from management company SMG, it also wanted to look into other ticketing companies. On Thursday morning, Cascade County commissioners approved a contract with VisionOne to provide ticketing services for events and concerts at the Expopark.

Cascade County Commissioner Joe Briggs says nthis move will save people about four dollars on a $27 ticket, compared with current prices.

Briggs adds, "VisionOne works very much like Ticketmaster in the sense that there's a website people go to and pick the tickets that they want off. But unlike Ticketmaster, we control what the upcharges are. Ticketmaster has a rather aggressive schedule of additional charges that they add to a ticket when they purchase online. As a result, the tickets end up very pricy."

VisionOne will begin selling tickets for Expopark events beginning
in April. The county will consider adding 24 hour ticket kiosks as well.

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