5 Seconds Of Summer

Adam Sandler
Amy Schumer
AWOLNATION
Bad Company & Joe Walsh
Bill Burr
Black Sabbath
Blake Shelton
Blink-182
Brad Paisley
Brantley Gilbert
Brian Regan
Bryan Adams
Coldplay
Counting Crows & Rob Thomas
Darius Rucker
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Dave Matthews Band
Dead & Company
Def Leppard
Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas
Dierks Bentley
Disturbed & Breaking Benjamin
Dixie Chicks
Drake & Future with Special Guests
Duran Duran
Flight of the Conchords
Florence + The Machine
Florida Georgia Line
G-Eazy & Logic
Goo Goo Dolls with Special Guests Collective Soul
Gwen Stefani with Special Guest EVE
Guns N’ Roses
Halsey
Hank Williams Jr & Chris Stapleton
Heart, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick
Il Divo
Jason Aldean
Jim Gaffigan
Josh Groban
Journey and The Doobie Brothers
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney
Kevin James
Korn & Rob Zombie
Lewis Black
Luke Bryan
Maná
Meghan Trainor
Miranda Lambert
Rascal Flatts
Ray LaMontagne
Rihanna
Shinedown
Slipknot with Marilyn Manson
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
Sublime with Rome
Taste Of Chaos with Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday & More
The 1975
Toby Keith
Vans Warped Tour
Wanda Sykes
Weezer & Panic! At The Disco
Zac Brown Band

VIPTIX 2016 Summer Music Festivals

Austin City Limits
Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival
Bonnaroo
Camp Bisco
EDC Las Vegas
EDC New York
Electric Forest
Faster Horses
Free Press Summer Festival
Governors Ball
HARD Red Rock
HARD Summer
Jamboree in the Hills
Lollapolooza
Budweiser Made in America Festival
MixTape
Music Midtown
Nocturnal Wonderland
Paradiso
Peach Music Festival
Roots Picnic
Route 91 Harvest
Sasquatch!
Shaky Beats
Shaky Knees
Watershed
Windy City Lake Shake
Voodoo Music + Arts Festival

There are so many misconceptions regarding the secondary ticket business. Let me address a few of the common misconceptions.

1. How many tix do you think ticket brokers purchased for the Paul McCartney concert? Answer: Less than 400 tix!
2. Why were tickets listed for sale prior to the pre-sale on broker websites? Answer: Brokers taking a calculated risk and entering speculative tix. (VIPTIX does not play that game)
3. We got shut out at the box office because of ticket brokers and bots! Answer: True there are ticket brokers that use bots (VIPTIX does not) but the harsh reality is demand far exceeds supply and it is especially true for this mega Paul McCartney show! Again, a very good estimate is that less than 400 or approx. 2% of the tix were bought by ticket brokers.
4. How can sites like VIPTIX.com or Stubhub offer so many tix to a sold-out concert? Answer: The average fan/ ticketholder now has an efficient means to resell their unwanted event tix. Again, sites such as VIPTIX.com and Stubhub link and provide a service for buyers and sellers.
5. Are Brokers bad for the industry? Answer: In my opinion, ticket brokers provide a much needed service in the industry. In the old days, once an event was sold-out there was no secondary market where the average fan could safely buy or sell tix. During my days in the Prime Seats Aud box office, I would field calls of clients looking to buy and sell event tix. I would exchange phone numbers of buyers and sellers. That was our Ah-ha moment and in 1993, that’s how we got our start in the business. Today, the process is so much more efficient and in my opinion, everybody wins.
6. Ticket brokers control the secondary market prices! Answer: Huge misconception! It’s Economics 101- supply and demand. There are many events on VIPTIX.com right now where our clients can buy tix for less than the face-value price offered at the box office. One great example is the One Direction concert next week at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Any Bills or Sabres season ticket holder can attest to how difficult it was to even give tix away the last few seasons.

Nick Giammusso
President & CEO
VIPTIX.com
505 Main St
Buffalo, NY 14203
nick@viptix.com