President Trump Signs Order That Could Revolutionize Buying Event Tickets, Scalpers BEWARE

[Conservative Angle]

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President Trump just signed an executive order to crack down on ticket bots and scalpers.

He’s demanding the FTC actually enforce the 2016 BOTS Act.

The goal?

No more shady markups, or bots stealing your concert seats.

He wants us to be able to have a fair chance at getting tickets at face value price.

It’s a clear bipartisan win. That is, unless you’re the guy flipping tickets for 10x the price.

Even Kid Rock was present to witness the signing and to say thank you to President Trump for doing this.

He points out that it’s been frustrating for people that want to get a ticket and bots come in and snag the best seats, only to flip them.

And if you do get a seat you like, by the time they check out, there’s so many fees piled on its no where near the price that was advertised.

I wonder how liberal artist will respond to this.

Will they be able to say ‘thank you’ ?

President Trump signs an Executive Order targeting scalpers with Kid Rock. If you are a concert fan, you should love this pic.twitter.com/htyS4xdKxP

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• (@4Mischief) March 31, 2025

If only he could do that in so many other sectors.

There’s so many areas that scalpers are preying on fans. I better not get into it because I’ll start a long rant. (cough Star Wars collectible price gouging cough)

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting ticket scalpers and price-gouging tactics on the secondary ticketing marketplace.

The order calls for the Federal Trade Commission to increase enforcement of the BOTS Act, a 2016 legislation that made it illegal to use bots to cut lines and buy mass amounts of tickets for concerts or sporting events so they can sell them at major markups. While that bill was celebrated when it was passed into law, the BOTS act has only been enforced a single time since then.

Beyond that, the order’s declarations are a bit vaguer. The order calls on the FTC to “ensure price transparency at all stages of the ticket-purchase process, including the secondary ticketing market.” Trump’s order also calls on the FTC to “evaluate and, if appropriate, take enforcement action to prevent unfair, deceptive, and anti-competitive conduct in the secondary ticketing market.”

The order also calls on the FTC, DOJ and Treasury to present a report in the next six months to summarize “actions taken to address the issue of unfair practices in the live concert and entertainment industry” while also calling for the agencies to suggest new legislation that could remedy the problems in the business.

This particular order is one of many Trump has signed in his first 100 days in office, though his others have proven to be much more controversial as they’ve targeted groups including immigrants and the LGBT community.

In a video posted on a White House affiliate account on X on Monday, Trump is seen in the Oval Office with country rock artist Kid Rock, who thanks the president for the order. Kid Rock, a longtime Trump supporter, shared an Instagram post late last year saying he’d met with now Attorney General Pam Bondi to talk about fixing the ticket business.

Rock called the order a first step in what he hopes will be more changes to the industry, and he notably called for a cap on what scalpers can resell tickets for. Capping prices is an unpopular strategy among scalpers and resale sites as it limits their potential revenue, but it’s proven effective in keeping prices down for in-demand shows.

“Anyone who’s bought a concert ticket in the past decade, maybe 20 years, no matter what your politics, knows it’s a conundrum,” Rock said. “You buy a ticket for $100, by the time you check out it’s $170. But more importantly, these bots, they come in and get all the good tickets to your favorite shows you want to go to. Then they’re re-listed immediately for sometimes a 500 percent markup. I’d love down the road if there’d be legislation to put a cap on the resale tickets.”

In a video posted on a White House affiliate account on X on Monday, Trump is seen in the Oval Office with country rock artist Kid Rock, who thanks the president for the order. Kid Rock, a longtime Trump supporter, shared an Instagram post late last year saying he’d met with now Attorney General Pam Bondi to talk about fixing the ticket business.

Kid Rock shares a short heart-felt message. You can tell it really matters to him and that’s touching.

Kid Rock lays it out.
Trump’s executive order takes down the scalpers, the bots, and the hidden fees.
Real fans. Real prices. No more getting ripped off.

Stadium price = your price.
Big W for the people. pic.twitter.com/y0TC3tizGv

— Desiree (@DesireeAmerica4) March 31, 2025

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