[rtpg]

If reselling is allowed a market is created, pushing up prices. But that extra money doesn't go towards anyone involved in the creation of the product! It goes towards scalpers. Though there's a bit of price discovery value....

Without reselling scalpers have no reason to scoop up the tickets.

So if you prevent reselling... then concertgoers just have to do a lottery or something for the scarce resource and people who aren't interested in the concert have no reason to buy the tickets! Just a better experience for everyone except for the scalpers and I guess Taylor Swift cuz she won't know the price ceiling for tickets.

[AlotOfReading]

I suspect we'd see management companies trying out auctions and upgrade bidding not long after a resale prohibition passed. Or they'd reinvent the fare class system airlines use.

[CuriouslyC]

A lottery is the only fair option. Market pricing is exactly as fair as capitalism in general.