{"id":2682,"date":"2022-10-12T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/12\/brown-paper-tickets-still-owes-millions-to-event-producers-and-ticket-buyers\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T08:00:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:00:10","slug":"brown-paper-tickets-still-owes-millions-to-event-producers-and-ticket-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/12\/brown-paper-tickets-still-owes-millions-to-event-producers-and-ticket-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Paper Tickets still owes millions to event producers and ticket buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets still owes millions of dollars despite a settlement with the Washington State Attorney General.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2022\/10\/11\/brown-paper-tickets-still-owes-millions-despite-attorney-general-settlement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Music News<\/a>, Brown Paper Tickets was sued in 2020 by the Washington State Attorney General, with claims of the company owing<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>$6.75m (\u00a36.1m\/\u20ac7m) to event producers and ticket buyers globally.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In March last year, the Attorney General\u2019s Office increased the figure to $9m, which was owed to 45,000 event producers and ticket buyers after a further 1,200 complaints about the ticketing company.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brown Paper Ticket has paid roughly $7m of the $9m that is owed so far, covering its customers in Washington state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brionna Aho, a spokesperson for the Attorney General, told Digital Music News: \u201cBPT has until December 30 to substantially complete refunds to other customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael Sennott, Brown Paper Tickets\u2019 general counsel and chief operating officer, added: \u201cBrown Paper Tickets will continue making daily payments to event organisers and will continue to do so until everyone is paid in full.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Brown Paper Tickets team looks forward to accelerating the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and getting back to focusing on supporting event organisers with their events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"tax-cat-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Awards<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Stadiums<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/10\/12\/brown-paper-tickets-still-owes-millions-to-event-producers-and-ticket-buyers\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets still owes millions of dollars despite a settlement with the Washington State Attorney General.\u00a0 According to a report from Digital Music News, Brown Paper Tickets was sued in 2020 by the Washington State Attorney General, with claims of the company owing\u00a0 $6.75m (\u00a36.1m\/\u20ac7m) to event producers and ticket buyers &hellip; 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