Hannah Montana Fans Fighting Brokers for Concert Tickets

If you think Disney's the only one reaping loads ofCarolina.
money from the television hit Hannah Montana,Pollster's editor-in-chief Gary Bongiavanni
think again. Miley Cyrus has grown into a massiveanticipated this occurrence. 'Up to 80 percent of
teen idol since her show, Hannah Montana, hit theinquiries of tickets come from these brokers,' he
airwaves, and it seems that nothing's gonna stopsaid. 'The average fan is competing with a pro
her now. She recently launched a tour whichwhose mission is to score these tickets. Fans are
would take her to various states in the U.S. andat a disadvantage.'
previous reports say that her tickets literally flewIn St. Louis, 1900 tickets were up for purchase at
out of the stores.their original prices. Yesterday, the fans with
This became a problem to the hundreds of otherphoto IDs and credit cards were able to purchase
eager fans who would like to see her in concert.the tickets to Miley Cyrus' show in Minnesota. The
The tickets were immediately sold, leaving theconcert tour begins on October 18, and will take
fans to look for other ways to purchase them.her to 53 other cities to perform live. The sale of
The solution was to approach a scalper. However,tickets will be the same for a December date in
being the tricky businessmen that they are, theKansas City.
scalpers have been selling these tickets atAs of now, no one has taken responsibility for
unbelievable prices.this incident, however, attorney generals in various
Apparently, scalpers have hogged the tickets andstates have threatened and filed lawsuits against
are now selling it from $200 to thousands ofbrokers. They do not accept any part in the
dollars per ticket. Ticket Liquidator prices theproblem, however, despite the fact that scalping
second row floor seats in Texas for $2,295 whileis illegal in many states.
StubHub, a popular concert ticket website, pricedAEG Live president Debra Rathwell had only one
$3500 for a November concert date in Florida.thing to say: 'We are doing everything possible to
TicketsNow started selling at $70 and ranging tostop scalpers from being able to purchase tickets.
over $1600 for Miley Cyrus show in North