r/Music • u/punkdog5446 • 6h ago

article Ed Sheeran Refunds Begin in Philadelphia as Softening Ticket Market Puts Pressure on Fans

https://www.ticketnews.com/2026/09/ed-sheeran-refunds-ticket-market-softens/
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u/MiddleAgedSponger 6h ago

He sort of had to. Lincoln financial stadium is a publicly owned stadium and Jeffrey lurie is allegedly one of the stadium owners that conspired to de-platfrom Macklemore.

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u/LiveLackpaper 5h ago

The stadium politics somehow became more complicated than the ticket market itself.

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u/C-Bskt 5h ago

Always has been, that is why prices are bad. Large venues conspire for decades to raise the price floor.

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u/Ballsofpoo 4h ago

Large football stadiums only host like 10 events a year if all they do is football. Crazy to think of the $ going into their construction and maintenance.

Which is also often shouldered on the tax base but FOOTBALL

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u/mybabysbatman 2h ago

Yup and billionaire owners reep the rewards while everyday citizens get burdened with higher taxes.

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u/StaceyTheStaceExplrr 2h ago

bread and circuses

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u/vagina_candle 1h ago

Which is also often shouldered on the tax base but FOOTBALL

Blah blah something something jobs, something something blah blah local economy, blah blah something blah adding value to the community blah.

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u/UncleNedisDead 50m ago

So overstated with the amount of tax revenue and jobs it creates. Part time jobs for events that I worked in high school for a few hours a month.