United States et al. v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.; Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement

hen Live Nation projected that it would incur a financial loss as a result of these decisions. After the artist has chosen the venue and promoter, the next step is selling tickets to consumers. Ticketers include primary ticketers and secondary ticketers. Primary ticketers typically make their sales to consumers under a contract with a venue. Under an exclusive primary ticketing arrangement, the venue typically chooses the primary ticketing company. Under non-exclusive primary ticketing arrangements, promoters and artists may choose the primary ticketing company in conjunction with the venue. The event ticketing services that primary ticketers provide include two major types of services: (1) ``back-end'' services and (2) distribution (``marketplace'') services. First, the primary ticketing back-end is a collection of software, technology, and/or platform services used by venues to manage the inventory of tickets, generate barcodes, control and manage the entry of ticket holders into the venue, report data related to the event, and perform other similar functions related to managing the event. Second, [[Page 41404]] the primary ticketing marketplace is a technology or distribution platform for making the initial distribution of tickets to the consumers who purchase them from the primary ticketers. After the initial sale of a ticket from a primary ticketer to a consumer (including