Vancouver sports and arts organizations competing for consumers’ entertainment dollars are seeing varying degrees of success.
Geopolitical headwinds are fuelling uncertainty in the economy, prompting some consumers to pull back on spending, crimping some events’ success, according to ticket brokers.
The Abbotsford Canucks enjoyed huge demand for playoff tickets with some scalpers netting substantial sums for games in the lead-up to the team winning its first Calder Cup on June 23.
Nonetheless, this year has yet to see anything like the ticket frenzy unleashed by Taylor Swift’s three Eras Tour concerts in December.
What is increasingly common is for concert attendees to wait to buy tickets until just before events start
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