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Breaking Down the RESALE Act and the Future of Ticketing Resale

D.C. just passed the strictest ticket resale law in the country. Here's what it means for your box office.
Featuring
Audrey Fix Schaefer, I.M.P. & NIVA, Eric Tobias, CEO at Opendate, Partner at Forty5
Upcoming
September 2, 2026
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2:00 pm

Breaking Down the RESALE Act and the Future of Ticketing Resale

In July, the D.C. Council voted unanimously to pass the RESALE Act — Restricting Egregious Scalping Against Live Entertainment. It caps resale markups at 10% over face value, bans speculative ticket sales outright, and requires a license to list more than 50 tickets a year.

It clears congressional review and takes effect January 2027. Vermont already passed a looser version. Other statehouses are drafting now.

So: what actually changes for you? What's enforceable versus aspirational? And what should you be doing if your market is next?

What we'll dig into:

- Who enforces a 10% cap when the listing sits on a platform in another state

- What a speculative ticketing ban does to your fan-complaint volume

- Why the law covers concerts but not sporting events, and what that signals about the next bill

- What to build now — on data, presales, and owning the fan relationship — if your market follows

Meet our panel:

- Audrey Fix Schaefer, Communications Director, I.M.P. and Board President, NIVA

- Additional panelists to be announced

Moderated by: Eric Tobias, Co-Founder & CEO, Opendate

Audrey helped lead the advocacy that got this bill across the line. She knows what's in it and what it took.

Can't make it live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording.

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