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☆ Caitlin Clark: Amid record audiences and surging ticket prices, Iowa star brings ‘more visibility’ to women’s basketball
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —At the start of her college basketball career, right in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, Caitlin Clark grew accustomed to playing at empty venues. It just continues to add to the allure of a great basketball player.”Clark’s dominance has coincided with a booming interesting in women’s college basketball, evident long before this year’s March Madness got underway. “But because we are on national television now, because we are in the spotlight more as a sport, as women’s basketball, people are talking about it. Which all begs the question: how does an opposing team stop Caitlin Clark? “So we’re going to have to find a different way to win than stopping Caitlin Clark.”

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Bella, “ Caitlin Clark, Wes Moore, “, Clark, Hans Pennink, Lisa Bluder, Caitlin, ”, Matthew Holst, ” Clark, Geno Auriemma’s Organizations: CNN, NCAA, Iowa Hawkeyes, LSU Tigers, Iowa, LSU, Rocket Mortgage, ”, ESPN, UConn Huskies, Hawkeyes, WNBA, UConn Locations: Cleveland, men’s

☆ Why the average Super Bowl ticket already costs nearly $11,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Super Bowl in Las Vegas is now set with the Chiefs and 49ers playing for the Lombardi Trophy. According to TicketIQ, a ticket search engine that also conducts ticket market analysis, the cheapest ticket to the Super Bowl as of Monday is $8,872. This is the first time the NFL has hosted the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. Swift will be in Tokyo in the days leading up to the Super Bowl for part of the international leg of her "The Eras Tour" concerts. All these factors have created a perfect storm for the Super Bowl and demand is pushing ticket prices to a place rarely ever seen.

Persons: —, TicketIQ, Jesse Lawrence of TicketIQ, Lawrence, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Nick Bosa, George Kittle, Sterling Skye, Brynn Anderson, Raymond James, Robin Alam, Taylor, Swift, Taylor Swift, Patrick Smith, Kelce Organizations: Chiefs, 49ers, Service, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Business, NFL, AP, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles, Getty, AFC, NFC Championship, Super, Super Bowl Locations: Las Vegas, Detroit, Tampa, Tokyo

However, you may still owe taxes if you made a profit on resold Taylor Swift tickets, experts say. While third-party payment apps won't report as many business transactions to the agency this year, you are still required to pay taxes on profits, including resold concert tickets. "The big thing this past year was selling Taylor Swift concert tickets," said certified financial planner Tommy Lucas, an enrolled agent at Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo in Orlando, Florida. 'If you want to follow the law ... report it'Ticket profits have always been taxable, and this may affect those who resold Taylor Swift concert tickets this summer. Keep copies of your purchase receipts for goods you later resell, such as those Taylor Swift tickets, since tax liability will be based on your sales proceeds minus the original purchase price.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Buda Mendes, tas23, Tommy Lucas, Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo, Swift, Taylor, Lucas, James Guarino, Baker Newman Noyes, it's, Albert Campo Organizations: Getty, IRS, PayPal, TicketMaster, Accounting Services, CNBC Locations: Orlando , Florida, Boston, New Jersey

Taylor Swift fans forked out an average $2,183 for a resold ticket to a concert on the superstar's Eras Tour, according to resale research site TicketIQ. Now, ticket resellers may owe taxes on profits made during what may turn to be — for them, at least — a rather "Cruel Summer." Ticket profits have always been taxable, but the new IRS reporting threshold for business transactions on third-party platforms, such as TicketMaster or eBay , is now a single payment of $600, down from 200 transactions worth an aggregate of over $20,000. Taxpayers will have to prepare as the law takes effect this coming season. "Starting at the beginning of next year, you want to make sure you know how to report this income," said certified financial planner and enrolled agent Tommy Lucas of Florida-based Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Tommy Lucas of, Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo Organizations: TicketMaster, eBay, Taxpayers Locations: Tommy Lucas of Florida

☆ The IRS is going to know if you made big money reselling tickets for tours by the likes of Taylor Swift or Beyoncé
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new law will require ticketing platforms to tell the IRS about users who made over $600 this year. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut this year the topic of ticket resales has made headlines, as prices for big events surged. The average price for a Beyoncé concert ticket averaged $380, while fans wanting to see Harry Styles live needed to fork out an average of $400, the Journal reported. CHANDAN KHANNA/Getty ImagesThe resale of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour tickets has caused the most commotion, as hugely inflated prices, fake ticket sales, and site crashes angered her fanbase. One Swiftie said she even saw some ticket prices for a Swift concert going for more than $30,000.

Persons: resales, Lionel Messi, Harry Styles, CHANDAN KHANNA, Swiftie Organizations: IRS, Taxation, Service, American, Ticketmaster, Street Journal, MLS, Inter Miami CF Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ With Lionel Messi playing soccer in the U.S., single-game ticket prices surge by more than 1,700%
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

With Messi's signing, subscriptions to "MLS Season Pass" on Apple TV have doubled, according to Inter Miami owner Jorge Mas. Perhaps most strikingly, Inter Miami ticket prices have increased for both home and away games. The effect is more pronounced for the away games, which include larger markets such as New York and Los Angeles. For all remaining away games combined, average ticket prices are up by 1,002% compared with last year, as of Aug. 15. Here's a look at the average ticket prices for Inter Miami's remaining games this season.

Persons: Lionel Messi's, Messi, Jorge Mas Organizations: Soccer, Major League Soccer, Inter Miami CF, CNN, Apple TV, Adidas, MLS, Apple, Inter Miami, Inter Miami's, Miami Herald, Messi, TicketIQ Locations: U.S, New York, Los Angeles

☆ The average price of a resale ticket for the Eras Tour was $3,801. That's up 2,321% from Taylor Swift's last tour.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The average resale ticket price for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has gone up 2,321% since her last tour. A ticket for the North American leg of the tour cost an average of $3,801 on the secondary market. The average secondary market price of a ticket to the North American leg of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was $3,801 as of July 10, Pitchfork reported, using data from ticket analytics firm TicketIQ. That's a 2,321% increase from her 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour, for which the average resale price in North America was $157. A fan in California purchased a ticket for $1,400 on the secondary market, only for the ticket to not exist.

Persons: Taylor, Taylor Swift, It's, Swift, Harry Styles, Swifties, StubHub Organizations: Pitchfork, North, Service, Ticketmaster, White, Live Locations: Wall, Silicon, That's, North America, California

☆ How Much Will It Cost to Stay in Greater Phoenix for Super Bowl Weekend? (Hint: Much More Than Last Weekend)
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Jessica Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The average ticket price to attend the 2023 Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, in the greater Phoenix area, is hovering around $9,000, according to secondary market ticket platform TicketIQ. If it costs that much to get in the door to watch the Philadelphia Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs, how much will fans be ponying up to stay in a vacation rental near State Farm Stadium? According to short-term rental analytics firm AirDNA, the average booked rate in Glendale in advance of Super Bowl weekend was around $740 per night. This is compared to last weekend, when travelers could book a short-term rental in Glendale for closer to $225 per night.

☆ How Much Will it Cost to Stay in the Phoenix Area for Super Bowl Weekend? (Hint: Much More Than Last Weekend)
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Jessica Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ World Series tickets in Philadelphia cost over $3,000 each—the second-highest price in a decade
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The average ticket price for upcoming World Series games in Philadelphia is over $3,000 as of Monday — the second-highest price for a single championship game in over a decade, according to ticket reseller TicketIQ. The first two games of the World Series will be played in Houston, starting on Friday at 8:03 p.m., followed by three consecutive evening games in Philadelphia, starting on Monday. Ticket prices tend to be higher the longer a team hasn't appeared in the World Series. In 2016, when the Chicago Cubs appeared in their first World Series since 1945, tickets were over $6,500 — the highest price overall since TicketIQ started tracking average prices in 2010. Here's a look at the highest World Series ticket prices since 2010:

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