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  "path": "/story/the-great-ticket-crisis-how-attending-live-events-became-a-luxury-sport",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T13:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "It's not just you: It's never been harder to buy a reasonably priced ticket to a major concert or sporting event. Taylor Swift tours, World Cup matches, the Super Bowl, you name it... We dug in to the complex systems of the live-events market to explain why buying tickets feels like such a colossal mess right now.",
  "title": "Why Are Concert Tickets So Expensive in 2026?"
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