Gig-goers hit with extra 'facility fee' totalling millions each year

Gig-goers hit with extra 'facility fee' totalling millions each year

Gig-goers are being hit with extra costs totalling millions of euros a year by venues adding extra fees to tickets. One of Ireland’s busiest concert venues, the 3Arena in Dublin’s docklands, adds €2 to every ticket purchased, describing the charge as a venue’s ‘facility fee’. The extra charge is not referred to on the ticket section of the venue’s website, and the customer only learns of it when they get to the ‘checkout’ on the Ticketmaster sit…