This follows the Aviva Stadium’s naming as a protected venue in previous weeks.
More sporting and concert venues across Dublin have been named as protected premises under ticket touting laws.
Croke Park, the 3Arena, Tallaght Stadium, the 3Olympia Theatre, the Gaiety Theatre and the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre have all been named as venues that fall under protection of price gouging.
The decision to add these venues to the list follows concerns from the FAI last month that tickets would be resold for a higher price for Irish home games in the Aviva.
The Ireland vs Portugal game was sold out, but tickets were appearing at inflated prices on reseller sites such as Viagogo.
While the government had signed into law the Sales of Tickets Act 2021 to curb resellers from gouging their prices, this law only affects venues that have been designated as being protected.
This lead to tickets for events in the Aviva being left unprotected by law, and so resellers were free to set whichever price they’d want on tickets.
Following the governments designation of the Aviva as a protected venue, Viagogo removed all tickets for the game from their site.
The law will protect all events occurring in these venues, such as future GAA All Ireland Finals, FIFA Woman’s World Cup qualifiers, FAI Cup finals, and other large-scale concerts across Dublin.
Venue operators and event organisers can apply for designation for similar protections when certain requirements are met.
These requirements include the venue having the capacity to hold 1,000 people or more, and the operator being of the reasonable opinion that the venue will hold events that will give rise to over-priced secondary selling.
People found guilty of reselling tickets for events above face value could face fines of up to €100,000 or up to two years in prison.
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