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Jon Barbas analyzes how UFC's business decisions have impacted concert ticket prices.

In episode 267 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas analyzes the business decisions of the UFC that have contributed to not only their own ticket prices rising, but also the cost of music concert tickets. Between monopolistic practices and board of director cross pollination, the rabbit hole is deep. Get Heavy Metal Philosophy Merch! https://jonbarbas-shop.fourthwall.com/ Heavy Metal Philosophy Contact; https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@heavymetalphilosophy https://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophy JonBarbas@heavymetalphilosophy.com https://mobile.twitter.com/heaviestdoyen https://www.facebook.com/HeaviestDoyen https://www.instagram.com/heavy_metal_philosophy/ https://www.threads.net/@heavy_metal_philosophy https://bsky.app/profile/jonbarbas.bsky.social Substack Articles https://substack.com/@jonbarbas #ufc #monopoly #livenation

People in this episode

Host: Jon Barbas

Topics covered

• UFC
• concert tickets
• monopolistic practices
• business decisions
• music industry
• ticket prices

Keywords

• UFC
• concert tickets
• monopoly
• business decisions
• ticket prices
• music industry

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Organizations: UFC, Live Nation, Heavy Metal Philosophy

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