OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state Attorney General is suing Brown Paper Tickets for stiffing organizers and ticket buyers for a number of events including at least one in Bellingham.
Bob Ferguson’s office says the Seattle-based ticket seller owes event organizers $6 million and ticket buyers $760,000 nationwide.
The events include youth arts programs that were staged in Bellingham in February and March before the pandemic shutdown.
The AG says Brown Paper Tickets sold $3000 worth of tickets to those events but hasn’t paid those involved.
The lawsuit asks for a $2000 fine for each violation and restitution for the organizers and those who bought tickets.