KEY POINTS
  • Travel restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus are sparking worries about lower attendance and ticket sales at sporting events and concerts.
  • "I don't think people are so concerned about mass congregating," Peter I'anson, from SecureMyBooking.com, a ticketing insurance website, said. "I think they have a fear of traveling and don't want to be in a small enclosed area with people."
  • More people are buying ticket insurance in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and more venues are offering it.

Travel restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus are sparking worries about lower attendance and ticket sales at sporting events and concerts, members of the ticketing industry said.

It's the combination of people not being able to travel and the fear that restrictions will be imposed while people are abroad that is affecting the ticketing industry. Travelers arriving from parts of China to other countries, including the U.S., may face quarantines.