SeatGeek Nevada Ticket Fee Settlement

Nevada events only — your home state does not matter. The settlement class is defined by where the event was held, not by where you live, so a Las Vegas concert bought from Ohio counts and a New York concert bought from Las Vegas does not. Your payment is a share of the fees SeatGeek kept on your own purchases, not a share of the $7.75 million split among the people who file. The settlement agreement divides your fees by the fees of the entire 340,202-member class, so a low claim rate does not raise your check. SeatGeek told class counsel it retained $29,953,864.44 in fees across the class, about $88 per person on average; if the court grants the fee request of up to one third, roughly $5.16 million is left to pay claims, which works out to about 17 cents for every dollar of fees you paid — on the order of $15 for an average buyer. No proof, receipts or order confirmations are requested, but the online claim form will not open without the Login ID and PIN from the email notice sent October 7, 2026.

Do I Qualify?

You may be eligible if:

• WHAT COUNTS: you bought one or more electronic tickets to an event held in Nevada through seatgeek.com or the SeatGeek mobile app between November 7, 2020 and May 12, 2025, and you were charged fees on the purchase.
• WHERE YOU LIVE DOES NOT MATTER: the class turns on where the event was held. A visitor from any state who bought a Las Vegas show, game or residency on SeatGeek is in. A Nevada resident who only bought tickets to events outside Nevada is out.
• WHAT DOES NOT COUNT: tickets bought on any other marketplace, tickets bought at a box office or venue window, and tickets to events outside Nevada no matter how many you bought on SeatGeek. This is the exclusion that disqualifies most people who go looking for a SeatGeek settlement.
• HOW BIG THE CLASS IS: SeatGeek identified 340,202 class members from its own records — a small slice of its overall customer base, because only Nevada events are covered.
• EXCLUDED BY THE NOTICE: any judge or magistrate presiding over the case and their families; SeatGeek, its parents, subsidiaries, successors and predecessors and any entity SeatGeek or its parents control, together with their current and former officers, directors, agents, attorneys and employees; anyone who submits a timely request for exclusion; the legal representatives, successors or assigns of those excluded; and Class Counsel.

No proof is requested — there is nothing to upload. The administrator works from SeatGeek's own records: the court ordered SeatGeek to hand over a list of class members with the total fees it retained from each one, and your payment is computed from that list rather than from anything you supply. The catch is access, not evidence. The online claim form at the settlement website will not open until you enter the Login ID and PIN printed at the top left of the email notice the administrator sent on October 7, 2026. If you never received that email or cannot find it, email info@SeatGeekNevadaClassAction.com with your full name and mailing address to request your credentials, or call 866-675-2690. You can also skip the gate entirely: the downloadable paper claim form asks for a Login ID only "if known", so a mailed claim does not require one. The paper form does require you to sign an attestation under penalty of perjury that you bought electronic tickets to a Nevada event on SeatGeek in the class period and were charged fees, and the administrator may audit it.

What Happened?

Mars Carbonell sued SeatGeek, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada on November 7, 2024, in Carbonell v. SeatGeek, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-02087. The complaint alleged that SeatGeek advertised tickets to Nevada events at prices that left out its fees across several checkout screens and disclosed the fees only at the end, in alleged violation of the Nevada ticket reseller law (NRS 598.397 et seq.) and the Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act (NRS 598.0915).

SeatGeek denies the allegations and any wrongdoing. No court has ruled on who was right; the parties settled through an experienced mediator to avoid the cost and risk of continued litigation.

Chief Judge Andrew P. Gordon granted preliminary approval on September 9, 2026, certified the class for settlement purposes only, and appointed Simpluris, Inc. as settlement administrator. In confirmatory discovery SeatGeek represented, and attested by declaration, that it retained $29,953,864.44 in fees from 340,202 class members over the class period. The administrator emailed notices carrying each class member's Login ID and PIN starting October 7, 2026.

The settlement is not final. At the January 12, 2027 hearing in Las Vegas the court will decide whether to approve it and how much to award in attorneys' fees. If it is approved, the notice says approved claimants are paid 90 days later — around April 2027 at the earliest, and later still if anyone appeals.

How to File Your Claim

1. Find the Login ID and PIN at the top left of the Settlement Administrator's email notice, sent October 7, 2026 for the SeatGeek Ticket Fee Settlement
2. Go to www.SeatGeekNevadaClassAction.com, click Submit a Claim, and enter the Login ID and PIN to open the online form
3. online claims must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on January 5, 2027
4. If you cannot find your credentials, email info@SeatGeekNevadaClassAction.com with your full name and mailing address and ask for your Login ID and PIN, or call 866-675-2690
5. To skip the portal entirely, download the paper claim form from the settlement website, sign the attestation, and mail it to SeatGeek Ticket Fee Settlement, c/o Settlement Administrator, P.O. Box 25191, Santa Ana, CA 92799-9958, postmarked by January 5, 2027
6. the paper form asks for a Login ID only if known
7. Pick PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or a paper check on the online form
8. the paper form has no electronic payment option, so a mailed claim is paid by check
9. Filing is free and no documents are needed
10. doing nothing pays you nothing and still releases your right to sue SeatGeek over these claims, and the only way to keep that right is to opt out by December 6, 2026
11. Visit the official claim form: https://www.seatgeeknevadaclassaction.com/

How Much Will I Actually Get?

NO SET AMOUNT: every approved claimant receives a pro rata cash award, and the settlement website has published no per-person estimate. HOW IT IS CALCULATED: the agreement takes the total fees SeatGeek retained from you, divides that by the total fees SeatGeek retained from every class member, and multiplies the result by whatever is left of the fund. THE $7.75 MILLION IS A GROSS FIGURE: attorneys' fees and costs (the request is capped at one third, about $2,583,333), a $5,000 service award to the class representative, taxes, and every dollar of administration and notice cost come out before any claim is paid. THE NUMBERS IN THE COURT FILE: SeatGeek represented under declaration that it retained $29,953,864.44 in fees from 340,202 class members during the class period — an average of about $88 each. If the court grants the full one-third fee request, roughly $5.16 million remains, which is about 17 cents for every dollar of fees, or on the order of $15 for an average buyer. A LOW CLAIM RATE DOES NOT RAISE YOUR CHECK: the denominator in the formula is the whole class's fees, not the claimants' fees, so your award is the same whether 1,000 people file or 300,000. This is the opposite of how most claims-made settlements work, and it is why the headline fund figure is a poor guide to what you will receive. REFUNDED BUYERS GET A FLAT $15: anyone whose fees net to $0 or less after refunds or chargebacks is paid a fixed $15 instead of a percentage — which can be more than a buyer who actually paid average fees receives. NO FLOOR FOR ANYONE ELSE: the agreement sets no minimum on the pro rata award, so a buyer who paid a few dollars in fees should expect a payment measured in cents. NOTHING REVERTS TO SEATGEEK: the fund is non-reversionary. Money from checks still uncashed 180 days after payment is redistributed to people who were paid, capped at your own fees (or at $15 for the refunded group), and if a second distribution is impractical the remainder goes to a charity the court approves. PAYMENT METHOD: PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or a paper check, but only the online form offers the electronic options — a mailed claim is paid by check. Checks go void 180 days after they are issued.

Last reviewed: October 13, 2026 | Information verified from court records and official settlement documents.

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