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In the 30 years since Jim Holzman founded Boston, MA-based Ace Ticket Worldwide, Inc., he has grown it from a one-man shop Brookline into one of the most-powerful ticket brokerages in the Northeast, with seven storefront locations and about 35 employees.
Ace Ticket sells tickets to concerts and theatre shows, but its specialty is sporting events in the Boston area and throughout the country. It was through its expertise and brand-name recognition in Massachusetts that the company was able to land an exclusive contract as the Boston Red Sox official secondary ticket reseller, beginning in 2008. The deal was at the expense of StubHub, which had struck a deal with Major League Baseball to be the official ticket resale marketplace for the league, but the Red Sox opted out of that arrangement, the only team in the league to do so.
The company has received numerous awards, including an Industry Achievement Award from the National Association of Ticket Brokers, and has been named the best ticket broker in the city by the "Boston Phoenix" and "Boston Magazine."
Holzman and Ace Ticket were founding members of the Ticket Technology software company, as well as the Massachusetts Association of Ticket Brokers. The later ran into controversy when paid accountant Richard Vitale allegedly to lobby on its behalf to with legislators and former state Speaker of the House Salvatore DiMasi to have the state's anti-scalping laws repealed. The ticket brokers' group was never accused of any wrongdoing, but the law has not been repealed and both Vitale and DiMasi investigated by the state and had their reputations tarnished.
Ace Ticket signs travel package deal with the New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, which have long taken a distinctly anti-ticket broker stance in the past, this week signed a travel package deal with Boston-based secondary ticket broker Ace Ticket.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the move marks a major shift for the team, which had been embroiled in a lawsuit against ticket resale marketplace StubHub for three years, before the two finally settled the case in the summer of 2009.
Boston Red Sox re-sign secondary ticketing deal with Ace Ticket
PRESS RELEASE: "Red Sox Re-Sign Ace Ticket"
BOSTON, MA (Ace Ticket) February 24, 2010 – Ace Ticket announced today that the company will continue to be a proud Corporate Sponsor of the Boston Red Sox. The company’s sponsorship of the team includes signage in and around the ballpark, exclusive offline ticket sponsorship rights, as well as the use of team marks. Ace Ticket has served in this capacity over the past few years, earning the trust of the franchise as well as the fans.
Ace Ticket launches new television studio for Celtics shows
PRESS RELEASE: "ACE TICKET SLAM DUNKS MAJOR DEAL WITH THE HOME FOR BOSTON CELTICS BASKETBALL, COMCAST SPORTSNET"
Boston, MA (Ace Ticket) October 27, 2009 – Comcast SportsNet and Ace Ticket announced today that the regional sports network will host its Celtics Pre-Game Live and Celtics Post Game Live studio shows from the Ace Ticket Studio on Causeway Street for every 2009-10 Boston Celtics home game.
Ace Ticket acquires Providence-based Roth Ticket Agency
Looking to further strengthen its hold on the greater Boston secondary ticket market, Ace Ticket has bought Roth Ticket Agency, which has been serving the Providence market since 1947.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but TicketNews estimates the acquisition price at about $2 million. Ace Ticket, which is the official secondary ticket company of the Boston Red Sox, generated an estimated $30 million in revenues in 2008.
Ace Ticket Worldwide signs marketing deal with TruMedia Networks
"TruMedia Networks and ACE Ticket Announce Strategic Marketing Partnership"
BOSTON, MA (Ace Ticket Worldwide and TruMedia Networks) March 11, 2009 – TruMedia Networks, a developer of online sports communities, today announced it has formed a strategic marketing partnership with ACE Ticket Worldwide, Inc., one of the nation’s leading ticket agencies.
Under the terms of the partnership, TruMedia Networks will provide ACE Ticket with a fully integrated sponsorship package including banner advertising and dynamic ticketing links within Sawxheads.com’s online ticket marketplace. The ticket marketplace, a fan to fan ticket exchange, was initially developed to help Sawxheads.com members buy, sell and manage Boston Red Sox tickets more efficiently by connecting buyers and sellers across TruMedia’s network of online sports communities.
Ace Ticket signs advertising deals with popular New England entities
"Ace Ticket Inks Advertising Sponsorship Deals with Three Major Sports Properties Across New England"
BOSTON, MA (Ace Ticket) February 5, 2009 – Ace Ticket Worldwide, Inc., one of the nation’s leading ticket agencies, today announced that it has signed three major advertising sponsorship deals with New England Sports Network (NESN), Boston College Athletics and Comcast SportsNet. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Ace Ticket, founded in 1979 by Company President Jim Holzman, is a premier ticket agency that provides its customers with access to the best seats for sporting events, concerts, theatre and other special events in Greater Boston and across the country and serves as the official “offline” ticket resale agency of the Boston Red Sox.
Red Sox tap Ace Ticket over StubHub for ticket resale
Boston Red Sox fans who want to resell tickets no longer have an official online option. The team announced today that it would use Boston-based Ace Ticket, and its six storefront locations, as its authorized hub for fans to resell tickets.
In a letter, obtained by TicketNews, that was sent out today to season ticket holders from Sam Kennedy, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the Red Sox, team officials make it clear that they had studied the issue of ticket resale and the secondary market for Red Sox tickets and came to the conclusion that Ace Ticket presented a fair opportunity for fans.
Ace Ticket is #1 with Fenway Charity
Boston, MA, April 12, 2007 --(PRESS RELEASE)-- Jim Holzman, owner of www.AceTicket.com, was the highest bidder of the evening at a charity event hosted at Fenway Park on Saturday night, pledging $31,000 for Fenway Park #1 License Plate.
Twelve Fenway Park license plates were auctioned off at the Saturday night event, with proceeds from the auction and event ticket sales going to benefit the building of a Mini Fenway Park in West Quincy. License plates with players’ numbers and historic years fetched impressive bids, yet no one could top Holzman’s bid for Plate #1....
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