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Currently owned by Dan and Gary Gilbert, the "Cavs" are a Cleveland, OH based professional basketball team. Getting their start in the NBA in 1970, the 2010 team is now coached by Mike Brown, and has among its players the NBA's 2009 MVP, LeBron James, who holds a number of career records within his team. Notable past players include Lance Allred, the first deaf player in the NBA, Lenny Wilkens, Walt Frazier, and Nate Thurmond.
During the 1970s, the team established itself when their coach, Bill Fitch, received "Coach of the Year" during the 1975-76 season, although statistically they incurred more losses than wins throughout the remainder of the decade. Poor management ensued under Ted Stepien in the early 1980s, but was revived after the Gund brothers purchased the team in 1983. The 1990s were an all-time low for the team until 2003, when LeBron James joined the team as the number one draft pick of the NBA Lottery. The Cavalier's mascot, the Moondog, is in honor of their city as it was once the name of a local radio personality, Alan Freed.
Cleveland Cavaliers face challenges selling tickets if losing streak continues
Everyone knew this year would be a difficult one for the Cleveland Cavaliers following LeBron James' well-publicized decision to take his talents to South Beach. But not even the most pessimistic person could have foreseen just how steeply the Cavaliers would decline.
The Cavaliers, who started this season a respectable 7-9, have lost an NBA-record 25 consecutive games and are an almost incomprehensible 1-35 in their last 36 games — almost half of the 82-game season.
Cleveland ticket brokers hope Cavaliers rebound without LeBron James
Ticket brokers in the Cleveland area are hoping that the Cavaliers will be competitive enough to still attract fans this season, now that star player LeBron James has joined the Miami Heat.
The team may have won its home opener Wednesday night, October 27, against the Boston Celtics, but brokers are concerned that the product on the court may end up not be entertaining enough for many fans, which could severely impact secondary ticket sales.
Cleveland Cavaliers can still survive without LeBron James
It may be hard to believe for Cleveland Cavaliers fans, but the departure of LeBron James isn’t the worst thing to happen in the franchise’s 40-year history.
The Cavaliers were on the edge of extinction in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when they had four owners in an 18-month span. The final owner in that stretch, Ted Stepien, provided stability of the worst kind: During his three seasons at the helm, the Cavaliers were 114 games under .500, suffered an NBA-record 24-game losing streak, saw their average attendance fall to 2,570 per game and traded so many draft picks for mediocre players that the NBA devised the “Stepien Rule” that prohibited teams from dealing first-round picks in consecutive seasons.
Nearly 12,000 fans use paperless tickets for Bulls / Cavaliers playoff game, a record
The Cleveland Cavaliers and the team's digital ticketing partner Veritix reached a team milestone earlier this week when more than half of the fans attending the Cavs home playoff game against the Chicago Bulls used paperless tickets to enter.
According to the team, 11,752 out of the 20,562 fans attending the game at Quicken Loans Arena on Monday, April 19, used the Veritix Flash Seats system, which requires the person to swipe a magnetized ID – such as a credit card or driver's license – at the gate gain entry.
Digonex signs dynamic pricing consulting deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers
PRESS RELEASE: "Digonex® Teams Up with Cleveland Cavaliers for Pricing Analysis Consultation"
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (Digonex) January 28, 2010 – Indianapolis-based pricing software developer Digonex Technologies, Inc., today announced that that the Cleveland Cavaliers will be the first sports franchise to leverage its Sports & Entertainment Analytical Ticketing System (SEATS), which was launched in November 2009.
Cleveland Cavaliers and Veritix cement relationship and sign paperless ticketing deal
Veritix, owner of Flash Seats paperless ticketing technology, has signed an exclusive deal to provide primary and secondary ticketing services for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Lake Erie Monsters and their arena home, the Quicken Loans Arena. The deal is set to go into effect October 1.
Flash Seats, a digital ticketing platform, eliminates the need for paper tickets by allowing fans to swipe a credit card to gain entry to an arena. The technology also gives fans the option to sell their tickets in an authenticated setting, thereby limiting secondary sales to one officially sanctioned marketplace. Flash Seats was launched as an exclusive for Cavaliers season ticket holders in 2006. According to Veritix, those season ticket holders gave the platform a 98 percent approval rating. Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is the majority owner of Veritix.
Ticketmaster and the Cleveland Cavaliers settle Flash Seats lawsuit
Ticketmaster Entertainment and the Cleveland Cavaliers have settled their two-year-old lawsuit over the Cavs using Veritix Flash Seats technology to resell tickets.
The Cavs will be permitted to resume using the Veritix technology, which allows fans to buy and resell paperless tickets for the team's home games at Quicken Loans Arena. Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cavs, is also the majority owner of Veritix.
Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers playoff tickets sell out in minutes
Want to see the Orlando Magic play at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals? The secondary ticket market might be your best bet.
Tickets for Games 3 and 4 (and Game 6, if necessary) in Orlando sold out in a little over five minutes yesterday, May 19, according to the team when they put them up for sale. In Cleveland, tickets for Games 1 and 2, which start tonight (and Games 5 and 7, if necessary), met with a similar fate. While Cleveland played in the Eastern Conference Final last season, the Magic haven't played in it since the mid-1990s. See the video below.
Ticketmaster wins ruling against Flash Seats and Cleveland Cavaliers
Ticketmaster this week won a ruling in its case against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and its partner Flash Seats, prohibiting the Cavs from using Flash Seats technology to resell tickets.
U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen O'Malley ruled that the team's use of the Flash Seats paperless ticketing system violated a prior exclusive ticketing agreement between Ticketmaster and the Cavs. The team was promoting the use of Flash Seats as an option to season ticket holders who want to resell their tickets.
Cleveland Cavaliers Mistakenly Sold Underpriced Tickets
Some fans at Quicken Loans Arena for the Oct. 31 season opener between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Dallas Mavericks tomorrow night got slight bargains when they bought their seats, according to Cleveland.com.
The Cavaliers acknowledge having sold tickets at $25 and $35 that were supposed to be marked with the $40 or $50 price the team is charging for its "premium" games this season.
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