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Each year the World Series is the culmination of a long season in Major League Baseball. Thirty teams take to the field every spring to work hard, and have a chance to play on the sports biggest stage. For players, they are often judged not on what statistics that can compile from April though September, but what they can do in October trough the playoffs and into the World Series. For teams, not winning the World Series can define the entire franchise, from the Boston Red Sox who went 86 years between titles to the Chicago Cubs who are stilled entrenched in a more than 100 year championship drought. Then there are the Yankees who have won an astounding 26 World Series titles as of 2009.
Ticket sales for baseball are often at their best in the major markets like New York, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles. But come World Series time, ticket sales will get big boost no matter who is playing in the series. In 2007, the Colorado Rockies qualified for their first World Series in club history, and demand for tickets was high, and uproar ensued when the team's site crashed during ticket sales. As with any sporting event, prices on the secondary market grow dependent on the match-up. Sales were among the best ever in 2004 when the Red Sox qualified for the World Series due to immense fan interest.
Veritix, College World Series ticketing deal reaps benefits
PRESS RELEASE: "College World Series® and the NCAA Hit a Home Run with Flash Seats® Paperless Ticket Option"
Omaha, Neb. (Veritix) July 7, 2011 – The NCAA hit a home run this year using Flash Seats®, the patented paperless ticketing technology from industry leader Veritix®, to sell more than 11,000 digital tickets at the recently concluded NCAA College World Series.
Omaha police bust College World Series ticket scalpers
More than a dozen people have been arrested in recent days for scalping tickets to the College World Series (CWS), according the Omaha Police Department.
A total of 15 people have been arrested since Saturday, June 18; ticket resale is only legal within a half-mile of TD Ameritrade Park, where the CWS is held each year, if the seller does not offer the tickets above face value. Outside of a half-mile, a reseller can offer tickets above face value.
Veritix Flash Seats used at College World Series
PRESS RELEASE: "NCAA Men's College World Series® Tickets Available on Flash Seats®"
OMAHA, Neb. (PRNewswire) June 1, 2011 – Veritix®, the Cleveland-based ticketing technology company, will provide the technology platform to sell tickets for the games at the 2011 NCAA Men's College World Series®.
World Series expectations make Philadelphia Phillies tickets a hot commodity
Of all the National Football League teams that failed to win the Super Bowl last year, the Philadelphia Eagles might have the best (or worst) "what if?" scenario — as in, what if the Eagles hadn't left 13 points on the field (in the form of two missed field goals and a last-minute interception into the end zone by Michael Vick) in a 21-16 loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers in an NFC wild card game?
San Francisco Giants tickets a hot commodity following team's World Series victory
The San Francisco Giants created plenty of headlines following the 2008 season, when the Giants, fresh off their fourth straight losing season, introduced "dynamic pricing" — i.e. prices that change by the day depending on supply and demand and other factors — to some locations at AT&T Park.
A little more than two years later, the Giants are reigning World Series champions for the first time since the franchise resided in New York and are heading into 2011 relying on a more tried and true method for maximizing and improving ticket revenue.
Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants World Series tickets topped the week's events rankings
Last week's start to the World Series kept baseball at the top of TicketNews' Events rankings for the third week in a row. At number one this week were Texas Rangers tickets for the "Fall Classic", dominating the list with a power score of 13.74. Tickets for the San Francisco Giants came in second, power scoring a 6.25. The Giants beat the Rangers on November 1 to take the World Series by 4 games to 1.
The only other sports teams in this week's top ten events were the NBA's New York Knicks at number seven (1.42) and Miami Heat at ten (1.37).
Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers struggle to sell tickets against Rangers / Giants World Series
The Dallas Cowboys will share the spotlight with the World Series for the first time ever Sunday, October 31, when the Cowboys play the Jacksonville Jaguars at Cowboys Stadium at 1 p.m., a few hours before the Texas Rangers host the San Francisco Giants in Game Four of the World Series down the road at The Ballpark at Arlington.
It will be a hectic day in the Metroplex.
World Series tickets boost Rangers' and Giants' stadiums in Top Venues rankings
TicketNews has released its exclusive venues rankings for the week ending Sunday, October 24, and for the second week in a row, the World Series drive from the Texas Rangers took Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, TX to number one on the list, power scoring a monster 16.01.
On October 22, the stadium hosted game six of the Rangers ALCS against the New York Yankees, when the team clinched the American League Championship title four games to two. Rangers tickets for the ALCS hit at number three in TicketNews' Top Sports Events rankings. Rangers Ballpark will have games three, four and, if necessary, five of the World Series between the Rangers and the San Francisco Giants beginning on October 27.
Texas Rangers vs. San Francisco Giants World Series creates ticket frenzy in both markets
Turns out everything really is bigger in Texas.
The World Series is finally coming to the Dallas area after a 38-year wait and the demand for tickets is, quite literally, overwhelming TexasTickets.com and its president, Scott Baima.
"So big I don't even have time to talk," Baima told TicketNews Monday, October 25. "Biggest event I've ever seen in Dallas."
Usher, Josh Groban and World Series tickets on sale this weekend
Tickets for upcoming concerts from Josh Groban, as well as tickets for concerts from R&B crooner Usher, are on sale throughout the weekend ending October 25 as compiled by TicketNews.
Starting off this edition on the weekend onsales are tickets to see one of today's most popular singers in concert. Groban has released four albums in the U.S., all of which have gone platinum several times over, and is gearing up to release his fifth album in November.
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