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Ticket resale laws and anti-fraud legislation in the U.S. and United Kingdom
With the Super Bowl having just ended and the Summer Olympics only five months away, ticket fraud is a major concern both at home and abroad. Within the United States, ticket scalping remains a controversial issue that states have tackled to varying degrees. In Massachusetts and New York, resold tickets cannot cost more than $2 higher than face value. In North Carolina, venues can now block online resale once they notify the secretary of state and pay a mandatory fee.
New York experienced a prolonged debate in May 2010 when the state's 2007 scalping law expired. The law, signed under then-Governor Eliot Spitzer, did away with price caps and permitted fans to resell tickets to sports games without fear of their tickets being revoked.
Barcelona ticket company leads industry in corporate social responsibility
Leading the way in the online ticketing industry's corporate social responsibility efforts, Best Barcelona Football Tickets, a sports travel company based in Barcelona, Spain, has unveiled a set of new philanthropic initiatives.
First and foremost, any unsold tickets left in Best Barcelona Football Tickets' inventory 96 hours before the start of the match will be distributed for free to homeless shelters, an unprecedented act. Also, Best Barcelona Tickets has donated a small portion of its premiere front page ad space to Kick4Life, a charitable organization that works on a range of projects focused on tackling HIV in Lesotho.
Could Paul McCartney factor into Olympics tourism?
With the 2012 London Olympics only a few months away, the expected influx of foreign athletes and tourists is expected to create a boom for ticketed events and tours throughout the United Kingdom.
The Olympics organizing committee, LOCOG, has estimated that upwards of one million tourists will descend on London this summer. The increase in tourism will translate, many hope, to boosted ticket sales and admission numbers even for non-Olympics events across the region.
AudienceView appoints new president and COO, Mark Fowlie
Toronto-based solutions provider AudienceView Ticketing announced today, January 17, the appointment of Mark Fowlie as its president and COO.
In the newly created position, Fowlie will report to company co-founder, chairperson and CEO Kevin Kimsa. Fowlie most recently served as the CEO of information management solutions company El Fresko Technologies.
John Reid named president of concerts for Live Nation Europe
Live Nation this week announced the appointment of John Reid as the president of concerts for the company's Europe division.
Reid's January 16 appointment is the latest in a string of focused efforts by the live entertainment giant to grow its international influence, particularly in the area of concert promotion and marketing.
Scarlet Mist ticket exchange returns after four-month shutdown
A UK-based, fan-to-fan ticket exchange Web site relaunched this month after security concerns forced it to shut down last September.
Scarletmist.com, which specializes in consumer-driven ticket exchanges, is back online after months of inactivity, during which the organizers worked on improvements.
Live Nation partners with Croatian promoter
Live Nation this week announced it signed a partnership deal with Croatian concert promoter Adria Entertainment to bring more shows to the country.
The move is the latest example of Live Nation's concerted effort to expand into more international locations to further boost ticket sales and overall revenues.
Report: Google profited from Olympics ticket reseller ads
Search engine Google generated an undisclosed amount of revenue from ads linked to alleged fraudulent ticket resellers that hawk London Olympic tickets, according to a report by the BBC.
The links to the sites, including one called LiveOlympicTickets.com, have been removed from the paid advertising section that appears atop Olympic ticket search inquiries on Google. But it took requests by the London Metropolitan Police, and the publication of the BBC report, before the company acted.
London Olympics resale site taken offline after crash
Official ticket sales for the London Olympics remained suspended today, January 9, as organizers and Ticketmaster frantically tried to fix the system.
Sales were halted January 6 following the crash of the authorized ticket resale site, which debuted the same day. Officials with the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) stopped all ticket sales from its sites as a precaution.
West End theaters turn to dynamic pricing
Similar to their Broadway counterparts, a growing number of theaters in London's West End are turning to dynamic ticket pricing to help fill seats.
Dynamic pricing, which allows for up or down price movement dependent on various factors, has been utilized in various industries for years and in professional sports more recently. Now, the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the United Kingdom's largest theater owner, is also regularly using it.
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