“Ticketmaster Signs Multi-Year Ticketing Deal With UK Athletics”
LONDON, ENG (PRNewswire) March 25, 2009 — Ticketmaster UK Ltd, a Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:TKTM – News) company, today announced that it has secured an exclusive contract to provide ticketing services to the 2009 UK Athletics events.
Ticketmaster will provide exclusive ticket retail services, marketing and event day services to UK Athletics via their agency Fast Track Events for events in Glasgow, Birmingham, Sheffield, Gateshead and London. This new contract adds to Ticketmaster’s existing and wide-ranging portfolio of sports clients which includes Scottish Rugby, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships and the NFL. Ticketmaster has also provided the ticketing services for many large scale sports tournaments including most recently the 2007 IRB Rugby World Cup in France, the 2008 Beijing Olympics in China and the Euro 2008 UEFA Championships in Switzerland and Austria.
Chris Edmonds, Managing Director, Ticketmaster UK, said: “We are delighted to be working with Fast Track and UK Athletics on such high profile and exciting events. I am confident that Ticketmaster’s commitment to sports events will provide Fast Track with the perfect partner to deliver the best in retail, marketing and technology to UK Athletics fans”.
Gregg Turner, Events Director, Fast Track said: “UK Athletics has appointed Ticketmaster to exclusively provide our ticketing services because of their strong pedigree in sports ticketing and their highly developed and effective marketing reach means we can drive our ticket sales and give a great consumer experience.”
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About Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.
Ticketmaster Entertainment consists of Ticketmaster and Front Line Management Group. As the world’s leading live entertainment ticketing and marketing company, Ticketmaster connects the world to live entertainment. Ticketmaster operates in 20 global markets, providing ticket sales, ticket resale services, marketing and distribution through www.ticketmaster.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Internet; approximately 7,100 retail outlets; and 17 worldwide call centres. Established in 1976, Ticketmaster serves more than 10,000 clients worldwide across multiple event categories, providing exclusive ticketing services for leading arenas, stadiums, professional sports franchises and leagues, college sports teams, performing arts venues, museums, and theaters. In 2008, the Company sold more than 141 million tickets valued at over $8.9 billion on behalf of its clients. Ticketmaster Entertainment acquired a controlling interest in Front Line Management Group in October 2008. Founded by Irving Azoff and Howard Kaufman in 2004, Front Line Management Group is the world’s leading artist management company. Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is headquartered in West Hollywood, California (NASDAQ:TKTM – News).
