Guest Commentary: Dynamic pricing, paperless tickets emerge as key issues in ticketing
UPDATED May 6, 2010, to reflect an updated version of Dr. Joris Drayer’s article. Given recent revenue shortages and improving…
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With economy looking up, brokers are cautiously optimistic about MLB ticket sales
With April comes the familiar sound of the crack of the bat to signify the beginning of baseball season, and…
SeatGeek launches Ticket Portfolio service to help fans, ticket brokers sell their season tickets
Ticket search engine and price predictor SeatGeek has a new product aimed specifically at major league sports season ticket holders….
Ticketmaster allows resale of paperless tickets only through its Web site
In some cases, Ticketmaster is allowing customers to resell their paperless tickets, but the move can result in a loss…
Tickets.com claims success with Vancouver Olympics ticketing
PRESS RELEASE: “ProVenue(R) Ticketing Platform from Tickets.com Triumphs in Primary and Secondary Market Ticketing at Vancouver 2010” COSTA MESA, Calif….
StubHub experiences Web site glitches and slowness from new systems
StubHub, the nation’s largest secondary ticket company, this week notified its largest ticket reseller clients that its Web site was…
‘Bot’ bill in Vermont moves forward after passage out of committee
A proposal in Vermont to ban the use of software “bots” that surreptitiously obtain event tickets is gaining momentum in…
Celtics, Lady Gaga tickets take TD Garden to number one in venues rankings
TicketNews has released its exclusive venues rankings for the week ending Sunday, March 28, and TD Garden in Boston, MA,…
Action Seating files lawsuit in alleged fraud case over Winter Olympics tickets
Gene Hammett, the Georgia-based ticket broker at the heart of the alleged Winter Olympics ticketing scandal, is fighting back in…
UK secondary ticket association expresses concerns over Live Nation’s digital wristband plan
The UK-based Association of Secondary Ticket Agents (ASTA) is questioning the plan by Live Nation Entertainment to begin a wide…