Live Nation forgoes service fees on June 3rd
“NO SERVICE FEE WEDNESDAYS” LOS ANGELES, CA (Live Nation) June 1, 2009 – Today, Live Nation announced that it’s dropping service fees on more than five million lawn tickets and…
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No fees if you buy tickets on Wednesday
Beginning this week, Live Nation will not charge service fees for select tickets purchased on Wednesdays.
Woods tickets cheap, but rare
Getting tickets to see Tiger Woods play at the Australian Masters are inexpensive, but they are not easy to find. Only 20,000 general admission tickets and 5,000 corporate tickets will…
Scalping Gets a Charitable Spin
Charity Partners Inc., a Boston star-up, donates the profit made from the resale of concert tickets to charities. The company has raised more than $3 million for the Boys &…
VANOC braces for online ticket frenzy
Demand for 2010 Olympic tickets how slowed down, but online ticket brokers are expecting to make a profit from the ticket resales.
How to get cheaper sport on TV
Times Online offers consumers tips for buying tickets for live events in the United Kingdom.
Security fears for Kumar Sangakkara and Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka’s highest profile players canceled their trip to speak at the World Tewnty20 following the Lahore terrorist attacks. Tickets have sold well for the match. In an attempt to…
Who Can Tame the Scalpers?
New York Times discusses the demand for Bruce Springsteen tickets, the law suits filed against three ticket companies by the New Jersey Attorney General, and ticket resale laws in New…
Paperless ticketing leaves secondary ticket industry uncertain
Ticketmaster Entertainment has been in the business of paperless ticketing for more than a year now, but recently Joe Freeman, Ticketmaster’s Senior VP, visited CTV’s Canada AM to discuss the…
Ticketmaster’s Irving Azoff discusses music, ticketing and the merger
During a recent appearance at D7, the Wall Street Journal’s annual technology conference, Ticketmaster Entertainment CEO Irving Azoff said that without the company’s proposed merger with Live Nation it may…