Wakeman: 3 Ideas About the Future of the Business of Tickets, Sports, and Entertainment
Guest CommentaryOpinion April 13, 2020
By: Dave Wakeman Like all of you, I’ve been keeping an eye on the world while I’ve been physically distancing. 3 lessons from being social distanced with my family: I’m an incredibly below average 4th-grade teacher. Give those folks a raise. Having grown up in the very rural south,... Read more
Opinion: StubHub’s Urgent Peril and the Industry Response
Guest CommentaryIndustryOpinion April 1, 2020
By: Eric Fuller The world’s major event promoters and ticketing companies must work together now or the whole system will blow apart. What happens when a worldwide industry which promotes and tickets every live event freezes because everything is cancelled for an indefinite time, starting tomorrow? What is the plan... Read more
Four Ways Ticketing Companies Can Maximize Customer Experience
Guest CommentaryIndustryOpinion March 18, 2020
By: Patrick Young | VP/Head of Travel Partnerships, The Americas, at Cover Genius Much to Coachella fans’ dismay, their beloved, seven-stage music fest has been rescheduled amid growing threats spurned by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), along with big-ticket events like Stagecoach and SXSW. Some good news? We’re seeing a multitude... Read more
Will Congress Pick Up Where DOJ Left Off And Stop Ticketmaster Monopoly?
Guest CommentaryIndustryOpinionTop Story February 24, 2020
By: Mark Perry | Scholar, The American Enterprise Institute When Live Nation and Ticketmaster merged in 2010, many feared that the new giant would use its dominant position in the concert touring business to pressure venues into contracting with Ticketmaster, which now controls 80 percent of ticket sales at the nation’s... Read more
By: Katy Roxburgh | UK Fans Trust The UK Fans Trust was originally born out of a frustration with how difficult it was to get tickets to big gigs and sports events, and a feeling that with the right credit card or connections the whole process would be a... Read more
By: Katy Roxburgh | UK Fans Trust Last week, news broke that New Zealand Rugby had nullified what it deemed ‘fraudulent’ tickets. These tickets weren’t fakes, knock-offs or bad copies, they were in fact already purchased, genuine tickets. Their crime? They had been re-sold. The match in question will... Read more
Opinion: The Double Standard of Debenture Dealings, The Real Cause of Ticketing Fraud
Guest CommentaryIndustry July 11, 2019
By: Katy Roxburgh | UK Fans Trust Last year, Action Fraud received 4,755 reports of ticket fraud with the average victim is said to have lost around £365, this year will undoubtedly be no different. Summertime is open season for scammers, with Britain’s most sort after ticketed events crammed... Read more
Opinion: Credit Card Perks, Connections Limit Concert Ticket Accessibility
Guest CommentaryIndustry June 26, 2019
By: Katy Roxburgh | UK Fans Trust Last weekend saw both the Spice Girls and Fleetwood Mac take to the stage in London for their legendary comeback performances, both of which sold out within minutes of going on sale. In fact, the Spice Girls tour took just 38 seconds... Read more
By: Mark Miller, co-founder & CEO, TicketSocket In the popular book Drucker on Leadership: New Lessons from the Father of Modern Management, author William A. Cohen credits management guru Peter Drucker with instructing his grad students with the sage advice, “The best way to predict the future is to... Read more
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Opinion: StubHub Restructuring Could Present Grave Future
Guest CommentaryIndustry May 28, 2020