The UK’s largest arena venue manager, SMG Europe, has announced that it will once again make Ticketmaster, a Live Nation Entertainment company, their official ticketing partner. SMG Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of SMG and owns multiple arenas and theaters across the country. These include well-known venues like... Read more
Eventim UK Are The Winners Of Best Ticket Company At The Music Week Awards 2018
IndustryPress Releases April 27, 2018
London, 27 April 2018: Eventim UK are thrilled to be crowned the winner of the Music Week Awards 2018 for Best Ticket Company. The awards took place at Grosvenor House Hotel in London yesterday. Hosted by Lauren Laverne, the event was attended by well over 1,200 guests, celebrating the... Read more
Concerts are an ample part of our society – something that music fans relish in – and should be made accessible to any human. However, people with a disability consistently find that buying tickets is not only difficult, but sometimes impossible. A lot of ticketing sites don’t make it... Read more
The long awaited announcement has come – SeatGeek is now officially the ticketing provider of the Dallas Cowboys, taking over from Ticketmaster for one of the top franchises in sports, worldwide. The deal includes SeatGeek taking over as primary ticketing partner for the Cowboys, joining the New Orleans Saints... Read more
There’s an Entire Digital World Out There – Time for Ticketing to Embrace it
Guest CommentaryIndustryTop Story December 8, 2017
by Mike Guiffre, Special to TicketNews While booking a flight last month for a quick trip back to Pittsburgh for my mom’s birthday party I immediately went to www.expedia.com. Even after moving to Dallas a few years back and going all in on DFW based American Airlines including racking... Read more
The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) in Germany issued a ban on exclusive contracts with box offices and promoters by CTS Eventim, which dominates the ticketing market in the country, holding a 50-70% market share. The agency cited the company’s dominant market position in its belief that such exclusive contracts... Read more
In a stunning shift, Ontario legislators removed a key consumer protection measure from its updates to ticketing laws in the Canadian province. According to The Globe and Mail, Liberal leadership in the province plans to introduce an amendment to remove a transparency provision that would remove requirements for ticket... Read more
Breaking: New Orleans Saints/Pelicans Leave Ticketmaster for SeatGeek
BasketballFootballIndustryNBANFLSportsTop Story November 17, 2017
SeatGeek announced Friday afternoon that it has signed a deal to serve as the primary ticketing partner for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans. This is the first primary ticketing partnership for SeatGeek in either league, as it replaces Ticketmaster for both organizations, which are... Read more
Breaking: New Orleans Saints/Pelicans Leave Ticketmaster for SeatGeek
November 17, 2017
SeatGeek announced Friday afternoon that it has signed a deal to serve as the primary ticketing partner for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans. This is the first primary ticketing partnership for SeatGeek in either league, as it replaces Ticketmaster for both organizations, which are... Read more
What does 2018 Hold for the Secondary Ticket Market? More Voices Chime In
Guest CommentaryIndustry December 11, 2017