Chelsea season ticket prices almost tripled following stand refurbishment

English Premier League club Chelsea has told West Stand season ticket holders that the price of their tickets will be almost tripled from next season.  The new prices come as the upper tier of Stamford Bridge’s West Stand has undergone refurbishment as part of the Westview project, with new bars, food outlets and TV screens, …

FC Barça offers Catalan fans 40% discount on tickets

Catalan fans of Spanish LaLiga club FC Barcelona will benefit from a 40% discount on tickets, ahead of the team’s clash with Espanyol at Camp Nou at the weekend.  Fans based in Catalonia will also benefit from 40% off tickets for UEFA Champions League games, with a limit of 500 tickets per match.  The promotion …

Northern Ireland in favour of COVID-19 vaccine passports

Ministers in Northern Ireland have voted in favour of COVID-19 vaccine passports, which will be introduced at the end of November and enforced from mid-December.  The scheme means that before entry is allowed in nightclubs or hospitality venues, proof of vaccination through a passport or proof of a negative COVID test will be required. Punters …

Spain backs down on touring visas for UK musicians

Artists touring Spain will no longer require visas for short-term work, after the UK’s exit from the European Union has caused issues for musicians touring within Europe.  Music organisations LIVE and The Association of British Orchestras worked alongside Spanish counterparts Asociación Promotores Musicales to flip the rules, and allow musicians and crew to tour the …

People: Ticketmaster Sport, Tix Ticketing and more…

We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Tix Ticketing, based in Reykjavik in Iceland, has recently made a change at the top with Arnar Ólafsson (pictured right) coming in as the creative director.  Ólafsson has previous experience with design work for companies such as social media giant Facebook, gaming company CCP …

LA’s Staples Center renamed Crypto.com Arena in $700m deal

Los Angeles’ famous Staples Center has been renamed Crypto.com Arena through a new 20-year naming rights deal. The long-term agreement between venue owner AEG and the Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform is reportedly worth $700m. Crypto.com becomes the official cryptocurrency platform partner of the venue’s tenants, the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and NH’s LA Kings. The 20,000-seat …

Scandinavian design and the modernisation of the box office

Tix Ticketing announced one of its most prestigious partnerships to date when it went live with Dutch concert venue Het Concertgebouw recently. The cloud-based ticketing services provider, founded in Iceland in 2014, is expanding rapidly across Europe and has ambitious plans for its own growth and the possibilities for the box office of the future. …