The NFL’s Washington Commanders team has denied claims that it withheld ticket revenue from visiting teams. A former employee is reported to have told a Congressional committee that the DC-based team committed financial impropriety by failing to meet NFL revenue sharing rules which require franchises to deposit 40% of ticket revenue into a visiting team …
Final World Cup ticket phase now live
The final round of Qatar 2022 ticket sales begins today with fans able to secure their place at this year’s FIFA World Cup finals. A second random selection draw sales period for Qatar 2022 opened this morning (April 5) and will run until April 28. Some 800,000 tickets from 17 million applications were secured during …
WWE’s Wrestlemania sets all-time attendance record
2022’s Wrestlemania 38 at AT&T Stadium in Texas produced the highest-grossing and most-attended event in the WWE’s 37-year history. Some 156,352 attended the event at Dallas Cowboys’ home over the course of two nights, surpassing the previous gate and attendance records set by WrestleMania 32 in 2016. Organisers said fans attended from all 50 US …
Email remains theatre’s biggest discovery channel
Email and word-of-mouth remain the biggest discovery channels for theatre-goers, with around a half of patrons selecting them as their primary source of information. A new report from AudienceView, which surveyed more than 5,000 members of TheaterMania and WhatsOnStage’s online communities, found that 31% of respondents chose email as their No.1 discovery channel despite the …
Concerns raised over Covid visitor data collected by UK attractions
The Natural History Museum shared visitor data with Facebook as it “hoovered up” personal details during the pandemic, according to the Telegraph. The newspaper reports that the London attraction obtained more than 700,000 sets of data with the help of the Covid-19 booking system. It shares some of its visitor information with third parties, including …
AFL chiefs target bumper Adelaide Oval crowd for women’s final
AFL chiefs have revealed a series of ticket promotions as they seek to attract a bumper crowd to the Adelaide Oval for this weekend’s 2022 NAB AFL Women’s Grand Final. Tickets for the biggest event in Australian women’s team sports, which will be played between Adelaide Crows and Melbourne this Saturday (April 9), are capped …
SquadUp unveils NFT ticketing plans via new platform
SquadUp, the white-label ticketing and event management platform, has unveiled a new NFT ticketing platform via a partnership with Sidechain. The NFT.SquadUP.com tool, already available via beta access, will allow organisers to create and sell their own NFTs tickets in an auction format. Attendees will be able to convert tickets into NFTs, complete with Proof …
MLB’s Mets unveils facial recognition ticketing system at Citi Field
New York Mets has unveiled its facial recognition ticketing system at Citi Field ahead of the new Major League Baseball (MLB) season. Fans who enrol in the service, powered by Wicket, will be able to gain entry to the ballpark through facial recognition rather than having to scan tickets. Those who use the service can …
IPL stadium capacities to be raised from this week
Indian Premier League (IPL) capacity restrictions are to be eased from this week with even greater numbers likely to be allowed from later this month. The BBCI, Indian cricket’s governing body, is to allow an increase in stadium occupancy to 50% from this Wednesday (April 6) according to ticket vendor BookMyShow, and reports suggest that …
Artists continue to support DEC’s Ukraine humanitarian aid appeal
Major artists such as Ed Sheeran (pictured), George Ezra and Snow Patrol have donated various prizes to raise money for the Ukraine humanitarian aid appeal from the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). Band Elbow and electronic dance act The Chemical Brothers are also among the artists to have donated prizes to the appeal. Prizes include accompanying …