Ungerboeck, a St.Louis-headquartered provider of event management software, has acquired risk management agency Reliance Risk. Risk management is essential for venues and event planning, especially as the industry continues to deal with issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, terrorism, accidents and severe weather. The acquisition means that Ungerboeck will now be able to offer a …
Durham Cricket announces Seat Unique as stadium naming-rights partner
Durham Cricket has announced premium ticketing marketplace Seat Unique as its new stadium naming-rights partner on a three-year deal. This means that the Riverside ground in Chester le Street will now be known as the Seat Unique Riverside with immediate effect. Durham has worked with Seat Unique since 2021 when it was revealed that the …
Real-name system for Mirror tickets
Canto-pop group Mirror are set to perform 12 concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum (pictured) in July and August, with tickets being sold under a real-name system for the first time. The group announced on Instagram that they had “heard” people’s “voices” and that tickets for upcoming concerts will be sold through ticketing platform Urbtix …
Outlook Festival helps fans with cost-of-living discount
Outlook Festival is offering a ‘pay-what-you-can’ ticketing scheme ahead of its upcoming event in the UK. The festival is set to debut in the UK in Cheshire, and will run from June 30 until July 3. The flagship Origins event is in Tisno, Croatia and will run between July 28 and August 6. Organisers have …
SOLT, UK Theatre and Baker Richards team up for The Evidence Centre
Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre have partnered with data and insight company Baker Richards to develop a new ‘Evidence Centre’. The Evidence Centre will utilise technology to aggregate data from different sources, including theatre box office/CRM systems, which will enable the two membership associations to analyse the data at a granular level. …
Liverpool Football Club calls on social media companies to help with ticket touts
Premier League club Liverpool has called on social media companies to close more than 50 social media accounts and groups it believes are involved in selling, or offering to sell, tickets to this weekend’s UEFA Champions League final. The club also identified 13 supporters trying to sell their tickets for the game against Real Madrid …
Vatic: The evolution of Dynamic Pricing
Sean Kelly, founder of Vatic, a provider of dynamic pricing tools for the performing arts and ticketing industries, accepts that this sales model gets something of a “bad rap”. But that doesn’t mean it’s not the right answer for many businesses in the live events sector. Kelly wrote his first pricing algorithm back in 2009 …
Fanimal secures $4m in latest round of funding
Los Angeles-based social group ticketing platform Fanimal, which was launched in 2019, has secured $4m (£3.2m/€3.7m) in its latest round of funding, led by Bullpen Capital. Early investors include venture capital and private equity company Burst Capital and venture capital partner Pear VC. When purchasing multiple tickets from the Fanimal platform, one person does not …
Tech Stack: Hybrid concerts, NFTs and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Boxing and NFTs Floyd Mayweather beat fellow boxer Don Moore in an exhibition fight recently at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Tickets for the event were only available for just over 20 VIP fans with all tickets sold as an NFT (non-fungible …
People on the move: TRG Arts, AEG Europe and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Arts management consultancy TRG Arts has appointed Tony Followell (pictured right) as managing director, UK and Europe. Followell will be responsible for strategy and execution of the company’s vision, and financial and relational goals across the region. Before joining TRG Arts, Followell was …