Primary ticketing and experience technology company, Vivenu, has been selected by Stanford Athletics to reinvent the university’s ticketing operations. Vivenu will provide its primary ticketing platform that will offer Stanford Athletics full data ownership, flexible white-label branding and a seamless integration within the university’s digital ecosystem. Stanford Athletics will benefit from real-time statistics, control over …
Motorsport Travel Destinations reveals Le Mans 24 Hours success
Motorsport Travel Destinations, the travel packages and tour operator arm of Motorsport Events, has revealed a 40% increase in revenue for package sales to Le Mans 24 Hours compared to last year. The weekend’s endurance motorsport event, which was won by Ferrari, marked the most successful yet for Motorsport Travel Destinations. The increase in revenue …
Budapest’s World Athletics Championships aim for inclusion with free ticket initiative
The World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 and the Civil Roads Foundation have introduced a goodwill partnership that will see free tickets offered to those facing challenging circumstances. With the aim of promoting social inclusion, free tickets will be offered to those with large families, children in foster care, people with disabilities and even those that …
Northampton Town promotion brings season ticket sales boost
English League One football club Northampton Town has witnessed its highest ever season ticket sales this century following its promotion from League Two. With two months still to go until the start of the new season, the club has sold more than 3,600 season tickets for the 2023-24 campaign. This is the highest number of …
EFL attendances hit 70-year high
The English Football League (EFL) has today (Friday) reported that its competitions for the 2022-23 season drew their highest cumulative attendances in nearly seven decades. The total mark of 21,749,440 is the best for league matches since 1953-54. Of that total, 19.8 million attended a fixture in the Championship, League One or League Two, and …
US Representatives introduce bipartisan legislation on ticket fees
US Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Gus Bilirakis, Ranking Member and Chair, respectively, of the Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, have introduced a bipartisan legislation that would require all event ticket sellers to display the total ticket price inclusive of all fees. The legislation would mean the total ticket …
NASCAR and Kraft Analytics Group renew partnership
NASCAR and Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), a technology and consulting services firm within sports and entertainment, have renewed their partnership which will also include a Request for Proposal (RFP) process to identify a best-in-class ticketing sales and fulfilment engine. The initiative will enhance the ticketing platform and contribute to a more enjoyable experience for NASCAR …
LFP hails record attendance figures for Ligue 1
France’s Ligue de Football Professionel (LFP) has today (Friday) announced that Ligue 1 set new attendance records for the 2022-23 season. In total, 9.05 million spectators visited the stadiums of France’s top division clubs, a new record for domestic football, and a 16% increase when compared to the 2021-22 Ligue 1 season. Today’s announcement comes …
Association of Independent Festivals launches ‘First Festival Campaign’
The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has today (Friday) launched a new campaign and fund, that will grant access to festivals for thousands of people over the age of 18 across the UK. The ‘First Festival Campaign’ has been created as the association and its supports believe that everyone should be able to access festivals …
Over one million tickets sold for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023
The FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 is on track to become the most attended standalone women’s sporting event in history, with over a million tickets sold. Some 1,032,884 tickets have now been sold for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, surpassing the total sales for France 2019. In a post on Instagram, …