Fleetwood Town signs up Ticketmaster ahead of 2023-24 campaign 

English League One football club Fleetwood Town has revealed a new partnership with Ticketmaster Sport, ahead of the 2023-24 season.  Ticketmaster Sport has aided Fleetwood in implementing digital ticketing at Highbury Stadium ahead of the next campaign. Not only will digital match tickets be available next season thanks to the partnership, but Ticketmaster will also …

Future Ticketing expands English football portfolio with Hartlepool United partnership

Future Ticketing has partnered with English football club Hartlepool United. Fans of the club, which was recently relegated from League Two to the National League, will be now able to purchase digital tickets thanks to Future Ticketing’s system using a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. New hardware will also be installed …

True Tickets becomes digital ticket delivery partner of Omaha Performing Arts

Digital ticketing platform True Tickets has linked up with Omaha Performing Arts as its official digital ticket delivery partner.  True Tickets seamlessly integrates into the Tessitura Network’s CRM system and offers contactless digital ticketing, as well as control over how each ticket is transacted and managed. Omaha Performing Arts has welcomed over five million visitors …

Football Association of Wales partners with Tixserve

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has partnered with digital ticket delivery solution, Tixserve, to provide digital ticketing at all FAW international games held at Cardiff City Stadium (pictured). The new Tixserve-powered Cymru Tickets app is currently being rolled out to FAW membership renewals to replace physical membership cards. Matchday ticketing, hospitality, membership and VIP …

Aston Villa announces Villa Park as fully NFC ticketing enabled

Premier League football club Aston Villa has announced that Villa Park (pictured) is now fully NFC ticketing enabled for fans to enter the 42,785-capacity stadium.  The club has rolled out NFC technology across the stadium, starting with the North Stand and Trinity Road Stand, then moving on to the Doug Ellis Stand and Holte End …

2022 in review – November

The month of November saw Ticketmaster come under fire for its handling of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour ticket pre-sale. The platform was unable to deal with the amount of traffic despite the company using its Verified Fan scheme. It subsequently cancelled the general onsale and had to resort to using Ticketstoday to sell the …

Everton to trial digital away tickets at Manchester City

English Premier League club Everton will trial digital away tickets, starting with its match against Manchester City on New Year’s Eve. Everton has been working with other Premier League clubs to arrange trials for upcoming away fixtures, according to a report from Liverpool Echo.  The trial against Manchester City will be limited to tickets sold …

Case study: TIXNGO and Paléo Festival

We spoke to Luca Ziche, senior sales manager at SECUTIX, and David Franklin, head of ticketing at Paléo Festival, about the technology behind TIXNGO and the successful roll-out of digital ticketing for the Switzerland-based event. In July this year, Switzerland’s Paléo Festival announced it was offering digital ticketing for the first time after teaming up …

Tixserve confirms Hong Kong Rugby Union partnership

Digital ticket delivery solution Tixserve has confirmed its partnership with Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU), which will see digital ticketing used for all HKRU-managed events.  The Tixserve digital fulfilment solution has been rolled out ahead of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens tournament, which will take place this weekend, November 4-6.  The partnership will enable …

HomeTown Ticketing acquires Ticket Spicket

HomeTown Ticketing, a provider of digital ticketing for schools, districts, conferences and associations, has acquired Ticket Spicket, a Virginia-based digital ticketing platform. The company, which is part of the Nexa Equity portfolio, will now serve more than 300,000 events annually and 40 million guests in all 50 states across the US.  Ticket Spicket focuses on …