English Premier League club Leeds United has revealed a record number of season ticket renewals for the 2023-24 season. Some 98% of existing season ticket-holders opted to renew their seat before last week’s deadline, a record renewal rate for the club. “Win, lose or draw the Leeds United faithful have been there to encourage the …
Leeds United increases season ticket prices by flat 10% fee
English Premier League club Leeds United has implemented a flat 10% price increase for all general admission season ticket holders for the 2023-24 season. The renewal window also opened yesterday (Monday) and will run until Friday April 7, with any unrenewed season tickets being made available to the 21,850 supporters on the waiting list. The …
Premier League’s problem with ticket touts
The Iridium Consultancy’s Reg Walker has said that the English Premier League’s top clubs each have between 8-12,000 season tickets, memberships and hospitality tickets under the control of touts, according to an article from the BBC. Security expert Walker, who owns The Iridium Consultancy, told BBC Sport that Premier League touting is worth …
Leeds United turns to eTicketing
Queuing at the ticket office is an experience that belongs in the past. Now, one of the most iconic football clubs in England, Premier League club Leeds United, offers its supporters an extra convenience: They shop, pay, and enjoy their ticket purchase with their smartphone, and load QR codes and NFC tickets directly into their Apple and Google …
2022 in review – March
Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival proved the popular return of live music events, after organisers sold 600,000 passes for 2022. The event had been cancelled for the past two years due to the pandemic. The ticket sales were a mixture of new sales amounting to 200,000 and rolled-over tickets from postponed events. English Premier League club Leeds …
2022 in review – March
Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival proved the popular return of live music events, after organisers sold 600,000 passes for 2022. The event had been cancelled for the past two years due to the pandemic. The ticket sales were a mixture of new sales amounting to 200,000 and rolled-over tickets from postponed events. English Premier League club Leeds …
Mobile tickets introduced at Leeds United’s Elland Road
Premier League club Leeds United has said that the upgrade of its new ticketing system has been completed, and that fans will now receive mobile tickets on their smartphones for the 2022-23 season. The club also said that all 92 turnstiles at its home ground Elland Road have been upgraded to facilitate mobile ticket entry …
Premier League attendance caps 15 million for first time
A record number of fans attended matches over the course of the 2021-22 Premier League season, with the cumulative figure surpassing 15 million for the first time. A total of 15,195,647 fans attended the 380 matches, Premier League research has shown. The matches saw an average crowd of 39,989, with the average stadium utilisation rate …
Tech Stack: Digital ticketing, streaming and more…
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Motorsport and the metaverse Animoca Brands, a company that specialises in promoting digital ownership for games and the metaverse, has announced it will be integrating the Hockenheimring in various products in the REVV Motorsport ecosystem. It will produce and sell NFTs (non-fungible tokens) …
Leeds United takes fight to ticket touts
English Premier League club Leeds United has identified a number of supporters who have resold their tickets to third-party resale sites and has subsequently cancelled their season tickets and memberships. The club has also issued lifetime bans to the identified supporters. In a statement, Leeds said: “Leeds United have continued to work hard and monitor …