Vivid Seats has posted a positive second quarter, with revenues, net income and marketplace GOV (gross order value) all up on Q2 last year. Marketplace GOV amounted to $814.8m (£643m/€796m), an 18% increase on $693.1m in the same period the year prior. Revenues saw a 28% increase from $115.5m in Q2 last year to reach …
Bolton Wanderers records 25% increase in season ticket sales
English League One club Bolton Wanderers has sold a total of 13,326 season tickets for the 2022-23 season, an increase of over 25% compared to figures from last season. The club’s board, led by chairman Sharon Brittan, announced the total prior to the end of the sales phase on Saturday. “When we launched the campaign …
University of Tennessee smashes new season ticket sales record and predictions
The University of Tennessee has smashed its new season ticket sales goal for its American football team ahead of the 2022 campaign. Tennessee Athletics has sold a total of 16,781 new season tickets, a 168% increase on its goal of 10,000 new season tickets. This is also more than double Tennessee’s previous high of 7,502 …
Fall in ticket sales contributes to Vue valuation decline
The Vue International cinema chain has had its valuation slashed by approximately half, according to a report from The Times. The valuation has been almost halved to £650m ($785m/€771m) in a restructuring deal that also allows the chain to be protected from a €130m legal claim in Germany, and the injection of new funds into …
Austrian Grand Prix celebrates strong ticket sales for next year
Tickets for the 2023 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix are already selling extremely quickly, just days after going on sale. According to an article from Dutch magazine Formule 1, which has ticketing platform XS2Event as its official ticket partner, between 40,000 and 50,000 tickets had already been sold for next year’s Austrian GP just three …
Wimbledon sales fall short of expectations despite record attendance
Wimbledon attracted a record number of attendees during the 2022 championships despite missing sales targets by 25,000. The All England Club posted a total attendance of 515,164 – the most in Wimbledon’s 145-year history – during the first scheduled 14-day tournament. That beat both the 2009 record of 511,043 and the only other time that …
The R&A launches 152nd Open premium hospitality experiences
The R&A has launched premium hospitality experiences for the 152nd Open at Royal Troon in 2024. Premium hospitality experiences for this year’s Open sold out in record time, while sales for The 151st Open are also breaking records. The Origins Premium Experiences will offer fans four inclusive packages: Champions, Engravers, Scorers Premium and Scorers. The …
TicketPlan partners with Skiddle – TheTicketingBusiness News
Ticket insurance and refund protection providers TicketPlan has partnered with ticketing company and live event website Skiddle. TicketPlan, which was established in 1999, enables ticketing companies, sports organisations, venues, attractions and events to provide an added-value service to customers in the form of ticket insurance. Ben Bray, relationship and development director at Ticketplan, said: “We …
Women’s Euro boasts 500,000 ticket sales
A record-breaking 500,000 tickets have been sold for the UEFA Women’s Euro, which kicks off on Wednesday. The half a million tickets that have already been sold have been purchased by football fans across 99 countries. Some 20% of ticket purchases were made outside of the host nation, England. The tickets have been purchased by …
Angkor Archaeological Park sees significant increase in ticket sales
Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park saw an increase in ticket sales of more than 1,000% year-on-year, for the first half of 2022. Angkor Enterprise, a state-run institution that manages ticket sales for international visitors to the UNESCO site, said that 59,983 tickets had been sold between January and June, for a total of $2,420,081 (£2m/€2.3m). Some …