Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix has sold out grandstand and park pass tickets for race day, just hours after going on sale. The race weekend will take place between March 30 and April 2, with over 130,000 expected to watch the race on the Sunday. Tickets went on sale today (Tuesday) and were snapped up …
Independent theatres fear closure due to dwindling Christmas ticket sales
As many as two in five independent theatres are worried they could close for good as Christmas ticket sales have dropped for smaller venues. According to research from services platform GoDaddy, theatres with less than 300 seats could lose more than £845m (€979m/$1bn) in ticket sales compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, as three in …
The Villages Entertainment partners with True Tickets
The Villages Entertainment has chosen digital ticketing platform True Tickets as its official digital ticket delivery partner. The Villages is a retirement community in Florida, US and The Villages Entertainment provides tickets for shows at venues such as the Savannah Center, The Sharon L Morse Performing Arts Center, The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol, Brownwood …
Plymouth Argyle boasts record season ticket sales
English Football League club Plymouth Argyle has revealed that its 2022-23 season ticket sales are now the highest on record. Argyle, which plays its domestic football in League One, moved to a digital ticketing system in 2003, with ticket data incomplete prior to this change. Since the records were digitised, the 2004-05 season held the …
Fans able to snap up tickets for World Athletics Championships in December
With less than 250 days to go until the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, the organising committee is set to put 420,000 tickets on sale in December. Athletics fans will be able to secure their seat at the Championships from December 12, with a priority pre-sale taking place on December 9. Those that register will …
Ticketmaster cancels Taylor Swift general on-sale, issues explanation into chaos
Ticketmaster has been forced to cancel the general on-sale of Taylor Swift tickets after more than two million tickets were snapped up during the pre-sales for the singer’s US Eras Tour. In a statement, the Live Nation-owned ticketing platform said: “Due to extraordinary high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet …
Taylor Swift pre-sale issues ramp up Ticketmaster-Live Nation break up calls
Taylor Swift fans faced a long wait to try and secure tickets for the singer’s 2023 Eras tour in the US, after Ticketmaster faced “historically unprecedented demand”. Hundreds of thousands of fans attempted to secure tickets through the Live Nation-owned ticketing company, causing the platform to crash. Fans were able to join the queue after …
FC København enters winter break on attendance high
Danish Superliga club FC København has revealed that it is on track to beat its record average attendance. As Denmark’s league embarks on its winter break, FC København has so far welcomed an average of almost 27,000 supporters for each match at Parken Stadium (the Park). The average attendance for Superliga and UEFA Champions League …
Glastonbury sale hit by technical glitch, demand far exceeds supply
Glastonbury’s general ticket sale was hit by a ‘technical problem’ yesterday (Sunday) morning, but organisers still said demand far outstripped supply. Tickets went on sale at 9am local time for the UK’s flagship summer festival, but there were reports of the site repeatedly crashing during the booking process. Fans claimed that the website would not …
Eventbrite holds steady – TheTicketingBusiness News
Event management and ticketing company, Eventbrite, has posted a steady third quarter. Net revenue amounted to $67.5m (£58m/€68m) compared to $66m in Q2 and $53m in the same period the year prior. Net loss totalled $21m compared to $20m in Q2 and $17m in Q3 last year. Adjusted EBITDA equalled $4m in Q3 as opposed …