The Carolina Panthers and TicketManager have teamed up to bring in the event and guest management platform as the NFL franchise’s official corporate ticket management partner. TicketManager’s tools and technology will be utilised by all corporate partners and corporate ticket-holders, including corporate ticket re-sale powered by the team’s exclusive seller of all tickets, Ticketmaster. Panthers …
FC Copenhagen posts Scandinavian attendance record
FC Copenhagen has achieved a record average attendance for a football club across Denmark and the wider Scandinavian region. The Danish Superliga club welcomed an average gate of 28,860 spectators during the 2022-23 season, which is the highest-ever aggregate crowd across the region, according to Mikkel Bjerre, FC Copenhagen’s ticketing and customer service manager. The …
Magic Weekend attendance up as fans back Super League event’s future
Super League’s 2023 Magic Weekend attracted a crowd of 63,269 to Newcastle’s St James’ Park in what was the rugby league event’s highest overall crowd in five years. The opening day figure of 36,943 was the fourth-highest single-day attendance since the event – which sees an entire six-game round of Super League matches played over …
Match Hospitality Asia appointed commercial hospitality provider for Qatar’s Asian Cup
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has appointed Match Hospitality Asia as its exclusive provider of commercial hospitality for the upcoming Asian Cup in Qatar. Qatar was announced as the replacement host last year, taking over from China which relinquished its rights to hold the event due to ongoing complications caused by the country’s response to …
Scottish club Cove Rangers signs up Future Ticketing
Scottish League One football club Cove Rangers has signed up Future Ticketing as its new ticketing partner. Cove Rangers originally switched to e-ticketing in 2020, with the partnership building on this through the installation of new equipment at Balmoral Stadium to encourage the use of e-tickets. Fans are able to store and share tickets within …
Record ticket sales for Women’s Ashes opener, 70,000 tickets sold for whole series
Nottingham’s Trent Bridge (pictured) is set to welcome a record-breaking crowd for the Women’s Ashes Test Match between England and Australia. Over 11,000 tickets have been sold for the opening five-day women’s Test match, which begins on June 22. The match is set to see the largest attendance for England Women in Test cricket on …
BookMyShow to support inaugural Indian MotoGP event
BookMyShow has been unveiled as the official ticketing platform for India’s inaugural MotoGP motorcycle-racing event later this year. The platform is inviting fans to register their interest in tickets ahead of the MotoGP Bharat event over the weekend of September 22-24 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida. Initial reports suggest that general admission …
More FIFA Women’s World Cup tickets released as resale platform launched
Nearly 250,000 additional tickets have been put on general sale ahead of this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Football’s global governing body FIFA said that the new ticketing inventory would go on sale on Tuesday, with seats available across all 64 matches. FIFA said that it had “reviewed the available …
Ticketek strikes long-term Melbourne Racing Club deal
TEG’s Ticketek has sealed a five-year agreement with Melbourne Racing Club (MRC), host of the Caulfield Cup Carnival. The deal was announced to coincide with the release of tickets on general sale for the 2023 edition of the carnival, which will span race days on October 14, 18 and 21, as well as November 18 …
Matchroom Boxing extends partnership with Stage Front
Sporting events promotions company Matchroom Boxing has announced an extension to its global ticketing deal with Stage Front. Matchroom Boxing and Stage Front first struck a deal in July 2022 to drive ticketing, hospitality and experience sales. The partnership will now also focus on incorporating Web3 technologies and entering the metaverse with NFTs (non-fungible tokens). …