Artists touring Spain will no longer require visas for short-term work, after the UK’s exit from the European Union has caused issues for musicians touring within Europe. Music organisations LIVE and The Association of British Orchestras worked alongside Spanish counterparts Asociación Promotores Musicales to flip the rules, and allow musicians and crew to tour the …
Abu Dhabi to stage Arabian Gulf’s first NBA games
NBA games are to be held in the Arabian Gulf for the first time from 2022 through a new multiyear partnership between the North American basketball league and Abu Dhabi. Two preseason games will be staged in Abu Dhabi in October 2022, although the dates and teams involved have yet to be confirmed. The venue …
People: Ticketmaster Sport, Tix Ticketing and more…
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Tix Ticketing, based in Reykjavik in Iceland, has recently made a change at the top with Arnar Ólafsson (pictured right) coming in as the creative director. Ólafsson has previous experience with design work for companies such as social media giant Facebook, gaming company CCP …
LA’s Staples Center renamed Crypto.com Arena in $700m deal
Los Angeles’ famous Staples Center has been renamed Crypto.com Arena through a new 20-year naming rights deal. The long-term agreement between venue owner AEG and the Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform is reportedly worth $700m. Crypto.com becomes the official cryptocurrency platform partner of the venue’s tenants, the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and NH’s LA Kings. The 20,000-seat …
Scandinavian design and the modernisation of the box office
Tix Ticketing announced one of its most prestigious partnerships to date when it went live with Dutch concert venue Het Concertgebouw recently. The cloud-based ticketing services provider, founded in Iceland in 2014, is expanding rapidly across Europe and has ambitious plans for its own growth and the possibilities for the box office of the future. …
Report says 2021 worse for European venues than 2020
A new report from Live DMA, funded by the Creative European Programme of the European Union, has estimated that the loss of audience visits and income for venues in Europe will be even higher in 2021 than in 2020, when compared to the situation before the pandemic. Across the 3,253 music venues that are part …
Connect&Go raises further $3m in funding
Attractions management solutions company, Connect&Go, has secured an additional $3m (£2.2m/€2.6m) in financing, and has also launched Connect Express, a mobile point-of-sale and payments offering. The Montreal-based business has now raised a total of $16m since the company’s initial launch. Dominic Gagnon, co-founder and chief executive of Connect&Go, said: “The attractions technology solutions market is …
Record Third Quarter for Vivid Seats
Ticketing marketplace Vivid Seats has announced a successful third quarter, after posting revenues of $139.5m (£104m/€123m), up from just $7.1m during the same period in 2020. Revenue for the three months leading up to September 30 came in at $139.5m, as events returned following the COVID-19 pandemic and consumers having more confidence in purchasing tickets …
New Zealand ticket companies race to integrate COVID-19 passes
Two of New Zealand’s event ticketing companies Eventfinda and iTicket have streamlined the process surrounding Covid-19 passports. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has recently introduced a COVID pass and traffic light system, with businesses able to choose whether or not they require a COVID passport. The new traffic light scheme is due to come …
New Zealand’s tour of India could see fans return in full
Indian cricket fans could be set to return to watch their beloved national team live, as the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) has been granted permission to have 100% seating capacity at Wankhede Stadium (picture) in Mumbai. New Zealand are due to tour India in the coming weeks, beginning with a three-match T20 International series followed …