The Fix The Tix Coalition, a campaign group set up by North American live entertainment and ticketing groups, has opposed the BOSS Act. US Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr recently introduced the updated BOSS and SWIFT act legislation. Fix The Tix was formed earlier this …
Malaysian authorities to discuss ticket scalping with Coldplay organiser following sales
Malaysian authorities are set to meet the organiser of a Coldplay concert at Kuala Lumpur’s 85,000-capacity National Stadium Bukit Jalil, after fans complained they couldn’t purchase tickets to the performance due to scalpers bulk-buying seats. According to reports, the organiser is set to meet with Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil to ensure the problem does not …
Playfly Sports acquires The Aspire Sport Marketing Group
Playfly Sports, a sports media, marketing and technology company, has acquired The Aspire Sport Marketing Group, which will help to deliver strategic planning, analytics and marketing services as well as ticket and hospitality sales and services. The Aspire Group is a sports and entertainment marketing firm and works across consulting, research and ticket sales and …
Acquired steps in to solve Lincoln City card acquirer woes
Lincoln City has received a helping hand from Acquired(.com), which set the English League One side up with a new card acquirer that could be integrated with the existing ticketing platform used on the point-of-sale devices in the club’s ticket office. The move comes after payment solutions provider Elavon cut ties with Lincoln City at …
FC Barcelona sets single match ticket sales record
FC Barcelona generated a record €8.2m from ticket sales from its LaLiga game against rivals Real Madrid over the weekend. It is believed that the figure is a record for a single match at Spotify Camp Nou, with around €3m contributed from the VIP boxes alone. As many as 95,745 people packed the stadium for …
Tix Ticketing signs up historic Danish theatre
Tix Ticketing has revealed that Odense Teater is the first theatre in Denmark to appoint the ticketing software company as its new partner for ticket sales and CRM. Odense Teater is one of Denmark’s largest regional theatres and is also the country’s second-oldest theatre. It is located in Odense and has roots dating back to …
Australian GP breaks attendance records
Yesterday (Sunday)’s Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix welcomed a record crowd, as well as breaking records for the biggest attendance at a Formula 1 event anywhere in the world. Some 419,000 people attended Albert Park across the four days of the motorsport event, while more than 128,000 attended the race on Sunday. Roughly 123,247 people …
Dynamic Ticket Pricing – Pros and Cons for Event Ticketing
Dynamic ticket pricing isn’t a new concept. Airlines have been using dynamic ticket pricing for years with a simple goal – to optimize the balance between earnings and capacity. That $300 plane ticket you bought may have cost the person in the seat next to you just $99. As consumers, we’ve grown to accept that’s …