Paris 2024 organisers have revealed plans for the Olympic Games’ ticketing programme, which will include nearly half of all tickets available being priced at €50 (£42/$55) or less. The framework will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for validation by this summer. Some 13.4 million tickets will …
Chelsea requests FA Cup tie to be behind closed doors
Chelsea will be unable to sell tickets for Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final at Middlesbrough, and the Premier League club has asked the English Football Association (FA) to move the game behind closed doors as a result. The club had approached the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) to sell tickets for the away game at Middlesbrough’s …
Leeds United takes fight to ticket touts
English Premier League club Leeds United has identified a number of supporters who have resold their tickets to third-party resale sites and has subsequently cancelled their season tickets and memberships. The club has also issued lifetime bans to the identified supporters. In a statement, Leeds said: “Leeds United have continued to work hard and monitor …
International Women’s Day Q&A: Seat Unique’s Phillipa Hicks
Since its inception in 2018, premium ticketing marketplace Seat Unique has gone from strength to strength, and has amassed an impressive clientele in just four years. Just today (Tuesday), Seat Unique and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club announced that its home ground, Bristol County Ground, will become Seat Unique Stadium. The company was founded by Robin …
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup travel and tours packages launch
STH UK has launched travel and tours packages for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which is set to take place in Australia later this year. STH UK is the sales arm of Sports Travel & Hospitality Group (STH Group) which is a joint venture between French food services and facilities management giant Sodexo and …
Beijing Winter Olympic Games utilises Prevail solutions
Shenzhen-based Prevail Technology’s entry solutions were utilised for the recent Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games to speed up access for attendees. While the Games were only attended by around 150,000 fans who were invited to watch the sporting action, ticketed entry was still required. The attendees were locals and were invited to events in two …
Beijing Winter Olympic Games utilise Prevail solutions
Shenzhen-based Prevail Technology’s entry solutions were utilised for the recent Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games to speed up access for attendees. While the Games were only attended by around 150,000 fans who were invited to watch the sporting action, ticketed entry was still required. The attendees were locals and were invited to events in two …
Start-up aims to make it easier for reselling sports tickets
Season ticket resale can be “a lot of work” without research and the right platform, says TiqAssist chief executive and founder Chris Babu. In an interview with Sportico, Babu said that it is not the case that tickets can be “thrown” up for NBA, NFL, NHL and MLS games in the US on resale sites …
‘The Batman’ posts strong opening weekend ticket sales
‘The Batman’ posted a commendable $128.5m (£98m/€118m) on its debut weekend across 4,417 North American cinemas. It is the best opening weekend for cinema ticket sales in the US in 2022, and is only the second pandemic-era film to post more than $100m in one weekend, after ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ was released in December. …
Glastonbury Festival unveils 2022 headliners
The iconic Glastonbury Festival has today (Friday) revealed its 2022 headliners ahead of its first event since 2019. Friday will be headlined by US singer and youngest ever headliner Billie Eilish, while Sir Paul McCartney will take the Saturday slot. US rapper Kendrick Lamar will close the show on Sunday night. Former Beatles star McCartney …