Event Ticketing Done Right
The National Basketball Association (NBA)’s Golden State Warriors franchise has sold out its 41 regular season home games for the seventh consecutive season. Following the conclusion of the 82-game NBA season, the Golden State Warriors announced during its final game at Chase Center (pictured) that the franchise had reached the milestone. The Warriors’ sellout streak …
Almost half of this weekend’s Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix ticket holders are women, according to the chief executive of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. Andrew Westacott, CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, told The Age that 40% of this weekend’s attendees would be female. Traditionally, female ticket holders have made up about 25% …
The 2022 Ice Hockey World Championship, which is set to take place in Finland in May, has committed to donating a portion of ticket sales to ice hockey efforts in Ukraine throughout April. Organisers of the tournament, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), have already donated €10 (£8/$11) from each day ticket that was sold previously …
Organisers of Newcastle-based music festival This Is Tomorrow have said that they will not be going ahead with the event this year, and have cited the “oversaturated market” and an “ongoing economic crisis” as the reasons why. The three-day event was due to run from June 3-5 but will now take place in May next …
Following five exciting weekends of rugby’s Guinness Six Nations, 370,000 Tixserve-powered digital tickets were delivered across both Twickenham Stadium, London, and the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, for fixtures against Scotland, France, Ireland and Italy. Digital match day ticketing, hospitality ticketing and car parking passes were issued via the Tixserve platform and delivered into the relevant client’s …
Concerts for Carers, a charity initiative, and telecommunications giant O2, have announced more venues are joining the scheme to provide free tickets to shows for National Health Service (NHS) and paid care workers. The scheme has been running for six months to give back to NHS and care workers with free tickets to top events. …
Event distribution company Tickets For Less has acquired reseller Ticket Express, which is based in Omaha, Nebraska. Ticket Express has provided clients with tickets across Nebraska and Western Iowa in the US for almost 30 years, and will now operate under the Tickets For Less brand. It is hoped the strategic acquisition will bring Tickets …
Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has teamed up with Ticketmaster Australia, with the company becoming VRC’s exclusive ticketing service partner for all race day events held at Flemington Racecourse. The multi-year partnership covers the Melbourne Cup Carnival and hopes to provide horse racing fans with an elevated experience. The racecourse will also utilise Ticketmaster’s Virtual Venue …
A round-up of the latest live music news… English band Roxy Music are set to go on tour for the first time in 11 years to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their debut album. The band, which consists of Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson, will tour across the US, Canada and the UK …
Singapore Indoor Stadium (pictured) will hold its first large-scale concert since the start of the pandemic, when Taiwanese singer A-Lin kicks off her A-Link With Passengers world tour in May. The city-state’s 8,000-capacity venue has not held a large-scale concert since December 2019, and was set to welcome shows from Green Day and K-Pop group …