Event Ticketing Done Right
Indonesia is set for its biggest sporting event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when it stages its first motorcycle grand prix in 25 years. All 63,000 available tickets have been sold for this weekend’s MotoGP Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia at the Mandalika International Street Circuit on the tourist island of Lombok. Many …
Event organisers in Africa can now access an enhanced payments and marketing service through a new strategic partnership between Nigerian businesses Afritickets and Flutterwave. Digital payments giant Flutterwave and end-to-end ticketing platform Afritickets said their partnership can create more revenue opportunities for event organisers across the continent and improve the ticketing experience for event goers. …
PRS for Music, the organisation that represents songwriters, composers, and music publishers across the UK, has launched its Back to Live Music Venue Prize. The nationwide competition will offer independent live music venues across the UK the chance to win one of six regional prizes of up to £10,000, helping to improve live music experiences …
A new international study of ticket sales, revenue and audience demographics for the performing arts shows a switch towards younger bookers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ‘Two Years On’ survey, conducted by TRG Arts and Purple Seven, looked at the sector in North America, the UK and the Republic of Ireland in …
Tickets for the controversial first-ever Old Firm game to be staged outside of Scotland are to go on sale in Australia later this week. Ticketek will begin sales for the Sydney Super Cup on Friday (March 18) at 2pm (AEDT)/3am (GMT). The tournament, due to take place in November ahead of the FIFA World Cup, …
COVID status requirements are to be scrapped in the Netherlands next week as the authorities remove the final restrictions from the entertainment and hospitality sectors. From March 23, venues and nightclubs will no longer be required to check the COVID status of those looking to enter. Pre-admission testing has been required for larger nightclubs and …
SKIDATA’s eTicketing solution offers clubs the opportunity to reduce costs and increase revenue from the very first game, and for every subsequent game as well. Top internationally renowned clubs are already on it. Here, SKIDATA takes us through its products and services and how its partner clubs can save time and money from the very …
US Senators Richard Blumenthal (pictured left) and Amy Klobuchar (pictured right) have called on the Department of Justice to investigate competition in the live entertainment market, including Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s updated consent decree. In a release from Blumenthal’s office, the Senators for Connecticut and Minnesota said that Live Nation, through its ownership of Ticketmaster …
English Premier League club Chelsea has withdrawn its request to play its FA Cup quarter final at Middlesbrough behind closed doors. Chelsea had originally asked the English Football Association (The FA) to play at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium without fans, as the club is not able to sell new tickets to the match, to maintain “sporting …
Portsmouth Guildhall has partnered with Eventim UK, which is set to become the venue’s new ticketing partner from the summer. Eventim UK was selected following a tender and evaluation process and the partnership will span the next seven years. Portsmouth Guildhall, which has a capacity of 2,000 and is based in the English city of …