Event Ticketing Done Right
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Goiás Esporte Clube has introduced a new membership catered towards fans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Fans will have access to an exclusive box at the club’s Hailé Pinheiro Stadium to follow games. The box is set within a sensory room to offer comfort …
Formula 1 has cancelled this weekend’s Grand Prix at Imola due to flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region. The decision not to stage the race – the sixth of this year’s series – was made following discussions between Formula 1, the President of the FIA, the competent authorities – including the relevant Ministers, the President of …
A Greener Future (AGF) and Falmouth University have opened enrolment to their next sustainable event course. The two-week online course, which commences on June 5, is designed to equip students with all the skills and knowledge of environmental operations and sustainability at events and enables those who pass to undertake and carry out environmental assessments …
More than one million Paris 2024 tickets were sold in the first 48 hours of the latest ticketing phase which opened last week. The second phase, which is dedicated to the sale of individual tickets for specific events, opened on May 11, and tickets for more than half the Olympic sports had sold out by …
SeatGeek says tickets bought with a $500 free ticket code that was leaked at the end of last week are invalid. Action Network reports that the code, which automatically deducted $500 per transaction, was used over and over again for at least an hour last Friday. Users that inputted the code MLB1 or MLB2 were …
Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries… Apple’s new concert discovery services Apple has launched new concert discovery facilities for its Apple Music and Maps services. On Maps, more than 40 new Guides, each curated by Apple Music editors, highlight the best venues to experience live music in some of …
We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Steve Tadlock has been named senior vice-president of venue relations by LiveCo, the private equity-backed entertainment company led by Brian Becker. Tadlock joins LiveCo from ASM Global, where he was most recently General Manager of Pechanga Arena in San Diego. In his …
Web3 platform Humbl has announced that it has entered into an Equity Financing Agreement with Pacific Lion, pursuant to which Pacific Lion agreed to purchase up to $20m (£16m/€18m) of Humbl common stock. Humbl offers product lines including the Humbl Wallet, Humbl Search Engine, Humbl Social, Humbl Tickets, Humbl Marketplace and Humbl Authentics. Pacific Lion, …
Glownet, an experiential platform stack for the events and entertainment industry, has launched a new partner network, ‘Powered by Glownet’. The network will help to bridge the gap between the digital world and physical environments for event creators. Glownet will also offer global and regional partners the opportunity to upgrade ticketing systems and marketplaces, cashless …
Premier League club Liverpool is set to return to Singapore for its pre-season tour this summer, which will feature fellow English club Leicester City and Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga as part of the Singapore Festival of Football. Liverpool will face Leicester at Singapore’s National Stadium on July 30 to contest the Standard Chartered …