Event Ticketing Done Right
Media outlet The Athletic and resale platform StubHub have agreed a multi-year ticketing deal. Starting this year, StubHub will be integrated into The Athletic’s product, content, media and subscriber offerings, providing readers with a more streamlined way to purchase tickets to the live sporting events they are reading about. The integration will cover The Athletic’s …
The second phase of Paris 2024 ticket sales began yesterday (Thursday) with successful applicants contacted earlier in the week to buy tickets within their 48-hour window. It is expected that some 1.5 million tickets will be sold, with over four million people registered for the draw for this phase. Olympics fans will be able to …
Italy’s Association of Producers and Organisers of Live Music Shows (Assomusica) has called on the Italian Government to spare the live music and entertainment sector from the split payment of VAT scheme, after the European Commission gave the green light for it to be extended. Italy first introduced its split payment plan in 2017, which …
Premier League club Chelsea has opted to freeze its general admission season ticket prices for the 2023-24 campaign. Adult general admission (GA) season tickets have been frozen since 2011-12, despite the club reporting matchday costs increasing by 31% since 2018. However, the club said that the current cost-of-living crisis and its performances on the pitch …
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), Save Our Scene and Brixton BID have launched a campaign to save O2 Academy Brixton from permanent closure, following the death of two people as the result of a crowd crush. In December last year, two people died following a crowd crush at a gig from Afrobeats artist, Asake. …
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The UK Government has rejected the Competition and Market Authority (CMA)’s recommendations on secondary ticketing, some 19 months after they were made, saying that it “does not currently intend to introduce further regulation in this area”. The Government added that it would instead focus on “its consumer protection measures in the recently introduced Digital Markets, …
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has revealed that total attendance at cricket matches bounced back following the pandemic to reach 2.9 million in 2022. The figure is the second highest annual attendance on record, and is the highest ever when excluding global events such as the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Some …
Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s (MSG Entertainment) highly anticipated Las Vegas Sphere venue is set to cost $2.3bn (£1.8bn/€2.1bn), after the company reported a cost increase of a further $125m. According to reports, documents showcasing the $125m increase were filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday (Wednesday). The Sphere at The Venetian’s current …
Event management and ticketing platform Eventbrite has announced the integration of new GPT-powered tools to help creators with time-consuming steps involved in event planning. The new features will be rolled out later this month, and will help event organisers with tasks such as the creation of event pages and email campaigns. Further AI (Artificial Intelligence) …