Consumer body joins call for Live Nation investigation

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Consumer body joins call for Live Nation investigation

[ad_1] The National Consumers League (NCL), one of the US’s most established consumer champions, has joined calls for an investigation into Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s control of the nation’s live events marketplace. Sally Greenberg, the body’s executive director, has written to the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to add its support for the investigation of …

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Mexican champions Atlas FC deploy facial recognition tech ahead of league mandate

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Mexican champions Atlas FC deploy facial recognition tech ahead of league mandate

[ad_1] Mexican football champions Atlas FC have partnered with Incode ahead of new rules mandating facial recognition requirements from next season. Orelegi Sports-owned Atlas FC, Santos Laguna and TM Football Club have each signed with the digital identity verification specialist after the Mexican Football Federation and Liga MX introduced plans to boost security at matches …

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NFL’s Washington Commanders denies ticket revenue fraud claims

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NFL’s Washington Commanders denies ticket revenue fraud claims

[ad_1] The NFL’s Washington Commanders team has denied claims that it withheld ticket revenue from visiting teams. A former employee is reported to have told a Congressional committee that the DC-based team committed financial impropriety by failing to meet NFL revenue sharing rules which require franchises to deposit 40% of ticket revenue into a visiting …

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WWE’s Wrestlemania sets all-time attendance record

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WWE’s Wrestlemania sets all-time attendance record

[ad_1] 2022’s Wrestlemania 38 at AT&T Stadium in Texas produced the highest-grossing and most-attended event in the WWE’s 37-year history. Some 156,352 attended the event at Dallas Cowboys’ home over the course of two nights, surpassing the previous gate and attendance records set by WrestleMania 32 in 2016. Organisers said fans attended from all 50 …

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Email remains theatre’s biggest discovery channel

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Email remains theatre’s biggest discovery channel

[ad_1] Email and word-of-mouth remain the biggest discovery channels for theatre-goers, with around a half of patrons selecting them as their primary source of information. A new report from AudienceView, which surveyed more than 5,000 members of TheaterMania and WhatsOnStage’s online communities, found that 31% of respondents chose email as their No.1 discovery channel despite …

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Concerns raised over Covid visitor data collected by UK attractions

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Concerns raised over Covid visitor data collected by UK attractions

[ad_1] The Natural History Museum shared visitor data with Facebook as it “hoovered up” personal details during the pandemic, according to the Telegraph. The newspaper reports that the London attraction obtained more than 700,000 sets of data with the help of the Covid-19 booking system. It shares some of its visitor information with third parties, …

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AFL chiefs target bumper Adelaide Oval crowd for women’s final

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AFL chiefs target bumper Adelaide Oval crowd for women’s final

[ad_1] AFL chiefs have revealed a series of ticket promotions as they seek to attract a bumper crowd to the Adelaide Oval for this weekend’s 2022 NAB AFL Women’s Grand Final. Tickets for the biggest event in Australian women’s team sports, which will be played between Adelaide Crows and Melbourne this Saturday (April 9), are …

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SquadUp unveils NFT ticketing plans via new platform

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SquadUp unveils NFT ticketing plans via new platform

[ad_1] SquadUp, the white-label ticketing and event management platform, has unveiled a new NFT ticketing platform via a partnership with Sidechain. The NFT.SquadUP.com tool, already available via beta access, will allow organisers to create and sell their own NFTs tickets in an auction format. Attendees will be able to convert tickets into NFTs, complete with …

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MLB’s Mets unveils facial recognition ticketing system at Citi Field

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MLB’s Mets unveils facial recognition ticketing system at Citi Field

[ad_1] New York Mets has unveiled its facial recognition ticketing system at Citi Field ahead of the new Major League Baseball (MLB) season. Fans who enrol in the service, powered by Wicket, will be able to gain entry to the ballpark through facial recognition rather than having to scan tickets. Those who use the service …

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