Event Ticketing Done Right
The Stockton Globe theatre has reported ticket sales worth £6m (€7m/$7m) since reopening in 2021. The Grade II-listed Art Deco venue in Stockton-on-Tees in the UK, operated by Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), reopened following a £28m refurbishment. It had been closed as an entertainment venue for over 40 years, briefly returning in the 1990s as …
The Association of Music Promoters of Spain (APM) has revealed that ticket sales in Spain reached a record-high of €459m (£402m/$492m) in 2022, an increase of 191.33% compared to 2021. The total also represented an increase of 20.03% compared to the pre-pandemic total in 2019. Festivals such as Primavera Sound in Barcelona attracted 500,700 attendees …
The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has said that while there has been a 69% increase in visitors to top UK attractions, the total still represents a decline of 23% compared to visits in 2019. ALVA’s figures for 2022 demonstrated that 123.4 million patrons visited ALVA sites, compared to 73.1 million in 2021. The …
Football fans from 25 different countries have purchased hospitality packages for the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. With four months to go, fans have already secured ticket-inclusive hospitality packages for the Women’s World Cup. Prices begin at A$250/NZ$275 (£204/$167/€154) and include a match ticket, food and drinks. Packages are still …
English Championship football club Birmingham City has introduced a new ticket functionality that allows disabled supporters to purchase tickets online. English Championship football club Birmingham City has introduced a new ticket functionality that allows disabled supporters to purchase tickets online. Disabled supporters will now be able to buy match tickets online for home and away …
Ticketer has announced the launch of a new ticketing platform for events in Singapore. The company has designed the platform to make it simple to list events, sell and buy tickets online. Ticketer’s new platform will offer a range of benefits for event organisers, including a user-friendly interface for the creation and management of events. …
Exit Festival has continued its partnership with ticketing platform NFT-TiX as part of a multi-year collaboration. Last year, the festival utilised blockchain ticketing to sell NFT tickets, becoming the first event of this size to do so, according to organisers. NFT-TiX and Exit Festival have also been nominated for the Disruptor Award at TheTicketingBusiness Awards, …
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is set to close on March 31 after losing funding from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio. The 135-year-old venue will be cut from ACE’s National Portfolio from April 1 and since the news in November last year, the Board of Trustees and Senior Leadership Team had been trying desperately to find a …
Independent live music promoter All Things Live has acquired a majority stake in Ostend Beach Festival in Belgium. The three-day festival hosts more than 100 artists across four different stages and boasts a capacity in excess of 22,500 visitors. Festival co-founder Jan Mortelmans and Kevin Beirens will maintain a minority stake and continue to lead …
Ticketmaster will offer ticket-buyers for The Cure’s US tour dates with partial refunds, following complaints over “unduly high” ticket fees. Yesterday (Thursday) frontman Robert Smith said that Ticketmaster’s high fees “sickened” him and went looking for answers from the ticketing company. One fan purchased four tickets at $20 (£17/€19) each, but incurred fees such as …