Courtesy of Vanity Fair: In another bid to stave off potential collapse, MoviePass has announced that it will incorporate surge pricing into its service. Here’s how it works: before subscribers can watch certain titles at certain times and on certain highly trafficked days, they will now be asked to pay an additional $2 to $6 […]
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Sun: After NBA superstar LeBron James announced Sunday that he was joining the Los Angeles Lakers, fans swarmed virtual box offices in order to secure tickets for a first look at the new team. The Lakers’ annual preseason game in Las Vegas was among the contests to see a price […]
Courtesy of The Seattle Times: The Seahawks are joining the mobile-ticketing trend, following in the footsteps of several other NFL teams. They say going paperless is the wave of the future for all major spectator events. But it has left some fans irritated. Count the Seahawks among NFL teams transitioning to mobile tickets. The team […]
Courtesy of BBC Sport: Fans seeking tickets for Liverpool’s Champions League final against Real Madrid in Ukraine are being asked to pay “ridiculous” prices online. Some are on sale for more than 20 times face value, with one ticket on a resale website priced at more than £14,000. Liverpool sold out their allocation of 16,626 […]
Courtesy of IQ: Google introduces its new-look Apple Pay rival, which is integrated with Ticketmaster and can be used to store tickets to shows. Google has announced that its Google Pay wallet can now be used to store event tickets and boarding passes. The company had announced in January that it was combining Google Wallet and […]
Courtesy of PYMNTS.com: A new startup is looking to use facial recognition to disrupt the ticketing business and take on Ticketmaster. According to The Wall Street Journal, Rival has raised $33 million from investors, including Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and Upfront Ventures. Teams from every major sports league in the U.S. and the English Premier League have […]
Courtesy of the NY Daily News: The black Range Rover with the Ferrari red interior is zipping north on the California freeways toward Angel Stadium in Anaheim, roughly a 45-minute long drive depending upon the traffic situation at any one juncture. Scott Boras is behind the wheel, sporting a dark Boras Corp. pullover, white button-down […]
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times: In the wake of their first World Series appearance in 29 years, the Dodgers raised their average ticket price more than any other team in the major leagues, according to a new study. The Dodgers’ average ticket price this season is $41.13, a jump of 14.5%, according to the […]
Courtesy of Chiefs.com: Ticketing technology focused on improving the way fans experience live events On Friday, Ticketmaster announced a five-year extension with the Kansas City Chiefs to continue to provide fans with the most innovative and reliable ticketing experience in the industry. Since 1989, the Chiefs have partnered with the market leader in live event ticketing, Ticketmaster, to provide the safest and most […]
Courtesy of The New York Post: With no sold-out shows for her “Reputation” tour — to begin in less than three weeks — will Taylor Swift be able to shake it off? Even Ticketmaster, which created “Taylor Swift Tix” expressly for the tour set to kick off on May 8, is signaling concern by offering a […]
