Courtesy of Variety: Think of it as MoviePass 2.0. The beleaguered ticketing service is trying to shake off its troubled image as a subscription company in a perpetual state of chaos and near collapse with a new marketing campaign and a fresh array of offerings that are being rolled out this month. The campaign, which includes print ads and a billboard […]
Courtesy of Bloomberg: Demand for tickets to college football’s national title game is at an all-time low, as travel costs and match-up fatigue weigh on fans of both Alabama and Clemson. Prices for tickets to Monday’s College Football Playoff title game at the San Francisco 49ers home in Santa Clara, California, have dropped more than […]
Courtesy of SB Nation / Bluebird Banter: It is safe to say the the current occupants of 1 Blue Jays Way are not Scott Boras’s favourite people in the world. The animosity began when after Aaron Sanchez refused the 2017 contract offer the Jays made in search of a larger raise so he was instead renewed at the minimum […]
Courtesy of Bloomberg: When Fox Sports head Eric Shanks attended last month’s Major League Baseball owners meeting, he did more than pass along good tidings from his boss. He brought the man himself, Lachlan Murdoch. Like his billionaire father Rupert, Murdoch knows commissioners and owners are integral to his vision for the company, which is charting a […]
Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter: Murdoch’s 22 regional stations, valued at $25 billion, draw interest from Amazon, MLB, the Yankees and others as streaming deals heat up. Live sports rights may be headed to a new frontier as streaming becomes an increasingly significant component of deals. While Fox recently inked a 10-year extension with Major […]
Courtesy of Crain’s Cleveland Business: Competition for Cleveland’s concert dollars intensified this summer when AEG Presents spent more than $3 million to renovate the historic Agora Theatre & Ballroom. Live Nation, long the dominant music promoter in Northeast Ohio, harkening back to its roots as the iconic Belkin Productions, added its own major venue in […]
Courtesy of Billboard: They say it’s a marathon, not a sprint. But for Beyoncé and JAY-Z, it was both. Their sprawling On the Run II Tour finished with $253.5 million in the bank, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. The trek wrapped Oct. 4 at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field, the last of the 48 stadium dates they played, […]
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times: Want to buy a ticket to see LeBron James and the Lakers play the Houston Rockets and James Harden on Saturday night at Staples Center? Good luck. The Lakers’ home opener is sold out. Want to buy Lakers season tickets? Good luck. Those are gone too. If a fan wants to see the […]
Courtesy of Quartzy: If a popular artist sells out their show, they have likely made a big mistake. Although sold out concerts sound good and are often used to assess the success of an event, they are mostly just a sign that prices were set too low. The winner is not the artist or the […]
Courtesy of Bullets Forever: Here is the Wizards’ 2018-19 ticket exchange thread. Here are the guidelines. You are free to list your market rate for the tickets – That means, you can set the floor as low as you would like, or as high as you would like. Please list just the games you are selling […]
