Ex-scalpers appear to beat the system by joining it
By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff Two ticket scalpers are going legit. Fred Smerlas, the former NFL star who got into hot water with the New England Patriots last year after…
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Universal Orlando Raises Ticket Prices
Universal Orlando raised its ticket prices Friday, matching the new price that cross-town rival Walt Disney World announced a week ago. The cost of a basic single-day, single-park ticket was…
Ace Tickets Rewarded by Boston Magazine As Best Ticket Broker
By Talmadge Harper TicketNews.com For the first time in the company’s history, Ace Ticket has been named “Boston’s Best Ticket Broker” by Boston Magazine, the first broker to receive the…
Live Nation Posts Solid 2Q Financials
By Alfred Branch, Jr. On the strength of higher ticket prices and the completion of its acquisition of the Canadian House of Blues clubs, Live Nation this week reported an…
Colts tickets, any Colts ticket, a hot item
Phil Scott/Eyewitness News Indianapolis – When it comes to watching the Colts play this year, it’s a whole new ball game. Even the pre-season games are sold out. And forget…
Have the Boston Celtics Cut Off Ticket Brokers?
By Alfred Branch, Jr. The same year the team pulls off a blockbuster trade for superstar Kevin Garnett, the Boston Celtics appear to have decided to stop selling tickets to…
Surviving StubHub!: Ticketmaster Takes Larger Stake in Sports Market, viagogo Issues a Challenge
By Stacey Willets TicketNews.com A battle of the titans is brewing in this week’s exclusive Top Ten Primary and Secondary Live Event Ticket Sellers Rankings, released this morning. In case…
Monday Night RAW® Delivers Highest Rating Of Third Quarter
STAMFORD, Conn., Press Release – WWE®’s “Monday Night RAW” on USA delivered 5,266,000 viewers on August 6, its best rating in the third quarter and a 10 percent increase over…
eBay Ticket Fraud Conviction Exposes Looming Fraud Issues
By Talmadge Harper TicketNews.com California resident Gilbert Vartanian, 37, of Sacramento was convicted this week on 12 counts of mail fraud, stemming from a ticket scam he allegedly operated on…
Safari Users: Live Nation Is Back in Your Corner
Users of Apple’s signature web browser Safari have been cleared for take off on LiveNation.com. Following some temporary technical issues where Safari users were unable to access the Live Nation…