BCS Season Ends, Gives NFL Playoffs Sporting Chance at Top Spot
By Stacey Willets As we enter the time of year to begin lamenting about winter weight, sports events show an increase in activity. Specifically, the NFL playoffs kick off the…
Football
In the United States, the sport of football has grown into the most popular sport overtaking, in most people’s eyes, baseball as ‘America’s Favorite Pastime’. On game day, millions of fans head to stadiums across the country and create an event unlike any other sport.
The college football regular season and postseason has become a huge money maker for the NCAA, the schools and also the ticketing industry. Division I schools from the major conferences typically sell-out stadiums for all their home games, with attendance figures typically over 100,000. When these schools qualify for the postseason, including a possible national championship game, demand for tickets skyrockets and prices on the secondary market often follow suit.
The NFL is similar as fans come out in huge numbers to follow their hometown teams. While the regular season is huge, the NFL Playoffs bring everything to a new level. As each round passes, demand and ticket prices increase until it culminates at the championship game, the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is the biggest event in sports with billions of fans watching the game on television. Ticket prices for the Super Bowl will often rival the most expensive tickets for any event during that calendar year.
NFL, Ticketmaster Finalize Secondary Ticketing Deal
By Alfred Branch, Jr. Ticketmaster and the National Football League today announced the two titans are teaming up to sell NFL tickets on the secondary market. The deal, which TicketNews…
Tom Petty Tapped to Headline Super Bowl Halftime
By Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen Super Bowl Halftime shows have become one of the most anticipated music events of the year, as evidenced by the nearly 140 million viewers…
Report: Ticketmaster to Land NFL Contract
By Alfred Branch, Jr. A day after news that Liberty Media may try to acquire Ticketmaster, it appears as if the world’s largest ticketing company is poised to land the…
College Football Bowls Over the NFL
By Stacey Willets TicketNews announces its exclusive weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week of 11/26/07 – 12/02/07. OVERALL TOP 10 EVENTS Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1…
Holiday Shows and Football Rule the Charts
By Alfred Branch, Jr. TicketNews announces its exclusive weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week of 10/29/07 – 11/04/07. OVERALL TOP 10 EVENTS Event This Week Last Week Wicked…
New Marketing Opportunities for the NFL
By Carol-Ann Rudy More sports marketing partnerships have been popping up these past few weeks for the National Football League. Among them: Bridgestone Firestone North American Tires, based in Nashville…
College Football and the Ticket Market
By Carol-Ann Rudy When it comes to the college football and its ticket market, a different type of fan base has to be considered in comparison to its pro football…
NFL: The Gold Standard of Sports Marketing
By Carol-Ann Rudy Whether attending the game live at the stadium or watching on television, Pepsi, Visa, Coors, Burger King, and Campbell’s Soup are there, cheering the players and fans…
StubHub! Duels with Ticketmaster Over NFL Tickets
By Alfred Branch, Jr. With a couple weeks of the new NFL season in the books, secondary ticketing giant StubHub! is already claiming a victory of sorts in the “ticket…