Al Horner Credit: NME Usually, admitting to obsessively hoarding tiny, grotty pieces of paper, lager-splattered and moth-ridden from sitting in a box in your wardrobe for 15 years, would have alarm bells ringing among your friends and loved ones. Not so for music fans, for whom hanging on to gig tickets is a hallowed ritual.
Read More ⟶Alan Cross Published on June 19th, 2013 | by Alan Cross When I first started going to concerts, I saved every single ticket stub and proudly taped them to my bedroom wall in chronological order. Even after I moved out, I kept saving stubs as a record of who I’d seen and when. I can’t
Read More ⟶Dave Brooks It might not happen this year, or even within this decade, but the barcode/ticket system will eventually be a relic of the past, replaced by a digital ticket that sits within a fan’s phone or on a wristband and helps promoters and event producers better identify who is in their building. That means
Read More ⟶Leadership / 01.14.19 11 Ticketing Industry Trends: What to Expect in 2019 Christine Payne We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Change and progress are today’s only constants in entertainment ticketing. The industry is in a state of flux, evolution and anticipation. It’s an exciting time as the coming changes get set to
Read More ⟶Kirk Wakefield Inventory is sister to innovation in ticket pricing and practices. The proportion of total revenue generated by tickets across sports leagues is inverse to the media dollars generated by each league. Media and sponsorship dollars follow the volume and loyalty of fans–because reach and frequency still matter. Consequently, tickets make up only 22
Read More ⟶ESPN.com Illustration When Russ Havens attends a game, he’s very fussy about his ticket stub. In particular, he prefers that the ticket be torn, not just scanned. “Tearing it adds to the patina of it,” he says. “It shows use, like a mark on a game-worn jersey.” That preference is one of many, many opinions
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