Empty Seats For Sold-Out Events Remain Baffling(Sports Business Journal)
Posted 8/15/2008
As the first week of the Beijing Olympics concluded Friday, many seats remained empty -- [Read More]

Ticketmaster, TicketsNow answer brokers' questions(TicketNews)
Posted 5/27/2008
In a four-page memo to its members this week, the National Association of Ticket Brokers essentially vouched for Ticketmaster and -- [Read More]

State says former Wisconsin man scammed fans on Packers tickets via his Web site(Star-Tribune- Minn)
Posted 5/27/2008
A former Wisconsin man accused of illegally selling Green Bay Packers tickets  and failing to come up with tickets fans -- [Read More]

NCAA cashes in on Final Four ticket resale(USA Today)
Posted 3/19/2008
The NCAA is ready to reap even more money from its men's basketball tournament by engaging in a practice it once frowned upon -- [Read More]

Avoid Green Bay Packers ticket scams(The Journal Times)
Posted 12/10/2007
With the Green Bay Packers winning record, game tickets are becoming scarce and expensive -- [Read More]

Attorney General Warns Of Rose Bowl Ticket Scams(CBS2/Chicago)
Posted 12/10/2007
Some Offering Bargain Tickets May Be Con Artists -- [Read More]

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TICKET BROKERS (NATB) LAUNCHES CONSUMER HOTLINE FOR TICKET PURCHASES
Posted 11/30/2007
As a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring consumer protection and satisfaction -- [Read More]

Ticketmaster Faces A Full-Court Press (Business Week)
Posted 9/13/2007
In the 1990s, grunge rockers Pearl Jam famously challenged Ticketmaster (IACI ), claiming the giant was a monopoly. -- [Read More]

Angie's List Offers Tips For Finding Good Tickets(Inside Indiana Business)
Posted 9/5/2007
Indianapolis-based Angie's List has collected nine tips for finding a reputable broker when looking for tickets to an Indianapolis Colts game or -- [Read More]

Baseball Gets Into Resale of Tickets (The New York Times)
Posted 8/10/2007
Major League Baseball once frowned on scalping, the resale of tickets among fans and sidewalk entrepreneurs. -- [Read More]

Movement to deregulate ticket resale is spreading(USA Today)
Posted 7/6/2007
Amy Stephens became a stay-at-home mom when her daughter Grace, now 4, was born. But Stephens knew she could not afford to give up her teaching -- [Read More]

Ticketmaster Announces Agreement to Acquire Paciolan(PR NEWSWIRE)
Posted 7/3/2007
Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company and an operating business of IAC IACI -- [Read More]

Going After Ticketmaster(Time)
Posted 6/5/2007
When Peter Shapiro owned the wetlands, a New York City concert hall where Dave Matthews and Pearl Jam played in the 1990s, there was one sure path -- [Read More]

Ticketmaster Buys Stake in China Firm(AP)
Posted 5/25/2007
Ticketmaster Buys Majority Stake in Chinese Ticketing Company Emma Entertainment -- [Read More]

Halt the hypocrisy of scalping laws(Boston Herald)
Posted 5/24/2007
Halt the hypocrisy of scalping laws -- [Read More]

National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB) Urges New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to Support a Free, Secondary Market for Ticket Re-Sales (Earth Times)
Posted 4/24/2007
The National Association of Ticket Brokers (NATB) today urged New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to support a free, secondary market for ticket re-sales -- [Read More]

Memory chips embedded in Olympic tickets to prevent fakes(Bloomberg)
Posted 4/24/2007
Tickets for the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be embedded with a wireless memory chip and printed with specialty ink in a bid to curb fakes -- [Read More]

EBay buying StubHub for $310M in cash(Business Week)
Posted 1/17/2007
EBay Inc. is buying rapidly growing online ticket broker StubHub Inc. for $310 million in cash -- [Read More]

The Facts on the Proposed Repeal of Arkansas’ Law Against Ticket Scalping (TicketNews)
Posted 1/3/2007
Ticket scalping is so ubiquitous, sometimes people are surprised to learn it is illegal in certain states. There’s no federal law against -- [Read More]

Bill Would Repeal Ticket-Scalping Law(Times Record, ARK)
Posted 12/13/2006
An Arkansas law that bans ticket scalping would be repealed under legislation prefiled Friday for the 2007 legislative session. -- [Read More]

NCAA makes deal with ticket broker(The Indianapolis Star)
Posted 12/13/2006
The NCAA has contracted with RazorGator Experiences to become its official partner -- [Read More]

Ticketmaster And The Prof (Pollstar)
Posted 11/13/2006
A recent op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal written by an economics professor blasted Ticketmaster for an aggressive, nationwide lobbying -- [Read More]

TICKETMASTER vs TICKETBUYERS(Wall Street Journal)
Posted 10/24/2006
Saying It Wants to Help Consumers, It Really Is Lobbying to Limit Their Choice -- [Read More]

Multibillion-dollar industry pressures states to loosen restrictions on resales(The Boston Globe)
Posted 10/23/2006
Many states are doing away with their antiscalping laws, prodded by powerful teams and corporations eager to get -- [Read More]

Better Business Bureau: Don't get shortchanged by online ticket brokers(The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette, LA)
Posted 9/21/2006
Ticket "scalping" is an ancient practice, and some consider Internet ticket broker sites to represent the newest generation of scalpers. -- [Read More]

The Hot Ticket Isn't Ticketmaster(BusinessWeek)
Posted 8/31/2006
Zach Nelson, CEO of software supplier NetSuite Inc., doesn't have a lot of time for entertainment. -- [Read More]

Broker might be best source for good seats(Atlanta-Journal Constitution)
Posted 8/21/2006
Mariah Carey devotee Rochelle Warden was scanning the online classified -- [Read More]

More to know about ticket buying online(Dayton Daily News)
Posted 7/10/2006
Have Internet sites such as StubHub and eBay made ticket "scalping" a more accepted practice? -- [Read More]

Boom times for Arizona scalpers(Arizona Republic)
Posted 6/13/2006
It's ticket scalping season in Arizona. Prime seats at Madonna's shows this week at Glendale Arena are being resold for more than $2,000 -- [Read More]

You can still get seats, but at a high price(Star-Telegram)
Posted 6/13/2006
With the Dallas Mavericks making their first appearance ever in the NBA Finals, -- [Read More]

Reject legal ticket scalping plan(The Post and Courier )
Posted 5/9/2006
Proponents of a bill to legalize ticket scalping recently approved by the House contend it would be a boon to consumers, but it's hard to see how. -- [Read More]

Fla. Senate votes to lift ban on 'scalping' tickets for more than face value(Sun-Sentinel)
Posted 5/3/2006
Miami Dolphins season ticket-holder Charlene Dudley might not be the type to jack up the price of tickets to games -- [Read More]

The Price of Admission in a Material World (New York Times)
Posted 4/25/2006
YOU just paid $153 at StubHub.com for a ticket to the July 3 Madonna concert at Madison Square Garden -- [Read More]

Defendant denies he knew ticket sales were a scam(TELEGRAM & GAZETTE)
Posted 4/25/2006
A man accused of selling $255,460 in phony tickets to Super Bowl XXXIX will testify in a federal trial that he was an unwitting participant -- [Read More]

Want prime seats? Get ready to bid(Miami Herald)
Posted 4/17/2006
Ticketmaster is auctioning tickets to events, cutting out ticket brokers and scalpers. -- [Read More]

Web sites offer Derby seats anywhere, but for a price(Courier-Journal)
Posted 3/7/2006
The exact number of Kentucky Derby tickets that are advertised and sold by brokers each year is difficult to pinpoint. -- [Read More]

Ticked off over tickets(IBJ)
Posted 3/7/2006
The NCAA has served notice it doesn't intend to stand idly by while brokers profit from its events. -- [Read More]

Super advice for those seeking tickets(The Seattle Times)
Posted 1/24/2006
The National Association of Ticket Brokers, a trade group founded in the mid-1990s to repair the reputation and improve the standards of the industry, -- [Read More]

How to snag a Super Bowl ticket (The Detroit News)
Posted 1/4/2006
They're the most coveted tickets in all of sports, but getting into Super Bowl XL is easy. All you need is money or pals with connections. -- [Read More]

Buying a bowl chance? It's a Longhorn bull market(Austin American -Statesman)
Posted 11/15/2005
Like the polls, online market favors UT, USC and Virginia Tech for national title game. -- [Read More]

White Sox WS and Season Ticket Problems(Chicago Sun-Times)
Posted 10/21/2005
It sounded like a sure-fire way to get World Series tickets: Sign up for 2006 season tickets -- [Read More]

Scoring World Series Tickets Gets Easier(WALL STREET JOURNAL)
Posted 10/20/2005
New state laws that loosen the rules on scalping tickets online for fans desperate to attend this year's World Series. -- [Read More]

Sold out - or is it?
Posted 8/29/2005
Suppose your sole summer goal involves rocking out with the Rolling Stones. And forget the nosebleeds . -- [Read More]

Tickets! Red Hot Tickets! (The Hartford Courant)
Posted 6/28/2005
In The Resale Of Admission To Concerts and Sporting Events, Free Market Rules -- [Read More]

Why it's tough to get a ticket (USA Today)
Posted 6/23/2005
How hard is it to get good seats for a hot concert act?So you stood on line for U2 tickets all night and still only managed upper deck? -- [Read More]

Ticket brokers see lost business, uncollected taxes from auction law (AP)
Posted 6/15/2005
Legislation meant to help consumers by letting them sell unwanted sports and concert tickets on the Internet -- [Read More]

Advice to consumers to avoid being bilked on Packers tickets (AP)
Posted 5/2/2005
Wisconsin consumer protection officials have some advice for people wanting to buy Green Bay Packers tickets -- [Read More]

Ticket Price Vertigo/ The Daily Times
Posted 4/19/2005
At the front row of any given concert, no two seats are the same. Boulderite Wendy Redal learned this the hard way -- [Read More]

Extra seats/ The Washington Times
Posted 4/18/2005
Area ticket brokers have dozens of tickets for the Washington Nationals' sold-out home opener -- [Read More]

Sox-Yankee fans turn to Internet and pay big bucks
Posted 4/13/2005
This, the hottest rivalry in sports — the Red Sox and the Yankees — has gotten even hotter, so, too, has demand for tickets -- [Read More]

Need a ticket? Getting one can be wicked
Posted 4/13/2005
From The New York Times News Service" Even in a town known for the high quality of its amateur theater....." -- [Read More]

Online ticket sellers go for broke
Posted 2/25/2005
Those nonexistent Super Bowl tickets up for bid in the ether of cyberspace at an undetermined markup ran into a harsh reality -- [Read More]

Cold cash lands hot ticket; Contacts, luck may also come into play
Posted 2/8/2005
Pssst. Want to score some tickets for Super Bowl XL at Ford Field next year? Not a problem -- [Read More]

Super Bowl's glamour invites scams
Posted 2/3/2005
When Super Bowl XL arrives in Detroit a year from this week, it'll bring more than fans in funny hats. It'll also bring sky-high prices. -- [Read More]

New York ticket agents come to rescue of Bethlehem band
Posted 1/24/2005
Thanks to the kindness of some New Yorkers, Bethlehem's NE Middle School band will see a Broadway musical and get back the nearly $5,000 it lost -- [Read More]

Fake Super Bowl Tickets on eBay
Posted 1/12/2005
Mike Hagel screamed, "Yes," as the Minnesota Vikings scored a touchdown against Green Bay Sunday -- [Read More]

FINAL- FOUR TICKETS (NewYorkTimesTravel)
Posted 1/4/2005
There are many Web sites offering tickets and packages to the Final Four of the N.C.A.A.How can I determine if they are legitimate? -- [Read More]

Natick businesswomen settle dispute on People's Court
Posted 12/14/2004
After sparring over a Red Sox ticket deal gone bad, a pair of Rte. 9 ticket brokers and their client agreed to settled on TV. -- [Read More]

MLBAM in acquisition talks with Tickets.com
Posted 11/22/2004
The Internet arm of Major League Baseball is in talks to buy online ticketing service provider Tickets.com -- [Read More]

Ticket Trouble
Posted 1/6/2005
Beware Where You Buy Packer Playoff Tickets -- [Read More]