Owner: The Ticket Business URL:http://ticketbiz.blogspot.com Join Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:07:08 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: I am a ticket broker and write about trends and events in the secondary ticket market and how it affects ticket brokers. There are many entries talking about changes in reseller laws in different states. Site statistics:Click here
FanPrice.com – Something Different 2008-06-25 22:56:00 There is an interesting new site that is taking a different position on the secondary ticket market. While soft launching in January 2008, Fanprice.com officially announced its launch over the Memorial Day weekend.What is different about them is they are “Fan Focused”. A fan comes to them looking for the seats they want and makes an offer. It is up to the seller to decide whether or not to tak
Ticket Scalping – Entrepreneur or Scum of the Earth 2008-06-16 23:24:00 What do these have in common – used car salesperson, energy trader for Enron and ticket scalper? The answer is all three are looked down upon by our peers and society.The used car salesperson has to fight the stereotype that they are always trying to sell someone a lemon. The energy trader was once viewed with respect, but now the secret is out that they did their part to de-rail parts of the ec Read more:Ticket
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A Tale of Two Cities 2008-06-12 15:35:00 It has been quite a while since the Lakers / Celtics have matched up in the NBA Finals. These two teams have not met in the finals for 21 years. Despite the gap, they have had ten prior NBA finals meetings. In the 61 years of the NBA Finals, the Lakers have appeared in 29 of them and the Celtics 20. The Celtics have a much better winning percentage than the Lakers though. They have 16 trophies com Read more:Cities
NCAA Lawsuit 2008-05-28 15:34:00 Ticketmaster and the NCAA were served this past week with a class action lawsuit. The suit claims the two parties conspired to force ticket purchasers to pay a non-refundable fee for the chance to buy tickets to the NCAA basketball tournament. The suit called the collaboration an illegal lottery.The way it works is that you send in your money for the tickets and a $10 service fee. If you get sele Read more:Lawsuit
All politics are local 2008-05-21 15:33:00 The players• Salvatore F. DiMasi – Massachusetts Speaker of the House• Richard D. Vitale – friend of DiMasi, newly registered Massachusetts lobbyist• William F. Galvin – Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth• Massachusetts Association of Ticket Brokers (MATB) – people like us, but they all do this full timeMATB paid Vitale $60,000 in 2007 to work as a lobbyist. Vitale said he Read more:politics
It’s the Economy 2008-05-14 15:32:00 Times are tough. Oil is $126 a barrel. Gas is closing in on $4.00 a gallon. Bread prices are up 25%. Eggs prices are up 50%.While we are not economist, it seems pretty obvious that we are in a recession. We never actually know that we are in one until after it is over. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters with a decline of GDP. Since figures for any given quarter do not come out unti
TicketMaster again… 2008-04-30 15:31:00 Some time back Ticketmaster set out to buy TicketsNow for $265M. This led to concern for ticket brokers. They feared that Ticketmaster, the originator of many tickets, would now directly affect the inventory available on the secondary ticket market. More directly, ticket brokers fear that Ticketmaster will not sell all the good seats and release them to the public via TicketsNow. Ticketmaster cou
This is American Idol 2008-04-23 15:30:00 We think David Cook is going to win. That means put your money on someone else. Regardless, we now look forward to the American
Idol concert series. This has become a welcome addition to the summer concert tour. Each of the last couple of years this event has enjoyed very brisk concert ticket sales. Here is the rundown for the Venues. Sales start on some of the venues in mid May.July 1 Glendale, A Read more:American Idol
Stubhub Changes for MLB 2008-04-16 15:30:00 We have been waiting to write this passage for some time till we had some more data. We can go no longer.Some time back MLB and StubHub entered an agreement to allow StubHub to be the online ticket reseller for MLB teams. This has lead to numerous changes that affect our lives. Overall it serves us well.Prior to this, MLB teams had their own resale site. Some built their own, other with Ticketmast
More Hannah Montana fallout 2008-04-09 15:29:00 The HannahMontana
bill has passed the Minnesota Senate.Due to the uproar from many young kids, and their parents, who could not get tickets to Hanna Montana shows, a bill was passed in the Minnesota Senate making it illegal to use ticket software that enables “bots” to purchase tickets.A “bot” is a piece of code that simulates a web request so a user does not have to sit at a keyboard and
The Cost of Baseball 2008-04-02 15:27:00 TMR's 2008 MLB Ticket Report - Baseball has never been more popular, or more expensive to watch. On the heels of another record-setting season, the average ticket price has gone up to $25.40, a 10.9 percent increase from last season. Team Marketing Report's 2008 Major League Baseball Fan Cost Index jumped 8.3 percent to $191.75 this season. Both increases are the highest for MLB since 2001, when t
A Tradition You Might Like 2008-03-19 15:27:00 More and more NBA teams have started a new tradition. To get season ticket sales for next year they are giving you the option to start this year. The gimmick is that you pick your seats for next year, but you get the seats starting this year’s playoffs. Depending on the team, you might not even have to pay for all the seats till after the playoffs. This is a good situation for anyone looking to Read more:Tradition
State of Baseball 2008-03-19 15:26:00 One must read the following article on the state of baseball. anyone was wondering if the Mitchell Report was going to have a negative impact on MLB ticket sales, the answer is a load and clear NO. Let’s look at MLB total attendance over the last few years2003 67,630,0522004 72,968,9532005 74,385,2952006 75,997,6222007 79,493,687 Read more:State
Tigers are Roaring 2008-03-12 15:25:00 Early ticket sales for the Detroit tigers are going fast. During the first weekend of single game ticket sales, there were nearly 202,000 sold. They have also sold over 26,000 season tickets. This is an increase of over 8,000 from last year.Tiger Stadium has a capacity of 52,400. Over 81 games the potential attendance could be 4,244,400. From that potential capacity - 2,106,000 are already sold Read more:Tigers
Good time for Yankees tickets holders 2008-03-05 15:23:00 This year really begins a huge upswing for Yankee season ticket holders. The stars are aligned on several fronts:• The Yankees
are good• The Red Sox are better• The Rays do not suck• The All-Star Game• This is the last year in Yankee stadiumThe Yankees are good – One can ask the question – When was the last time they sere not good? Valid question. Regardless, when a team comes to pla
Patriots draw a line 2008-02-27 15:18:00 The New England Patriots
have filed suit against StubHub, saying the company encourages people to break the state anti-scalping law and the team's rule against reselling tickets for a profit. They have also filed suit against over 50 season ticket holders who they claim sold their tickets on StubHub.The Patriots are drawing a line in the sand against resellers and the websites that support it. Thi
Pitchers and Catchers Report 2008-02-20 15:18:00 Last week was the first week for pitcher and catchers reporting for spring training. Depending on the team, everyone else is joining them this week.For us, this means ticket sales are starting to heat up. February and March are really the best month for MLB ticket sales. Fans are willing to pay a premium this early in the season and whenever the team announces the start of single game ticket sales Read more:Pitchers
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Return to Normalcy 2008-02-14 15:17:00 Not too long ago, parents in North Carolina were suing everyone to get their Hannah Montana tickets. The fervor seems to have died down a bitRepresentative Drew Saunders (D) has introduced HB1418 regarding “Resale of Tickets via Internet”. The bill states the following:nothing shall prohibit the resale or offering for resale via the Internet of an admission ticket, at any price, to an athletic Read more:Return
SuperBowl Time 2008-01-30 15:16:00 The headline grabbing number for a SuperBowl ticket this year is $77,000. This is from some tickets on eBay. Second places, very distant second place, id $19,000. The luxury suite is going for almost a quarter of a million.Don’t expect anyone to spring for these. There is always going to be someone posting at some astronomical level, just in case someone with more money than brains comes along.B
Someone Heard the Cry 2008-01-10 15:12:00 This is inevitable.A State Representative from Tennessee is planning on introducing legislation to restrict ticket brokering in his state.The Hannah Montana tour provided some motivation from some of Curry Todds constituents for him to engage in some discovery about what to put in to his bill.The main target of the bill seems to be brokers that use ticketing software to buy extra tickets to an eve Read more:Heard
The Price of Perfection 2008-01-03 15:11:00 There is a debate to be had about who got into a bigger uproar last week – Giants Fans or Patriots Fans.With the New England Patriots trying to finish a perfect season, this became the hot ticket for all of Massachusetts. Unfortunately for them they had o go on the road to see it. The game was played in the Meadowlands – home of the Giants and Jets.With such a historic moment, Patriot fans wer Read more:Perfection
How ‘bout them Boys 2007-12-05 15:10:00 The Dallas Cowboys will open their new stadium in 2009. If you are interested in getting a PSL for a club seat on the 50 yard line – that PSL will cost you $150,000 per seat. Yes that is correct $150,000 per seat.After that the tickets will cost $340 a game. One almost has to be a professional football player to afford it. But then you get in for free on the field level.What you do get for your
The Lights Are Back On 2007-12-05 15:09:00 After 19 days, which was much longer than anyone expected, the Broadways stagehands strike is over.Cost to the producers? The estimate is about $40M.Who won long term? Not too sure. Details about the agreement are sketchy.Short term the producers lost. In addition to the $40M in lost revenues, no one has been buying tickets because they were not too sure when the strike would end. Many newly sched Read more:Lights
The Grinch Is Back 2007-11-28 15:06:00 he Grinch
has returned to Broadway.A New York judge has ruled the show “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” can reopen since the Theater owners and the stagehands union have a separate and distinct contract.Broadway producers 1. Stagehand Union 0.The Local one union went on strike before Thanksgiving because the Broadway producers did not want to pay for what they considered idle time.The Union sa
Broadway Blackout 2007-11-14 15:05:00 This last weekend the Local One Union, to which Broadway
stagehands belong to, went on strike. The result is there are now over two dozen Broadway shows shut down. This list includes some of the most popular shows including “Wicked”, “Phantom of the Opera” and “Rent”.The dispute focuses on the number of stage hands needed to set up and maintain a show. The union requires a certain numb
Hannah Montana When not If 2008-07-03 13:15:00 Guess what is more profitable – an album or a tour? While both do well, the answer is tour hands down. So if you had a highly successful tour in 2007, a movie coming out in 2008, a new album in 2008, what do you do in 2009? Another tour.Miley Cyrus / HannahMontana
will bless us again with another tour in 2009. Anyone who was able to get tickets to any show in 2008 made out quite well. No reason Read more:Hannah Montana
Can’t wait for October 13th 2008-07-23 21:59:00 Some might say this is one way to keep the enemy at bay. Others could say you this just shows how far behind you are.Anyone who wants to buy a ticket for the Cardinals - Cowboys game on October
12th in Phoenix must also buy a ticket to the August 7th preseason opener against the New Orleans Saints. In the past whenever the Cowboys are in Phoenix, mobs of Dallas fans come to Phoenix essentially tak
Sticky Sweet and Green 2008-07-16 21:12:00 In August Madonna will begin her Sticky and Sweet
Tour. Early estimates are that the US portion could break $125. Total tour estimates are expected to be twice that. This should easily put her in the top 5 all-time US tour grosses. 1. The Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang Tour" $162 million 20052. U2 "Vertigo Tour" $138.9 million 20053. The Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang Tour" $138.5 million 20064. Th Read more:Green
I am a Millionaire Now. It is Different Than I Thought it Would Be 2008-01-28 09:08:00 I am a millionaire, but I don't feel like one. Perhaps the better way of saying it is it does not feel like I thought it would. Let's get back to that a little later.First a bit about me and the family. I am a forty-one year old white male. Married for 12 years with two kids- a nine year old girl and a seven year old boy. I have an undergraduate degree in finance and went to night school to get an Read more:Millionaire
Prepare now for the October Boom Cycle 2008-08-03 13:01:19 October is one of the most profitable months for ticket brokers. To fully take advantage of the October busy season, ticket brokers need to prepare a few months ion advance.Major league baseball playoff tickets are still one of the most accessible tickets to procure and the demand is still very high. Greg Cox, the COO of MyTicketBiz.com says “a shrewd ticket broker can enter baseball marketplace Read more:October
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