http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/area/combo/content_newsitem/358%2C355/feed Areas combo dynamic http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/167403/olympic-softball-tickets-sell-out The International Softball Federation (ISF), softball’s governing body, says that tickets for games at this summer’s Olympics had sold out. Events China Softball Summer Olympics Ticketing Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:50:16 +0100 mglendinning 167403 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166913/euro-2008-sold-out Tickets for Euro 2008 have sold out. All 1.05 million tickets for the 31-match tournament in Austria and Switzerland that starts on Saturday have been bought, meaning that anyone now buying a ticket is doing so illegally. Events Switzerland Football Soccer Ticketing Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:48:43 +0100 mglendinning 166913 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166904/nfl-sells-40-000-wembley-tickets-in-90-minutes American Football’s NFL said it has sold the first 40,000 tickets for its second regular-season match in London in 90 minutes. Events United Kingdom United States American Football Event Management Ticketing Fri, 30 May 2008 11:04:26 +0100 msherlock 166904 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166751/further-ticket-problem-for-beijing-olympics Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics have once again encountered severe problems, despite assurances from organisers that the online system had been repaired. Problems last year led to the dismissal of the ticket centre's director. Events China Summer Olympics Ticketing Wed, 7 May 2008 09:34:18 +0100 msherlock 166751 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/166612/valencia-gp-sold-out Tickets for the inaugural 2008 Valencia Formula One Grand Prix have sold out after going on sale on 1 April. Events Spain Motor Racing Ticketing Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:03:01 +0100 msherlock 166612 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/164247/cap-put-on-spectator-numbers-for-fuji-gp Attendance for the 2008 Fuji Grand Prix will be limited to 110,000 organisers have revealed. Events Japan Event Management Motor Racing Ticketing Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:26:26 +0000 msherlock 164247 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163933/tickets-com-to-enter-chinese-market Event ticketing solutions company Tickets.com and China Sports Industry International agreed a joint-venture to provide ticketing and ticketing-related services for sports and associated markets in China. Events China Ticketing Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:19:23 +0000 msherlock 163933 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163930/ticketmaster-acquires-getmein-com Ticketmaster acquired GET ME IN! (http://www.getmein.com), an independent web-based marketplace for music, sport, theatre and other live entertainment event tickets in Europe. Events United Kingdom Ticketing Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:58:56 +0000 msherlock 163930 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163202/uk-mps-call-for-voluntary-code-for-the-ticketing-industry Artists and sports bodies should share profits from tickets resold on internet auction sites, according to a new report by UK MPs. Events United Kingdom Internet Ticketing Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:55:54 +0000 msherlock 163202 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163173/comcast-spectacor-offers-2008-predictions-for-sports-industry Executives at Comcast-Spectacor, the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm, forecast technology playing an ever-increasing role in presenting, selling and communicating events in 2008. Events Audience Data Broadcast Event Management Federations Stadia & Facilities Technology Ticketing Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:21:40 +0000 msherlock 163173 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163154/ticketmaster-to-operate-nhl-ticket-resale-service Ticketmaster has struck an exclusive multi-year agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) to create an NHL resale ticketing service. Events United States Ice Hockey Ticketing Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:22:58 +0000 mglendinning 163154 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/163139/nfl-and-ticketmaster-set-up-resale-platform The National Football League (NFL) has signed up Ticketmaster to create an NFL Ticket Exchange service that provide fans with a league-endorsed resale platform. Events United States American Football Ticketing Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:55:44 +0000 mglendinning 163139 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162928/ask-tongfang-wins-beijing-contactless-ticket-contract ASK-TongFang has been selected to manufacture the contactless inlays for the 12.2 million RFID tickets for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Events China Summer Olympics Ticketing Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:02:45 +0000 mglendinning 162928 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162876/omniticket-network-wins-singapore-gp-contract Singapore GP Pte Ltd has appointed OmniTicket Network, a provider of admission and venue management systems, as exclusive ticket distributor for the 2008 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix. Events Singapore Motorcycling Ticketing Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:17:03 +0000 mglendinning 162876 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162865/premier-league-clubs-react-to-uk-sports-minister-s-comments Chelsea and Manchester United both rebutted comments made by the UK sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe about wage rates and ticket prices respectively. Events United Kingdom Football Soccer Ticketing Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:58:07 +0000 msherlock 162865 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162861/generate-sponsorship-and-cubeworks-launch-evaluation-tool Generate Sponsorship and Cubeworks have launched ‘Sponsorworks’, a new online system to manage the distribution and evaluation of a company’s hospitality and ticket allocation across multiple sponsorship activities. Events Event Management Hospitality Ticketing Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:53:44 +0000 msherlock 162861 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162621/arsenal-turnover-hits-200-million Arsenal Football Club said that turnover has broken the £200 million barrier after the move to the Emirates Stadium. Events United Kingdom Events Finance Football Soccer Ticketing Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:19:39 +0100 msherlock 162621 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162375/giants-extend-deal-with-ticketmaster New York Giants and Ticketmaster have extended their secondary ticketing services agreement, enabling Giants season ticket holders to sell on tickets to other Giants fans. Events United States American Football Ticketing Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:34:43 +0100 mglendinning 162375 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162255/infront-and-ticketcorner-form-strategic-ticketing-partnership Infront Sports & Media and European ticketing solution company, Ticketcorner, established a strategic partnership. Events Agencies Ice Hockey Ticketing Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:27:05 +0100 msherlock 162255 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/162179/two-million-tickets-sold-for-rugby-world-cup-2007 With less than 50 days to go before the opening match of Rugby World Cup 2007 the France 2007 Organising Committee has announced that the two millionth ticket has been sold. The Committee’s objective of a minimum 85 per cent ticket sales target is therefore well on the way to being achieved. Events France Rugby Ticketing Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:10:01 +0100 msherlock 162179 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161926/210-000-additional-tickets-go-on-sale-for-rugby-world-cup-2007 The Organising Committee of Rugby World Cup 2007 in France released over 210,000 additional tickets for sale online to the general public. Events France Event Management Rugby Ticketing Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:59:04 +0100 msherlock 161926 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161852/100-000-extra-tickets-go-on-sale-for-rwc-2007 The Organising Committee of Rugby World Cup 2007 in France released over 100,000 additional tickets for general sale to the public. Events France Rugby Ticketing Thu, 17 May 2007 08:50:18 +0100 msherlock 161852 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161573/euro-2008-ticket-demand-soars Organisers of next year’s soccer extravaganza UEFA Euro 2008 say demand for tickets has been massive since the first batch when on public sale at the beginning of March. Events Switzerland Football Soccer Ticketing Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:19:11 +0000 cbritcher 161573 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161489/nfl-sells-out-almost-100-per-cent-of-regular-season-games New research indicates that American football’s NFL sells an average of 98.3 per cent of available general seating for regular season games. Events United States American Football Baseball Ticketing Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:35:33 +0000 msherlock 161489 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161479/us-davis-cup-tickets-selling-at-record-pace Tickets for the US v Spain Davis Cup quarter final in April are selling at record pace, meaning the event could become the highest attended Davis Cup tie in the US in over 15 years and the third highest of all time. Events Spain United States Event Management Tennis Ticketing Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:33:37 +0000 msherlock 161479 at http://www.sportbusiness.com http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/161190/viagogo-signs-up-fc-bayern-munich-and-everton-fc Viagogo, Europe’s leading secondary ticketing company, agreed two new partnership deals with FC Bayern Munich in Germany and Everton Football Club in the UK to give fans a secure and legal way of trading match tickets. Events Germany United Kingdom Football Soccer Ticketing Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:17:15 +0000 msherlock 161190 at http://www.sportbusiness.com