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Ticketing Industry News

Latest Ticketing Industry News

Over 1.2 Million spectators attend Athletics in Beijing

BOCOG, the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008 have released the spectator / ticket data for the Athletics events (15 – 24 Aug) held in the National Stadium – Bird’s Nest – for the Olympic Games (9 – 24 Aug) confirming that each of the evening sessions were full to the 91,000 seat capacity.

Spectators
Total number attending Athletics: 1,257,000

Ticket sales
Tickets sold to the audience: 1,127,000

(Balance made up by the free tickets set aside for VIP, Media, TV, and athletes)

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USOC and IOC file lawsuit against fraudulent ticket seller

24/07/2008

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) filed two lawsuits on Tuesday, July 22, against XL&H, Ltd., also known as Xclusive Lei...More>

MLB.com sets new online ticketing mark for eighth straight year

24/07/2008

MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, announced that it has established a new online ticketing record for the eighth...More>

Beijing to sell last batch of Games tickets

23/07/2008

Beijing will put its last tranche of 820,000 Olympic tickets on sale at booths scattered around Olympic venues on Friday, Games organisers said on Tuesday. Some 250,000 of ...More>

NFL's Giants to Raise $371 Million With Personal Seat Licenses

18/07/2008

New York Giants fans will have to pay as much as $20,000 for the right to buy a season ticket in the new stadium the National Football League team will share with the Jets. ...More>

Top Sporting Venues Offer the Grand Slam of Tours

11/07/2008

Four of London’s sporting institutes are to join forces to offer sports fans the ultimate tours experience with the launch of the Sport 4 All Seasons package. The unique ti...More>

FIFA changes ticket system for 2010 World Cup

10/07/2008

FIFA has introduced a new ticketing system for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa which it said on Wednesday would greatly increase the number of tickets available for genuine...More>

Yankees face new obstacle in stadium bond quest

03/07/2008

New York's Yankees face another obstacle in their quest to sell $350 million of extra bonds for a new Bronx stadium because a bill in the state Assembly would limit ticket pri...More>

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