Tickets.com
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Tickets.com is a Costa Mesa
, California
-based global ticketing company. The company is owned by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, the interactive media and Internet division of Major League Baseball, and currently handles sales of tickets for 15 major league teams. http://www.tickets.com It is expected that tickets.com will handle all sales of MLB tickets once all contracts expire with Ticketmaster
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The company’s business-to-business ticketing services and products make it possible for entertainment and sports organizations to sell tickets to consumers under their own brands online, through retail outlets, at kiosks, via call centers and interactive voice response systems and through mobile phones. Tickets.com also sells tickets directly to consumers through their Web site, www.tickets.com.
In November 1999, the company went public on the NASDAQ Stock Market. In 2005, Tickets.com was sold to Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP, for $66 million.
Other Tickets.com technologies include: Tickets@Home, which uses barcode technology to allow customers to print live tickets from their personal computers; Tickets@Phone, which delivers barcoded tickets to customers’ mobile phones; and ProVenueMobile, a mobile version of their website, compatible with all makes of handheld mobile phone devices, that gives customers the ability to complete a ticket transaction on their mobile phone without having to “click to call” to finalize the purchase.
Source: http://provenue.tickets.com
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...
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California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
-based global ticketing company. The company is owned by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, the interactive media and Internet division of Major League Baseball, and currently handles sales of tickets for 15 major league teams. http://www.tickets.com It is expected that tickets.com will handle all sales of MLB tickets once all contracts expire with Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is an independent American ticket sales and distribution company based in West Hollywood, California, USA, with operations in many countries around the world. In 2010 it merged with Live Nation to become Live Nation Entertainment...
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The company’s business-to-business ticketing services and products make it possible for entertainment and sports organizations to sell tickets to consumers under their own brands online, through retail outlets, at kiosks, via call centers and interactive voice response systems and through mobile phones. Tickets.com also sells tickets directly to consumers through their Web site, www.tickets.com.
History
The company was originally incorporated as Entertainment Express, Inc. in 1995. In 1996, the company's business operations were launched by its co-founders Irv Richter, David Richter, Jim Cassano and Larry Schwartz with the acquisition of Hill Arts and Entertainment Systems. Following a series of acquisitions in the late 1990s, the company was eventually rebranded as Tickets.com, Inc., the name of a firm acquired in 1999.In November 1999, the company went public on the NASDAQ Stock Market. In 2005, Tickets.com was sold to Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP, for $66 million.
Products
ProVenue is an advanced ticketing system from Tickets.com. It was introduced in January 2008 at INTIX, the International Ticketing Association’s annual conference. The ProVenue ticketing platform has web-based open architecture designed to facilitate expansion and upgrades, as well as to allow integration with a wide variety of third-party applications. It also contains a large menu of data management capabilities.Other Tickets.com technologies include: Tickets@Home, which uses barcode technology to allow customers to print live tickets from their personal computers; Tickets@Phone, which delivers barcoded tickets to customers’ mobile phones; and ProVenueMobile, a mobile version of their website, compatible with all makes of handheld mobile phone devices, that gives customers the ability to complete a ticket transaction on their mobile phone without having to “click to call” to finalize the purchase.
Offices
- Costa MesaCosta Mesa, CaliforniaCosta Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...
, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
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Key people at Tickets.com include
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer | John Walker |
| Chief Commercial Officer | Derek Palmer |
| Chief Financial Officer | Dan Wu |
| Managing Director EMEA and APAC | David McClellan |
Source: http://provenue.tickets.com