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Bronzeville Neighbourhood Jazz Festival partners with INSID3RS

Chicago’s Bronzeville Neighbourhood Jazz Festival has partnered with INSID3RS to utilise its blockchain ticketing and gamification solution.

Tickets for NASCAR’s first street race to go on sale

NASCAR will release tickets today (Thursday) for the first-ever street race in the Cup Series, with fans also able to purchase tickets, hospitality and travel experiences through QuintEvents.

Chicago White Sox teams up with TicketManager

The Chicago White Sox has brought in TicketManager as the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise’s official corporate ticket management partner.

Fraudulent ticket broker sentenced to time in prison

A ticket broker convicted of fraudulently selling tickets to Chicago White Sox baseball games has been sentenced to one and…

Eventbrite settles tax case with Chicago

Eventbrite has paid $799,000 (£623,500/€713,100) to Chicago to settle four years of liabilities under the city’s amusement tax, which has…

Eventbrite to tax Chicago ticket-buyers 9%

Eventbrite is set to begin collecting nine per cent tax on all Chicago-based events listed on its platform. The city-wide…

Chicago passes ticket tax hike

Ticket prices are to rise at major venues in Chicago after lawmakers voted to increase the US city’s amusement tax…

Vivid Seats ‘taken over’ by private equity firm

Vivid Seats has reportedly been taken over by GTCR after it announced a “strategic partnership” with the private equity firm….

EXCLUSIVE: Vivid Seats now scores with Sports Illustrated

Vivid Seats expects to reach out to millions of new customers after being named official ticketing partner of major North American…

Vivid Seats partners with ESPN

Vivid Seats has replaced StubHub as official ticketing partner of major US sports network ESPN. Under the agreement, Vivid Seats’ branding,…

Chicago Fire scrap season-ticket cards due to tech problems

Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire have scrapped season-ticket cards in response to three years of fan complaints. Fire said…

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Wimbledon raises ticket prices for 2023 championships

Lord’s lifetime membership owners allowed to jump 29-year queue

Ticketing: The ‘bad-news’ business?

Viagogo fined over unauthorised ticket sales for Rugby World Cup France 2023

Leeds United increases season ticket prices by flat 10% fee

See Tickets, Vivendi suffer reported data breach

Issues reported with Rugby World Cup 2023 ticketing system

Ticketmaster faces class action lawsuit over Drake tickets

Exit Festival links up with NFT-TiX as part of multi-year collaboration

Aisle seats are the new ‘premium’ tickets

Rammstein obtains restraining order against Viagogo

Ziggo Dome extends NFT ticketing plans with GUTS Tickets

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