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NEWS ABOUT: ticket sales

ticket sales stories: 13 news summaries
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Foul-Mouthed Ticket Scalper Talks Crime, Punishment

Time-wasting cops 'should be fired'

Oct 30, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adrian Chen found the ticket scalper with possibly the dirtiest mouth on the New York circuit and convinced him to do an interview for Gawker . He expounds on would-be sex-trading ticket buyer Susan Finkelstein, New York sports fans, and more:
  • On Finkelstein: "Every one of those cops
... More »

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Philadelphia Phillies • New York Yankees • World Series • concert • scalpers • baseball • ticket sales • tickets • Susan Finkelstein

(Newser) - The New Kids on the Block have canceled a planned tour of Australia because of weak ticket sales amid the recession, Reuters reports. “We are, in fact, in the middle of a worldwide recession and we just cannot make it work,” said Donnie Wahlberg. He said the group... More »

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entertainment • Australia • recession • global economy • ticket sales • New Kids on the Block • Donnie Wahlberg • concert tour

(Newser) - New Yorkers would like to go out to the ball game, but the Wipons and Steinbrenners “have let their unfettered greed keep the fans at bay,” writes Allen Barra in the Wall Street Journal. Fans are outraged that their tax dollars have gone to fund stadiums they... More »

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New York Mets • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • baseball • ticket sales • Citi Field

Yankees Slash Luxury Ticket Prices to Fill Empty Seats

Team red-faced after front rows left empty in new stadium

Apr 29, 09 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Yankees are cutting top-end ticket prices up to 50% after the best seats in the team's new stadium proved too pricey even for big spenders, AP reports. The team hopes the reductions—on seats costing up to $2500 for front-row seats near home plate—will fill the... More »

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New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • stadium • baseball • ticket sales

 Economy Tanking, 
 Americans Race to Movies 

Hollywood provides much-needed escape in bleak times

Mar 1, 09 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans are dealing with the recession by hiding in dark rooms with a band of brothers, a gun-toting grandma, and a bumbling mall cop, the New York Times says. Hollywood’s ticket sales have jumped 17.5% this year. Ticket prices rose, but so did attendance, by nearly 16%. “... More »

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Hollywood • recession • audiences • ticket sales • movies

(Newser) - Even the mighty NFL is not safe from the economy's tailspin. The league will eliminate around 14% of its workforce—office workers, not the fellows who wear helmets—and is freezing salaries and hiring until 2009, Bloomberg reports. “I would like to be able to report that we are... More »

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NBA • NFL • MLB • recession • downsizing • ticket sales • economic downturn

Christmases Chokes Australia at Box Office
 

Comedy tops box office, curbing Twilight sensation

Nov 30, 08 5:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Four Christmases iced the competition over the long Thanksgiving weekend and raked in $46.7 million, Variety reports. Box office numbers stayed strong overall—up 2% to 3% over last year's holiday—as Twilight ($39.5 million), Bolt ($36 million), and Quantum of Solace ($28.1 million) filled out the... More »

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box office • holiday • weekend • Thanksgiving • ticket sales • movie theaters • Four Christmases


 Brother's
 Ghost
 Writer:
 Madonna

Singer's goal: concert ticket sales

Jul 28, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Christopher Ciccone’s perfectly timed book, Life with My Sister Madonna, may have had a world-famous ghost writer: the Material Girl herself. In a bid to sell concert tickets, Madonna "actually ghost-wrote parts of it with him,” an insider tells the New York Post. “That's why there's... More »

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Alex Rodriguez • ghostwrite • Madonna • ticket sales • celebrity tell-alls • concert tour • Christopher Ciccone

Holmes' Sept. Broadway Debut Already a Bust?

Tickets aren't selling, and producers fear
the worst

Jul 2, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Holmes is not drawing the tickets sales for her Broadway debut producers had hoped for, the New York Post reports. "I bought 1,000 tickets to the show," one broker says of the September revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. "I still have them."... More »

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theater • Nicole Kidman • Tom Cruise • Broadway • Julia Roberts • Katie Holmes • ticket sales • All My Sons

 Concert Sales 
 Slump as Gas
 Prices Climb 

Pump prices on top of tickets breaking the bank

Jun 29, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soaring gas prices are turning down the volume on ticket sales for this year’s summer tours, Rolling Stone reports. Major festivals like Bonnaroo and Coachella didn’t sell out—a rare occurrence—while top acts like George Michael, Maroon 5, and Stevie Wonder are facing difficulty finding fans. That... More »

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music • music industry • Stevie Wonder • Madonna • Radiohead • ticket sales • George Michael • Maroon 5 • Bonnaroo • summer tours

 Ready for $35 Movie Tickets? 

Gold Class Cinemas brings luxury moviegoing stateside

Mar 26, 08 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Think your movie-going experience could be more than sticky floors and greasy popcorn? Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinemas agrees. The high-end theater chain is making its debut in America, offering a bar selling cocktails and sushi, reclining lazy-boy style seats (with service buttons to call waiters), and valet parking for... More »

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Chicago • luxury • ticket sales • concierge • movie industry • movies • movie theaters • Gold Class Cinemas

March Madness

NCAA Grabs More Control of Ticket Resales

Group says moves are for the fans; critics see similarities with pros

Mar 18, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NCAA is stepping up its efforts to rake in more money from March Madness by striking deals with online sites that resell tickets and travel packages at hefty profits, the Los Angeles Times reports. By sanctioning such deals, the NCAA says it can guard against unscrupulous gouging, but critics... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • college • ticket sales • ticket resellers • March Madness • 2008 NCAA Tournament • ticket lottery • RazorGator • FirstDIBZ.com

Led Zeppelin Outwits Scalpers

Strict new security in force at concert

Dec 10, 07 7:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Rock band Led Zeppelin performs in London tonight for the first time in 20 years and fans are pouring in from all over the world—including Brazil, Australia and the US. Some may be bitterly disappointed, however. Stringent new security arrangements designed to beat scalpers may stop some fans from... More »

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security • Led Zeppelin • Ahmet Ertegun • scalpers • reunion concert • ticket sales • e Bay

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