Tickets.com is on a mission to impact the world around us in positive and effective ways. Recently, members of our UK office dedicated their personal time to raising money for a charity close to their hearts. Their team name was the TDC Tumblers, and this is their story.

We, the TDC Tumblers took part in the Color Obstacle Rush event at Willen Lake in Milton Keynes on Saturday June 4^th 2016. We felt this was a great way to have fun as a team, while raising money for the charity ‘Crisis’, a national charity for single homeless people.  The team at Crisis is dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change. Thanks to the generosity of colleagues, family and friends we raised £233.00 for this worthy charity.

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Tickets.com extends international ProVenue^® roll-out with launch at Info Cultuur and HETPALEIS

The two longstanding clients, based in Antwerp, Belgium, went live with the new ticketing system earlier this month

Date, 2016 – Milton Keynes, UK – Tickets.com, the industry leading provider of global ticketing and marketing solutions, has today announced the introduction of the latest version of its ticketing system, ProVenue^®, for the popular Antwerp-based ticket outlet & cultural information center, Info Cultuur, and popular youth theatre HETPALEIS.

A client since 1993, Info Cultuur will utilize ProVenue^® alongside the existing technology previously implemented by Tickets.com to manage all aspects of its ticketing; this includes online sales with a wide range of features, as well as customer selection, data cleansing and reporting.

As Tickets.com’s most advanced ticketing system, ProVenue^® is a full service, integrated ticketing solution that puts users in complete control of their ticketing operation. It enables venues to sell tickets to consumers under their own brand and capture, access and own consumer data, providing a 360° view of the buying habits and preferences of their patrons.

Already well-established throughout the US, ProVenue^® was launched internationally in 2013; users in the UK include the National Speedway Stadium, the Lord Mayor’s Show and all 14 clubs in the British Basketball League (BBL). ProVenue’s popularity continues to grow globally, with dozens of leading performing arts venues and professional sports clubs having implemented the system in North America, Australia and Europe, including the world renowned opera house Semperoper, in Dresden, Germany.

Commenting on the launch of the new ticketing system, Sven Verlinden, head of sales and service at Info Cultuur, said: “Having worked with Tickets.com for more than 20 years, I feel honored to be among the first to be able to provide the latest ticketing solution for our different partner venues, which include museums, theatres and concert halls in and around Antwerp. The transition to ProVenue^® has been very smooth and we are very confident in continuing our longlasting relationship with Tickets.com, and look forward to making full use of the system’s new features.”

Info Cultuur launched ProVenue^® at the start of May with the sale of Zomerateliers, a series of children’s workshops taking place across Antwerp throughout the summer. Tickets for future events will also be available to buy online and at the Info Cultuur box office.

HETPALEIS is the second organization in Belgium to implement ProVenue^® in recent weeks; HETPALEIS’s decision to update the ticketing system was made in order to meet the growing demands of its customers.

“We enjoyed a very successful start to ticket sales for the new season thanks to ProVenue^®,” confirmed Frank Meyer, POS and application administrator from HETPALEIS.

“Thanks to the support from the Tickets.com team we were very well prepared and as a consequence, we experienced minimal disruption and queries from staff during the opening days of ticket sales – we’re pleased we made the transition to ProVenue^®!”

Derek Palmer, Tickets.com’s managing director and executive vice president, international, said: “Today’s announcement is another significant step forward in the roll-out of ProVenue^®, with two organisations in Belgium implementing the system at the same time.

“With ProVenue^® already widely used in North America, and with growing popularity in other territories including Australia, we’re seeing a wide range of organizations and venues benefitting from the system’s advanced features and we continue to focus on supporting these clients and growing the presence of ProVenue^® in Europe and worldwide.”

For more information about Tickets.com and ProVenue^® visit www.provenue.tickets.com.
For more information about Info Cultuur, visit www.infocultuur.be
For more information about HETPALEIS, visit www.hetpaleis.be

About Tickets.com
Tickets.com is a leading provider of fully integrated event ticketing solutions and services for thousands of top arts, entertainment, and sports organisations worldwide. Delivering the latest in ticketing technology, Tickets.com offers the advanced ProVenue™ ticketing platform, which serves the core of a comprehensive suite of integrated features, products, and services that help clients enhance ticket sales, marketing efforts, and overall customer experience.

A wholly owned subsidiary of MLB Advanced Media, LP, since 2005, Tickets.com is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA, and has regional offices across the U.S. and internationally in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Australia.

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LOUIS, Mo., April 15, 2016 – The legendary Sir Paul McCartney has done it again. Selling out yet another venue in record time. Tickets for his One on One tour at Busch Stadium, home to the St. Louis Cardinals went on sale to the public on  April 15^th. In less than an hour all 41,000 tickets that were made available for the show were gone! The performance will debut a brand new production, utilizing state of the art audio and video technology while employing massive screens, lasers and fireworks to ensure an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house.

“The demand for this event has been tremendous,” said Vicki Bryant, Vice President of Event Services & Merchandising.  “It promises to be a once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy a music legend in one of the most iconic venues.”

We are proud to be the selected ticketing partner that continues to set sellout records around the world. We look forward to raising the bar even higher by partnering with venues to set the next sellout record.

To all of those fans who were lucky enough to get their hands on tickets – enjoy the show! www.cardinals.com/McCartney  #McCartneyatBusch

In what is a holiday of sorts for many, Major League Baseball Opening Day arrived amid festive environments that in some areas subjugated the weather.  

Tickets.com is very pleased to have worked closely with our clubs to ensure that their fans effortlessly entered the ballparks with mobile devices, fan loyalty cards, Tickets@Home printouts, and traditional printed tickets. Months of planning and preparation–including season rollovers and invoicing, special offer preparation, venue modifications, event configuration, system user reviews, reporting parameter analyses, best-practices assessments, staff training, stored-value alignment and access control testing–culminated in early April with the sound of nearly a million “go” beeps emanating from access control scanners and turnstiles across the country. We tip our hats to all those involved in getting our National Pastime off to a great start!

Secure mobile payment built into new app for The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Costa Mesa, CA/Hartford, CT, November 19, 2014 – Tickets.com, provider of state-of-the-art technology solutions to more than 1,000 sports and entertainment clients around the world, today announced it has launched the first venue ticketing integration with support for Apple Pay™ mobile payments solution. A new app, The Bushnell, is now available in the App StoreSM online store and patrons of The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts (Hartford, CT) may purchase tickets quickly and securely using Apple Pay, making it the first entertainment venue in the world to offer this in-app payment option for ticket purchases.

“The Bushnell is very excited to expand its relationship with Tickets.com by becoming the first performing arts venue to integrate ticketing via Apple Pay,” said David Fay, President and CEO of The Bushnell. “The Bushnell app will extend the capabilities of our recently redesigned website, bushnell.org, and offer our customers a new, fast, and secure option for purchasing tickets.”

The Bushnell leverages the ProVenue® ticketing platform, a proprietary technology solution built by Tickets.com. Through a hosted, open architecture, ProVenue® delivers a reliable and scalable ticket purchasing solution developed from fully integrated and customizable end-to-end services.

“We are proud to debut Apple Pay support for The Bushnell in anticipation of its holiday performance season and a 2015 calendar filled with popular events,” said Joe Choti, CEO, Tickets.com. “This integration is another important development in our on-going commitment to mobile ticketing technology and the dynamic possibilities it presents for our venue clients and their millions of patrons.”

Tickets.com will continue its rollout of in-app Apple Pay mobile payments support to its global client sports and entertainment roster, including Major League Baseball teams through the MLB.com At the Ballpark app. Availability for each venue will be announced as it launches.

About Tickets.com, Inc.
Tickets.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of MLBAM, is a leading provider of fully integrated event ticketing technologies, solutions, and services for thousands of top arts, entertainment, and sporting events worldwide. Delivering the latest in ticketing technology, Tickets.com offers the advanced ProVenue® ticketing platform, which serves as the core of a comprehensive web-based suite of integrated features, products, and services that help clients enhance ticket sales, marketing efforts, and overall customer experience. Tickets.com is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA, and has regional offices across the U.S. and around the world. The company also sells tickets directly to consumers through its website atwww.tickets.com.

When major league sports first started using technology during games, it made people scratch their head and ask why? Sure it might slow the pace down at times but its main purpose is to increase accuracy during games, especially big ones. Technology is becoming more prevalent in major league sports to help make the “tough calls”.

This year in Brazil for the FIFA World Cup™, a new technology is being rolled out called Goal Control-4D. FIFA explained in a press release, “Goal Control is equipped with 14-high speed cameras located around the pitch, with seven cameras focused on each goalmouth.  The ball position is continuously and automatically captured in 3D and the indication of whether a goal has been scored is immediately confirmed within one second to a watch worn by each of the match officials.” According to FoxNews.com, “the cameras operate at up to 500 frames a second to capture a three-dimensional position of the ball. Each goal has seven cameras trained on it at all times. Fixed to a high point in the stadium, such as the roof, two cameras are at the halfway line, another two are placed between halfway and the goal line and another camera is located behind the goal.”

Seems simple enough right? Fox also states, “the cameras are linked via fibre-optic cable to an image processing computer that monitors the movements of every object on the pitch. Specially built detection software is used to filter out players and the referee. Thanks to the flood of information from the cameras, the system can monitor the ball’s position based on x,y and z coordinates and report its three-dimensional position anywhere on the field. Crucially for under-pressure referees, this position is monitored both when the ball is on the ground and when it’s in the air.“

With this new technology FIFA is attempting to eliminate blown calls that could cost a team, and country, the World Cup.  Last Saturday during the France vs. Honduras game, people around the world got a taste of this new technology. The replay showed two different scenarios; the ball hitting the post and bouncing out, and the ball hitting the Honduras keeper to bounce across the line. Goal Control-4D technology ruled the ball bounced off the keeper, France G-O-A-L! The debate was ablaze on social media outlets and it seems like it will continue to be a controversial topic of this year’s World Cup.

Now the question is will MLS be interested in following Major League Baseball’s technology movement by bringing this to regular season games? What do you think about technology entering into the World Cup and do you think MLS will follow? We want to know – leave us a comment!

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