February Offers Sports Fans Big Events At Bargain Prices
February is an important time for both sports fans and the secondary ticket market. On the calendar for the moth is the Super Bowl, NASCAR’s Daytona 500, the NBA All-Star game, and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
With such a large number of tickets available, prices flatlined, […]

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Coming off the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger, three former Ticketmaster Entertainment executives launched Rockhouse Partners this week. Based in Nashville, the new agency will leverage various technologies in an effort to connect sports and music brands with consumers, according to TicketNews.com.
Tawn Albright, Kevin Brown, and Joe Kustelski have the combined past experience of working in […]

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Despite measurable concerns over antitrust violations, the U.S. Department of Justice this week approved the merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster after a year-long investigation. However, as TicketNews.com reports, certain terms have been imposed.
In one fair competition move, Ticketmaster must license its proprietary software to Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) rather than keep them as […]

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CNBC news reports that the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger will be approved. Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney has scheduled a press conference to discuss the deal. Below is part of an email sent out to all NATB members.
Justice Department Requires Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. to Make Significant Changes to Its Merger with Live Nation Inc.
Software Licensing Agreement, […]

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Concert Fans Beware! Operators and Promoters Join Opposition Against Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger
Several nationally renowned venue operators and concert promoters have banded together to oppose the proposed merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
The announcement follows the lead of the National Association of Ticket Brokers and other consumer protection groups. This coalition recently harangued the merger […]

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Live Nation has signaled that they may be willing to sell a portion of their venues at favorable terms to their chief rival, AEG Live in a bid to get the Justice Department to sign off on their proposed merger with Ticketmaster. . . . read full article

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On the verge of a merger, Live Nation and Ticketmaster are having to sort out some potential conflicts of interest in order to get a green light from the U.S. Justice Department. Having already gained approval in the UK, all that’s left at hand is the U.S.
Part of the Live Nation family since 2006, House […]

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2nd Annual Ticket Summit in New York City Dominated By Merger Talk
While there were many topics discussed at the 2nd annual Ticket Summit in New York City the subject du jour was the proposed merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
The secondary ticket market’s largest conference and trade show was held at the Waldorf=Astoria from January […]

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Opposition To Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger Continues To Grow
In a recent blog entry on phishandthedead.com, the writer asks music fans everywhere to voice their opposition against the proposed merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
The article features a mailer from Another Planet Entertainment that lays out a well-thought case against the merger as well as providing an […]

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Olympic Tickets Being Sold At Olympic Prices
The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius which is Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” When it comes to Olympic tickets being resold on the secondary market organizers need to add the word Plūrimus to that phrase. For those without an English-to-Latin iPhone app, Plūrimus means “much more.”
With […]

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