tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10360803324429186362012-02-16T02:35:22.903-08:00FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-37906399377983801392010-03-08T15:03:00.001-08:002010-03-08T15:03:31.092-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>Register as a user on our site <a href="http://www.fastbreak.com/getstarted/signup" target="_blank">here</a> before March 24 and you will be entered to win a pair of Sideline Club lower level tickets to the Warriors v. 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Gives Ticket Purchasing Power Back To Fans </h3> <p> <i>SaveFans!, a revolutionary offer-based online ticket exchange, has been named one of Mashable.com’s genius tech start-ups, which has launched this fan-friendly website into the forefront of the secondary ticket marketplace.</i> </p> <p> Los Angeles, CA (<a href="http://www.prweb.com/">PRWEB</a>) February 8, 2010 -- SaveFans! an online offer-based ticket exchange, is named one of Mashable.com’s GENIUS START-UPS, launching its fan-friendly website into the forefront of the secondary ticket marketplace. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.savefans.com" title="SaveFans!" target="_blank">SaveFans!</a>, which has been operating in public beta since April 2009, is a ticket purchasing site based on the premise that buyers and sellers can negotiate a price for sports, concert and theatre tickets while fans enjoy some of the lowest fees on the market, producing the power to negotiate. </p> <p> </p><table width="250px" style=""> <tr> <td> <img src="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3565314.htm/images_v4/quote_left.gif" height="19" alt="" width="25" /> <a href="http://www.savefans.com" title="http://www.savefans.com" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(116, 141, 167); font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">“We encourage the buyer to make meaningful offers and encourage the seller to accept the first fair offer.” </a> <img src="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3565314.htm/images_v4/quote_right.gif" height="18" alt="" width="25" style="vertical-align: bottom;" /> </td> </tr> </table> “The (ticket) marketplace is quickly becoming saturated with organizations attempting to capitalize on the same tired business strategy of selling fixed-price premium tickets or aggregating the same fixed-price ticket listings from a variety of websites. The problem is most of these tickets are improperly priced and often result in a poor buying experience and high pain quotient for fans. <a href="http://www.savefans.com" title="SaveFans!" target="_blank">SaveFans!’</a> unique negotiation process alleviates this pain by providing ticket buyers and sellers with a new and equitable opportunity,” says SaveFans! founder and CEO, Wesley Brodsky. <p> The ticket marketplace is designed to facilitate efficient transactions. Buyers submit a maximum of three bids and sellers then have the ability to counter or confirm the offer. </p> <p> “We encourage the buyer to make meaningful offers and encourage the seller to accept the first fair offer,” says Brodsky. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.savefans.com" title="SaveFans!" target="_blank">SaveFans! </a> operates with some of the lowest post-transaction fees in the secondary ticket marketplace – a flat $5 fee to buyers regardless of how many tickets they buy or how much they spend – and a 10% charge to the seller only if their tickets sell. Typical sites charge a 10% fee to ticket buyers on top of the ticket price, plus deduct a 15% fee off the sales price from ticket sellers. According to Mashable.com, “<a href="http://www.savefans.com" title="SaveFans!" target="_blank">SaveFans! </a>brings some sanity back to buying tickets… it is not catered towards the promoters/ticket agencies but rather to the fans themselves.” </p> <p> Additionally, <a href="http://www.savefans.com" title="SaveFans!" target="_blank">SaveFans!</a> has built a large presence across Twitter and Facebook, reaching more than 300,000 consumers through its proprietary social media applications. </p> <p> About SaveFans!: Through a wide variety of best-in-class product features and a commitment to the fans, <a href="http://www.savefans.com" title="SaveFans!" target="_blank">SaveFans!</a> has become the default destination for ticket seekers looking to bargain. The website is easy for users to navigate and offers tickets to over 175,000 sports, concerts, and theatre events via multiple points of discovery. 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Another fantastic way to get the seats you want for the game you want!</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/savefans-gives-purchasing-power-to-fans">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-5777174926269897386?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-16161007908376056472010-02-08T11:32:00.001-08:002010-02-08T11:32:49.548-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/geFcbIxxIuipbFkFEFDvsiqgyjyjHcAocxImxwbpehhtafgnkoCfaJisDalJ/media_httpassetsnydai_cfmaz.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="485" height="312"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/02/08/2010-02-08_super_bowl_ratings_preliminary_numbers_show_highest_viewership_in_20plus_years.html">nydailynews.com</a></div> <p>Ratings for Sunday's nail-biting finish to the Super Bowl were the highest in 23 years, according to early Nielsen figures released Monday. </p><p>An estimated 68% of televisions turned on in Nielsen's sample of major markets around the country were tuned to CBS coverage of the New Orleans Saints' 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts, according to preliminary figures. </p><p>The early numbers for Sunday's game were up 10% from last year's Pittsburgh-Arizona game. </p><p>"Most people perceived it was going to be a good game," said analyst Bill Carroll, a vice president at the Katz Media Group. "I think, in addition to that, the underdog, the Saints, was if not a rooting favorite, a hoped-for favorite by most people in America. They were rooting for not only the team, but the city." </p><p>It also helped that the game wasn't decided until the final minutes. </p><p>In New Orleans, a whopping 82% of the sets on were tuned to the game, the largest percentage of the major markets released by Nielsen. Indianapolis had 80% of the sets tuned to the game. </p><p>And in Washington, 73% of the sets were tuned to the game. </p><p>Researchers predicted Sunday's game could have a record audience because the economy would result in more people watching at home, rather than going out to bars, where their viewing wouldn't count in Nielsen's tally. </p><p>Likewise, the blizzard that hit parts of the East Coast over the weekend prior to the game probably kept more viewers near their TVs than in years past.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/super-bowl-ratings-preliminary-numbers-show-h">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-1616100790837605647?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-10442309150456595482010-02-05T13:32:00.001-08:002010-02-05T13:32:59.527-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <object height="318" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500"><param name="type" value="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="salign" value="lt" /><param name="movie" value="http://plus.cnbc.com/rssvideosearch/action/player/id/1405435640/code/cnbcpermalink/play/1/module/videoModule" /><embed name="cnbcplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://plus.cnbc.com/rssvideosearch/action/player/id/1405435640/code/cnbcpermalink/play/1/module/videoModule" allowscriptaccess="always" height="318" wmode="transparent" quality="best" width="500" /></embed></param></param></param></param></param></param></param></param></object><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://classic.cnbc.com/id/15840232/?video=1405435640&amp;play=1">classic.cnbc.com</a></div> <p>Enjoy!</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/super-bowl-quiz-a-little-fun-on-friday">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-1044230915045659548?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-77364611799098791252010-02-05T12:08:00.001-08:002010-02-05T12:08:21.394-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div><table border="1" align="right" width="125"> <tr> <td><img src="http://media.wickedlocal.com/patriotledger/photos/bloggers/john-reilly.jpg;" height="137" align="right" alt="John Reilly" width="120" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reilly</strong></td> </tr> </table> <p>I woke up last Saturday morning with the enthusiasm of a 6-year-old on Christmas morning.&nbsp;Red Sox tickets were about to go on sale.</p> <p>Similar to past years, I probably awoke too early…because as I sat at my computer anxiously awaiting the ticket windows to open, I had probably allowed myself too much time to think about the expense.</p> <p>The fact is that the disposable income required to attend a sporting event is no longer insignificant.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.teammarketing.com" target="_blank">Team Marketing Report&nbsp;</a> is the leading publisher of sports marketing-related information and has, for years, been disclosing comparative details on ticket prices.&nbsp;They provide us with data that, while startling, really should not be not all that unexpected.&nbsp;The latest report was for 2008.&nbsp;Here’s a synopsis.</p> <p>In addition to a couple of World Series Championships over the past decade, turns out our local nine have also had the most-expensive MLB average ticket price since 1996, and have topped the Fan Cost Index charts since 2001.&nbsp;(The index accounts for the amount of money a family of four might pay to attend a game – and includes things like tickets, parking, drinks, hot dogs, a game program and a couple souvenirs).&nbsp;The Sox FCI in 2008 was $320.71 - tops in the majors.&nbsp;Beat that, Yankees.</p> <p>The New England Patriots rang in the year with several NFL chart-toppers as well.&nbsp;The team’s FCI for the 2008 season was also numero uno - an eye-popping $596.25 – representing a whopping 30% increase in average ticket price from the previous year.&nbsp;And, if that wasn’t enough, the Patriots also became the first franchise in America’s storied sports history to break the mystical triple-digit figure in average ticket price.&nbsp;(And you thought all those Superbowl Championships were impressive.)</p> <p>The Bruins FCI for 2008 was $352.60 – good for third in the league and trailing only the Toronto Maple Leafs ($411.30) and the Montreal Canadiens ($361.25).&nbsp;The two Canadian clubs were able to edge out the B’s mainly because of a fairly significant change in the exchange rate.&nbsp;No free lunch north of the border either, eh?</p> <p>Not to be left out, the Celtics FCI for the 2008 hoops season was $389.20 – 45% higher than the league average and good for third place in the NBA behind the bigger market LA Lakers and the biggest market NY Knicks.&nbsp;Apparently the NBA is not only FAAAAAAN-tastic…but also EXXXXXX-pensive.</p> <p>In the old days, when you bought a cheap seat way up high, your buddies may have teased you about bringing a tourniquet to stop the nosebleeds.&nbsp;It appears that nowadays, you could use one from just about any seat in the house in order to stop the hemorrhaging of dollars from your wallet.</p> <p>But here’s the kicker.&nbsp;Even if you were willing and able to dish out the significant scratch required in order to get your family to a game - you can’t get the damn tickets!&nbsp;You need to be a conjurer to find a decent face value ticket to a Red Sox game nowadays.&nbsp;Saturday morning, I opened up five “virtual waiting rooms” hoping to get four reasonable face-value tickets to a game – any game – for my family.&nbsp;Those virtual waiting rooms remained tenantless for the next 10 hours.&nbsp;Not one single game, not one single ticket opened up for purchase.</p> <p>Of course, during my frustrating and infuriating 10-hour wait – I did have the opportunity to toggle over to the Ace Ticket Agency website and, to my surprise, found several thousand tickets on sale to any game you wanted.&nbsp;At three times the face value.</p> <p>So, where is the outrage?&nbsp;How do ticket agencies get away with what amounts to legalized scalping?&nbsp;The unfortunate truth is that they are able to get away with it, because these teams (our teams) let them.&nbsp;You see, a percentage of the outrageous markup – some reports indicate as much as 70% - gets kicked directly back to the team.&nbsp;So teams like the Red Sox not only get all your face-value dollars – but a sizable chunk of the markup in addition.&nbsp;The sleazy relationship agencies like Ace Ticket have with teams like the Red Sox results in significant supplementary revenue for the team.&nbsp;According to one report from the Washington Post and NBC Sports - in 2008 several ticket office employees of the Washington Redskins sold “thousands” of general admission tickets directly to ticket agencies and brokers before the tickets were ever made available to the public.&nbsp;The tickets were announced on sale and were simultaneously and immediately showing up for purchase in the secondary ticket market.&nbsp;As retail ticket buyers – we have no chance.</p> <p>For show, we parade Mark McGwire and Sammie Sosa in front of Congress for cheating the game – and yet we permit these places to gobble up as many tickets as they like every year and then allow them to legally extort our money if we have some idealistic notion of bringing our 12 year-old to a ballgame at a reasonable price.&nbsp;I don’t understand why no one is angry about this.</p> <p>Our local teams have done well, for sure, and the demand is unquestionably there.&nbsp;But aren’t these teams (our teams) in practice also starting to price out the middle-income families?&nbsp;Families and fans who are, by the way, their most loyal fan base.</p> <p>Oh well.&nbsp;I guess I’ll just have to take up the mantra so familiar to Red Sox fans prior to 2004.</p> <p>&nbsp;Wait ‘til next year.</p> <p><em>John Reilly is a graduate of Stonehill College and Notre Dame.&nbsp; A frequent contributor to Wicked Local Sharon, he lives in Sharon with his wife, daughter and son.</em></p></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x1582408727/Want-Red-Sox-tickets-Good-luck">enterprisenews.com</a></div> <p>This is a sad truth that some brokers go to the team and ask them to sell their tickets. It does not help to be in the major sports areas of the country (i.e. Boston, New York, Los Angeles, etc.). At FASTBREAK, we suggest tracking a couple different tickets and games that you would like to go to, then at about a week or two before the event, pounce on the tickets. Brokers tend to start sweating about a week before if their tickets have not sold yet. FASTBREAK goes directly through the consumer to help sell their tickets and the consumer gets most of the money!</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/want-red-sox-tickets-good-luck-brockton-ma-th">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-7736461179909879125?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-6054308334208830452010-02-04T15:25:00.001-08:002010-02-04T15:25:55.686-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/ElvxkhmDhpeeosvIovdAaIgoinxtDGojsgfpHzxwtzyrudwbFswHqaBhkEnr/media_httpbizoffootba_kEoIH.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="400" height="185"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://bizoffootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=620:razorgaotr-reports-86-increase-by-volume-for-super-bowl-tickets&amp;catid=34:nfl-news&amp;Itemid=53">bizoffootball.com</a></div> <p>RazorGator.com, the secondary ticket sales company, reports that the sales volume of tickets for the Super Bowl is up 86 percent, compared to last year year, with the average price on the secondary market at $2790. </p><p>We spoke to RazorGator President and CEO Brendan Ross about ticket sales on the secondary market for the Super Bowl. </p><p>The Biz of Football: When did the secondary market for the Super Bowl start trending dramatically upward compared to last year? </p><p>Brendan Ross: The match-ups coming out of the conference championships can always swing the market in either direction. The proximity of New Orleans to Miami and the excitement of it being their first Super Bowl has created a lot of unique demand compared to years past. The Cardinals were a surprise to even die-hard fans last season, so more people had to make last-minute plans and travel a farther distance, which softened demand. </p><p>BoF: Beyond the local markets ( New Orleans and Indianapolis ), what markets have seen the highest traffic (if numbers are available, that would be helpful)? </p><p>Ross: 84% of tickets we’ve sold are from outside Florida but Florida is still the top market for tickets (16% of sales). The rest of the top 5: 2) LA (13%); 3) NY (12%); 4) IL (11%); 5) GA (10%) – IN is 8th but increasing rapidly. </p><p>New Yorkers are paying for the best seats at an average of $4273 per ticket, Indiana is spending $3135 per ticket and Louisiana is spending $2782 per ticket </p><p>BoF: What has been the highest asking price for a Super Bowl ticket on Razorgator? </p><p>Ross: There is a lot of suite availability at this year’s Super Bowl and prices can start as high as $85,000 for an 8-person suite. Currently, the highest asking price is for Lower 40-yard-line seats at $5100 each. </p><p>Bof: What has been the highest selling price? </p><p>Ross: A customer from New York paid $7900 for Club seats on the 50 yard-line </p><p>Bof: What is the current volume at, and what was the volume for last year? </p><p>Ross: We project that orders will be 86% ahead of last year’s pace. Raw order comparisons can’t be made until after the event. </p><p>BoF: Finally, why do you think the trend is up so dramatically? </p><p>Ross: The 2009 Super Bowl came just 5 months after the stock market cratered. It was not OK to party in 2009, and corporate hospitality was off. Mid-recession is a completely different place than early-recession. At mid-recession, cementing relationships with business partners is all important, and that’s what corporate hospitality does. The big BCS game, this Super Bowl, and sales for the forthcoming Masters and Final 4 are all signaling that relationship building via hospitality at big events is in full swing. </p><p>We have long-standing relationships with Indianapolis and New Orleans businesses and season ticket holders because of our successful work at previous Super Bowls, the Sugar Bowl, the Final Four and the last time the Colts were in the Super Bowl. It’s a lot of repeat business for us. </p><p>The public trust in established sources within the secondary market is growing very quickly. Businesses and fans appreciate the convenience and accessibility of working through companies like Razorgator and PrimeSport for tickets and travel packages to events that were simply inaccessible in the past.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/razorgator-reports-86-increase-by-volume-for">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-605430833420883045?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-42500557276117748792010-02-03T15:07:00.001-08:002010-02-03T15:07:26.207-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/FDBjupwqwipgDIsmssHolFimfbsbAoiuvsGzouipFoeAwmEiaFDqkBFDkvBz/media_httpwwwticketne_qsiyt.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="408" height="110"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.ticketnews.com/Several-brokers-out-Vancouver-Olympic-tickets-as-company-allegedly-falls-victim-to-fraud2103916">ticketnews.com</a></div> <p>An Atlanta-based ticket broker, who allegedly bought about $2 million worth of Vancouver Olympic tickets from an unnamed source on behalf of several large-volume resellers, apparently lost all the money, never received the tickets and is now believed to have been a "victim of fraud," his attorney claims. </p><p>Details of the situation are not entirely clear, but TicketNews has learned that long-time ticket broker Gene Hammett, owner of Action Seating, allegedly paid the money to a foreign ticket source, and that source was going to use the money to purchase tickets from an unnamed Hong Kong company. </p><p>According to Gordon Berger, Hammett's Atlanta-based lawyer, the foreign source claims a payment dispute has resulted in the Hong Kong company allegedly withholding the tickets, which they said they intend to sell on their own. After selling the tickets, the Hong Kong company supposedly said it plans to reimburse the foreign source. </p><p>Now dozens of Winter Olympics ticket orders by broker clients of Action Seating are likely to go unfulfiled. <br />10% off NFL </p><p>Hammett supposedly contracted with the foreign source at least a year ago and was supposed to supply the tickets by the end of last month, according to Berger and insiders with knowledge of the situation. Instead, Berger sent out a letter dated January 29 to Action Seating's customers explaining the debacle: </p><p>As you know, you ordered tickets from Action Seating for the 2010 Winter Olympics. My client contracted to obtain your tickets from a company representing that it was reputable, had authentic tickets and that it would deliver them to our client on or before the end of January 2010. </p><p>Within the past week, we learned that the tickets would not be forthcoming due to a failure by the ticket source to pay an alleged financing company in Hong Kong. According to the ticket source, the Hong Kong company refuses to release the tickets and instead has claimed a right to hold and sell them. We received a copy of a letter purporting to be from the financing company wherein it promises to reimburse the ticket source for the cost of the tickets after they are able to sell the tickets. </p><p>After further investigating, and being unable to confirm the identity and source of this Hong Kong company, we concluded that Action Seating may be a victim of fraud. So, in an effort to protect the interest of its customers and its substantial investment in this matter, we have contacted the appropriate authorities and have asked for an immediate investigation and assistance. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this transaction, Action Seating does not have the funds available to refund what you paid to it for the tickets. At this time, we cannot say whether Action Seating will recover any money it paid to purchase the tickets, but it will make every effort to reimburse each of its customers what they paid to Action Seating. </p><p>We truly regret any inconvenience that this may have caused you. We are working diligently with the authorities to prosecute the offending parties and to seek return of monies paid to the ticket source. </p><p>Berger did not return a message seeking comment. The exact number of broker customers affected by the alleged fraud is unknown, but the list supposedly includes some of the larger secondary ticket companies in the country. </p><p>Until this alleged incident, Hammett's reputation within the broker community has been very good, but the busted deal has some scratching their heads. The situation has resulted in Action Seating recently taking down its Web site. </p><p>"He did a good job with tickets to the Beijing Olympics," said one Midwest broker, who requested anonymity but has done business with Hammett and Action Seating in the past. "But clearly he got in over his head with this one. When dealing with international events, you can't have just one source. You can't put all your eggs in one basket, so to speak." </p><p>The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing experienced several problems with busted ticket orders, which led to lawsuits in the U.S. and Canada, and criminal investigations in the UK. The Vancouver games even created its own secondary Web site in an effort to help fans buy and resell tickets to next week's Winter Games. </p><p>It is always best to go through the most credible secondary ticket sources that you can find. Brokers are sometimes not the best options because if the tickets turn out to be a fraud, most of the time they will not reimburse you. However, websites like StubHub and Ticketmaster, are better options for buyers. They protect the buyer the best by keeping the seller responsible. If tickets turn out to be a fake through StubHub, then StubHub will take the appropriate actions toward the seller and then will reimburse the buyer.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/several-brokers-out-vancouver-olympic-tickets">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-4250055727611774879?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-85404202256461066302010-02-02T11:33:00.001-08:002010-02-02T11:33:26.318-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/fialIGFnyojuEExbmzBIFeCEFhwupbDHFfbldHsEmmsyvtgJpGByljhgmxJj/media_httpstaticreute_wrebk.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="300" height="170"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6105YW20100201?type=sportsNews">reuters.com</a></div> <p>Super February offers tickets galore for sports fans <br />Ben Klayman </p><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - February is a crowded month for U.S. sports fans as prices for top events like the NFL's Super Bowl have remained relatively flat overall this year and the number of available tickets has soared. </p><p>Sports </p><p>With such other top attractions as NASCAR's Daytona 500, the Vancouver Olympics and the National Basketball Association all-star game, the sluggish economy is creating lower ticket prices than usual and also driving more deals, top executives in the secondary ticket market said. </p><p>"2008 was an extraordinary high water mark for prices for these events and then in 2009 things came down considerably and that downward pressure remains on price pretty much across the board," RazorGator.com Chief Executive Brendan Ross said. </p><p>Many secondary market websites report prices ranging from down slightly to up the same amount depending on the event. Meanwhile, ticket volume is soaring, all sites report. </p><p>"All of a sudden, going to great events is within the reach of the regular fan," said Mike Janes, CEO of FanSnap, a live event ticket search engine. </p><p>Any discussion of February starts with the National Football League's Super Bowl championship, which will be played Sunday in Miami between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints. </p><p>Janes said his company sees 7,000 tickets available on 23 different websites at an average price of $2,500, up about 10 percent from last year. Meanwhile, the number of searches for Super Bowl tickets has more than doubled from last year. </p><p>At industry leader StubHub, a unit of eBay Inc, average ticket prices are up slightly at just under $2,600. </p><p>The small increase is a big improvement for StubHub from last year's 40 percent decline and still better than the company's overall average ticket price decline this year of 4 percent. </p><p>"There will always be a dedicated fan base that will want to go see the events, but the size of that fan base and how much they're willing to spend will vary depending on the economy," StubHub President Chris Tsakalakis said. "I don't think there's anything that's 100 percent recession-proof." </p><p>Meanwhile, the volume of sales should finish about 40 percent ahead of last year, when the number of sales also jumped, he said. </p><p>SUPER DUD </p><p>Not everyone is happy, however. Ticket Network CEO Don Vaccaro said prices on his site are off about 7 percent at an average of $2,115. He bemoans the "dud matchup" in this year's big game as the New York Jets would have meant the inclusion of the largest U.S. market. </p><p>"If it was the (Minnesota) Vikings-Jets, it would be huge," he said. "That's not the case with these two teams. It seems very much a lackluster Bowl." </p><p>RazorGator said its average price for Super Bowl tickets is similar to last year, while volume is almost double. </p><p>Prices for the Daytona 500 race, dubbed the Super Bowl of NASCAR, and the NBA all-star game -- both set for February 14 -- are off due to the large number of seats available, executives said. FanSnap said Daytona prices are off 10 percent, while executives said the NBA's move to a football stadium from a smaller NBA arena last year was bound to depress prices. </p><p>Prices for the Olympic Games, which begin February 12, vary depending on the events, with the hottest tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the gold medal hockey game, ice skating and speed skating, executives said. </p><p>With corporate spending still below previous levels, more pain is likely, Vaccaro said. "Even with the economy coming back, we still haven't seen the bottom of ticket prices for entertainment events yet." </p><p>Ross is more optimistic, saying things cannot be worse than last year. "2009 was a pretty depressing year to be in the business of hard-to-get tickets because they weren't hard enough to get."</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/super-february-offers-tickets-galore-for-spor">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-8540420225646106630?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-67490121760187046972010-02-01T15:40:00.001-08:002010-02-01T15:40:55.790-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div><div><img src="http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Art/APTRANS.gif" border="0" height="20" width="140" /><div><span>updated 1 hour, 27 minutes ago</span></div></div><p><span></span>LOS ANGELES - CBS Corp. said it sold out of ads for the Super Bowl on Monday at average prices that are better than last year, with some 30-second spots topping $3 million apiece. </p><p><span></span>CBS said the final spot sold Monday morning, six days before kickoff. </p><p><span></span>That's a few days ahead of schedule. Last year, NBC still had two 30-second spots remaining two days before the game as the economy was mired in a recession, and announced only on the eve of the game that it sold out a total 69 spots. </p><div><div><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#storyContinued">Story continues below ↓</a>advertisement | <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26613008/">your ad here</a><div style="padding: 0pt 10px 10px;"> <a href="http://wrapper.g.msn.com/GRedirect.aspx?g.msn.com/2AD0001N/45000000000352748.1?!&amp;&amp;PID=6894611&amp;UIT=G&amp;TargetID=8227790&amp;AN=3145746&amp;PG=NBC3B1&amp;ASID=a3d5f239341b423ebcaac181cdfb2d77&amp;destination=http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh=v8/3934/17/bc/%2a/t%3B221569965%3B0-0%3B0%3B45011615%3B4307-300/250%3B35099298/35117128/1%3B%3B%7Esscs%3D%3f&lt;a href=" /><p></p> </div></div></div><a name="storyContinued"></a><p><span></span>CBS said last month it was selling 62 spots, but that grew over time and the final number of spots is "very close" to what NBC sold last year, said spokesman Dana McClintock. The network provided no further details on prices. </p><p><span></span>"We're happy campers over here," said Jo Ann Ross, president of network sales at CBS. </p><p><span></span>She said some spots during the pre-game broadcast were still available.</p><p><span></span></p><div style=""><div><div>Click for related content</div></div><div><div><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#">Interactive: 10 worst Super Bowl ads</a><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#">Megachurch hopes to ‘crash’ Super Bowl</a></div></div></div><p></p><p><span></span>The Super Bowl is regularly the biggest marketing event of the year, and last year's event had a record 98.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen. </p><p><span></span>Ads during the 2009 game brought in $213 million, according to Kantar Media, formerly known as TNS Media Intelligence. </p><p><span></span>The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints play in the Super Bowl in Miami this Sunday. </p><p><span></span></p><table border="0" align=""><tr><td><div style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><div style=""><div><div>Also in msnbc.com business</div></div><div><div><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#">Your Career: Smart blogging can set you apart</a><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#">ConsumerMan: Insurance rates linked to credit scores</a> <br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#">Ten of the most damaging Super Bowl ads ever</a><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#">Interactive: 7 dead or soon-to-be dead car brands</a><br /><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#" title="Click to view video: &quot;Toyota in damage-control mode&quot;">&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35186503/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv#">Video: Toyota shifts into damage-control mode</a></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table><div><i><em>© 2010 The Associated Press. 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Not surprised at all that ad sales grow every year.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/super-bowl-ads-sold-out-some-top-3-million">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-6749012176018704697?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-70894101462832348342010-01-28T13:44:00.001-08:002010-01-28T13:44:04.217-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/eddIvkqFslFHGkfpmvkBfbaftHACmqevGwgvCawbbvjJnlwGGeiGxrqFbAvG/media_httpwwwticketne_kmyDj.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="408" height="110"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.ticketnews.com/Super-Bowl-XLIV-tickets-selling-well-on-the-secondary-market11027918">ticketnews.com</a></div> <p>This year's Super Bowl match up between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints is yielding good ticket sales on the secondary market, reportedly better than last year's Cardinals-Steelers game. Peyton Manning and the Colts won the chance to play in Miami on February 6, after defeating the New York Jets 30-17, and nearly 58 million television viewers watched Drew Brees and the Saints upset Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings, 31-28 in overtime. Now that the big game has been decided, fans are turning to the secondary market for a chance to watch it live. </p><p>According to statistics released by FanSnap, an online secondary ticket search engine, Super Bowl XLIV ticket searches are up 40 percent over last year. FanSnap has over 7,000 Super Bowl tickets listed, with the average ticket price of $2,847. The lowest-priced ticket, as of January 26, is $1,500. </p><p>Louisiana residents are the top-searching fans on the secondary market as of yesterday, and are out-searching Indiana fans 3:1. California, New York, and Florida are the other ticket hot zones, and those residents are also out-searching Indiana residents. </p><p>In terms of sales, statistics released this morning by secondary ticket giant StubHub show that dollar volume sales for this year's Super Bowl are up 40 percent year-over-year. StubHub's average ticket price is $2,728, up from last year's average ticket price of $2,594. StubHub's top buyer states match those released by FanSnap. </p><p>Jeff Greenberg, owner of Marilyn-based ASC Ticket, told TicketNews that a Colts-Saints match-up was seen as the "worst of all the possibilities," for brokers, given that the Colts won a Super Bowl in 2007, and because of the economic devastation seen in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. A Super Bowl with the Jets or Vikings might have commanded more movement and higher prices on the secondary market because of the historically deep pockets of New York sports fans and the mass appeal of Brett Favre. </p><p>Despite this, Greenberg noted that "ticket sales have been good to moderate so far. As long as the tickets stay where they're at now, things are fine." </p><p>Good news for the secondary ticket market all around. The Super Bowl is always one of the biggest events in terms of ticket selling in the secondary ticket market every year. These stats prove the value of today's secondary ticket market.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/super-bowl-xliv-tickets-selling-well-on-the-s">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-7089410146283234834?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-49332104675732868972010-01-27T15:05:00.001-08:002010-01-27T15:05:40.240-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <span> <span> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" rel="nofollow">Alert</a> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" rel="nofollow">Email</a> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" rel="nofollow">Print</a> <span><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" title="ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc."><span>Share</span></a></span> </span> </span> #var paragraph = content as Paragraph; #var textChunk = chunk as TextChunk; #// #// --&gt; <p> By <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#">John Letzing</a>, MarketWatch </p> <p> SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison confirmed speculation on Wednesday that he's attempting to buy struggling National Basketball Association franchise the Golden State Warriors. </p> <p> At a public event held at Oracle's <span><span>/quotes/comstock/15*!orcl</span><span>/quotes/nls/orcl</span> (<span><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" title="Oracle Corporation">ORCL</a></span> <b><span>23.87</span></b>, <span>+0.01</span>, <span>+0.04%</span>) </span> Redwood Shores, Calif., headquarters, Ellison responded to a plea from an audience member that he buy the Warriors by responding: "I'm trying, I'm trying." </p> <div> <h3>Mossberg talks Apple's iPad and first impressions</h3> <p> WSJ's personal technology columnist Walt Mossberg talks with Stacey Delo about Apple's new tablet device, the iPad. </p> </div><p>"Unfortunately, you can't have a hostile takeover of a basketball team," Ellison quipped. </p> <p> As CEO at corporate software giant Oracle, Ellison has pursued a strategy of launching a series of takeovers of various rivals over the years. On Wednesday, Ellison was officially discussing the company's recent $5.6 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc. </p> <p> The Warriors have played poorly in recent years under current owner Chris Cohan. The NBA franchise, based in Oakland, Calif. -- a roughly half-hour drive from Oracle's headquarters -- has logged a record this season of 13 wins and 30 losses, and is in last place in the league's Pacific Division. </p> <p> The team has been forced to rely on a core of talented if relatively inexperienced guards, while also suffering a series of injuries. </p> <p> Oracle currently owns the naming rights to the Warriors' home, Oracle Arena. </p> <p> Ellison has long been rumored to have an interest in buying the Warriors. News of the CEO's negotiations for the team was first reported in the San Jose Mercury News. </p> <p> An Oracle spokeswoman declined to comment. <span></span> </p> <p> <span>John Letzing is a MarketWatch reporter based in San Francisco.</span> </p> <div> <span><span> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" rel="nofollow">Add Comment <span>›</span></a> <span>·</span> <span><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#">Recommend</a><span> (1) </span> </span> <span>·</span> <span> <span>Post: </span> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" title="Post to Facebook"><img src="http://i.mktw.net/MW5/content/Story/Images/icon-facebook.gif" height="14" width="14" /></a></span></span></span><p> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" title="Post to Twitter"><img src="http://i.mktw.net/MW5/content/Story/Images/icon-twitter.gif" height="14" width="14" /></a></p><p> <span> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" rel="nofollow">Alert</a> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" rel="nofollow">Email</a> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" rel="nofollow">Print</a> <span><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27#" title="ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc."><span>Share</span></a></span> </span> </p></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warriors-2010-01-27">marketwatch.com</a></div> <p>After taking over Sun Microsystems, Larry Ellison is now trying to ink his way into the sports world. Oracle already has the naming rights to the Golden State Warriors' home arena. Now, the CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison has remarked that he is indeed trying to buy the Warriors. This is not the first time we have heard of these rumors from Ellison. Last year there were rumblings about Mr. Ellison buying out the Warriors as well. We will see if he will put his money where his mouth is this time. Although, he has plenty of money to go around.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/oracle-ceo-confirms-plans-to-buy-nbas-warrior">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-4933210467573286897?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-63071381275079102872010-01-26T10:53:00.001-08:002010-01-26T10:53:03.753-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/wIsrvzAjcxIqrtoDyuxushtywBvsefqlexdlFFfGInboHEzqDeiuBzhcrDxG/media_httpwwwticketne_pApmd.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="408" height="110"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.ticketnews.com/Madison-Square-Garden-is-nation-top-venue-again-due-to-strong-Knicks-and-Rangers-ticket-sales1101904">ticketnews.com</a></div> <p>Madison Square Garden (MSG) has retained the title of number one venue for the fourth consecutive week, according to TicketNews’s exclusive venues rankings for the week ending Sunday, January 17. </p><p>MSG continues to benefit from solid ticket sales for its two popular sports teams, the New York Rangers and New York Knicks, which made it to number eight in TicketNews’s Top Sports Events rankings this week. Also boosting MSG’s numbers are scheduled performances by the Black Eyed Peas (at number six in TicketNews’s Top Concert Events rankings this week) and John Mayer (at number eight) in February, as well as Jay-Z (number four) in March. MSG power scored an impressive 3.86 this week. </p><p>The Gershwin Theatre in New York City moved up two to take the number two spot this week. Power scoring a 2.76, the theater is home to the award-winning musical Wicked, which topped TicketNews’s Top Broadway Events, Top Theater Events, Top Combined Events and even Top Vegas Events rankings this week. </p><p>TicketNews Exclusive Rankings and Power Scores are based on ticket sales for venues from the TicketNetwork Exchange™, the world's largest secondary market exchange. A Power Score illustrates a given venue's category-specific significance. Two factors are used to calculate a power score: total ticket sales for a venue, and total ticket sales within the category. As such, power scores should only be used to compare venues within a particular category. <br />Top Venues <br />Week Ending 1/17/2010 <br /> Venue Score <br />1 Madison Square Garden Tickets 3.86 <br />2 Gershwin Theatre Tickets 2.76 <br />3 Louisiana Superdome Tickets 2.72 <br />4 Reliant Stadium Tickets 2.55 <br />5 Metrodome Tickets 2.50 <br />6 Lucas Oil Stadium Tickets 2.39 <br />7 Staples Center Tickets 1.88 <br />8 Dolphin Stadium Tickets 1.88 <br />9 TD Garden (Fleet Center) Tickets 1.65 <br />10 Qualcomm Stadium Tickets 1.54 <br />11 Wachovia Center Tickets 1.54 <br />12 INTRUST Bank Arena Tickets 1.39 <br />13 Virginia/August Wilson Theatre - NY Tickets 1.37 <br />14 Radio City Music Hall Tickets 1.35 <br />15 Orpheum Theatre - San Francisco Tickets 1.27 <br />16 Caesars Palace - Colosseum Tickets 1.18 <br />17 Bank Atlantic Center Tickets 1.14 <br />18 Verizon Center - DC Tickets 1.12 <br />19 American Airlines Center Tickets 1.10 <br />20 Dallas Cowboys Stadium Tickets 1.06 </p><p>MSG has been a huge venue for concerts and hockey for years. With the Knicks struggling so much, very surprised to see MSG still do as well selling tickets. I guess it always helps to be in NYC. Glad to see the Orpheum Theatre making it in the top 15. Wicked has done extremely well for them.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/madison-square-garden-is-nations-top-venue-ag">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-6307138127507910287?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-53713924943230492692010-01-25T16:31:00.001-08:002010-01-25T16:31:29.507-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/zwjqBrauHgjcmIqICqweEGIukCxbdDxhslibEyJCbhdBjsyclClIifkwlxyi/media_httpcdncloudfil_zkfsc.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="349" height="548"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://tweetphoto.com/9596304">tweetphoto.com</a></div> <p>Who wants one? I don't blame you either.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/sf-giants-promo-snuggle-blanket">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-5371392494323049269?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-34975286108369127652010-01-21T14:06:00.001-08:002010-01-21T14:06:56.268-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <div> <p> By Rupert Neate, City Reporter (Media and Technology)<br /> Published: 7:37PM GMT 20 Jan 2010</p> </div> <p> </p><p> Joe Cohen, chief executive, said sales of tickets for music and comedy events "soared" as more people turn to the so-called "secondary ticket market" to secure entry to see live events. </p> <p> "Consumers are realising that nothing really sells out any more, they can still get tickets [from online ticket exchanges like Seatwave]," he said. </p> <div> <p> </p><h4>Related Articles</h4> <ul> <li><h3><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7038217/Seatwave-set-to-move-into-the-black-as-ticket-sales-soar.html#">Solid businesses have plenty of fans</a></h3></li> <li><h3><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7038217/Seatwave-set-to-move-into-the-black-as-ticket-sales-soar.html#">FTSE 100 rises for a ninth day, lifted by Dow</a></h3></li> <li><h3><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7038217/Seatwave-set-to-move-into-the-black-as-ticket-sales-soar.html#">10 ways to cash in during the recession</a></h3></li> <li><h3><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7038217/Seatwave-set-to-move-into-the-black-as-ticket-sales-soar.html#">Seatwave scores as T20 cricket drives sales</a></h3></li> <li><h3><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7038217/Seatwave-set-to-move-into-the-black-as-ticket-sales-soar.html#">Video game sales soar as cash-strapped Britons stay home</a></h3></li> </ul> </div> <p> Mr Cohen said the rise in sales, from which Seatwave takes a 25pc cut, will push the group into profit this year. <br /> "We always thought it would take years," he said. "But as we approach our third anniversary next month, we expect to turn into profit soon." </p> <p> He said ticket sales jumped 87pc compared to 2008 as demand for comedy gigs, rock concerts and tickets to last summer's cricket World Cup and the Ashes soared. </p> <p> Mr Cohen said the sudden jump in popularity of comedy gigs showed "consumers depressed by the bad economy wanted something to laugh at". </p> <p> Tickets for Peter Kay, the comic best known for TV show <i>Phoenix Nights,</i> was the most popular comedy act last year, followed by Billy Connolly and Michael McIntyre. Seatwave said it sold 40,000 tickets for U2's 360º tour to fans from more than 100 countries. Depeche Mode and Muse were also top draws, according to Mr Cohen. Sales of tickets for sport events increased by 95pc, with the Twenty20 World Cup and the Six Nations among the most popular events. </p> <p> Mr Cohen defended the company against accusations that it and rivals such as Viagogo are encouraging the growth of "bedroom touts", who snap up tickets with the sole purpose of making a profit by selling them on. </p> <p> He said the price of tickets on the secondary ticket market has not increased as much as the face value price. </p> <div></div></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/7038217/Seatwave-set-to-move-into-the-black-as-ticket-sales-soar.html">telegraph.co.uk</a></div> <p>The secondary ticket market is booming right now. Seatwave has become the largest marketplace in Europe. Fans have turned to Seatwave for unlocking their unused season ticket value. The secondary ticket market is a great way to buy or sell tickets!</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/seatwave-set-to-move-into-the-black-as-ticket">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-3497528610836912765?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-11118371914017127512010-01-20T10:54:00.001-08:002010-01-20T10:54:14.178-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <span> <i>Washington </i>- A consumer advocacy group called TicketDisaster.org announced on Tuesday that nearly 25,000 consumers have directly contacted the U.S. Justice Departent, to urge the antitrust division to block the merger of Ticketmaster <a href="http://finance.dmwmedia.com/dmwmedia?Page=QUOTE&amp;Ticker=TKTM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(NASD:&nbsp;TKTM)</a> and concert promotion giant Live Nation <a href="http://finance.dmwmedia.com/dmwmedia?Page=QUOTE&amp;Ticker=LYV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(NYSE:&nbsp;LYV)</a>.</span><p> "Consumers can spot a raw deal when they see one, and this merger is exactly that -- a combination of two market behemoths that would result in higher prices, more outrageous fees, and less choice," said Sally Greenberg, executive director of the National Consumers League, a founding member of the coalition. </p><p> Other backers of the campaign include the "American Antitrust Institute, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, I.M.P. Productions Chairman Seth Hurwitz (representing independent venue owners), the National Association of Ticket Brokers and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG)." </p><p> &nbsp; </p> <p> <b>Related Links:</b><a href="http://snipurl.com/u4p18" rel="nofollow"><br /> </a><a href="http://snipurl.com/u4p18">http://snipurl.com/u4p18</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.ticketdisaster.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ticketdisaster.org</a> </p><div><h3>Published in <a href="http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/01/19/consumer-group-25k-ask-doj-block-ticketmasterlive-nation#">DMW Daily</a>, <a href="http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/01/19/consumer-group-25k-ask-doj-block-ticketmasterlive-nation#">January 19, 2010</a></h3><br /> <div><ul><li>Previous story: <a href="http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/01/19/consumer-group-25k-ask-doj-block-ticketmasterlive-nation#">Report: 44% of Google News Users Don't Click to Full Stories</a></li><li>Next story: <a href="http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/01/19/consumer-group-25k-ask-doj-block-ticketmasterlive-nation#">Microsoft, ESPN in Talks on Live Sports Streaming to Xbox 360</a></li></ul></div></div> </div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/01/19/consumer-group-25k-ask-doj-block-ticketmasterlive-nation">dmwmedia.com</a></div> <p>A merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation could change the entire landscape of the primary and secondary ticket market. Do you think the merger will help you as a consumer?</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/25000-consumers-want-to-block-ticketmaster-li">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-1111837191401712751?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-89138539217071923552010-01-18T17:29:00.001-08:002010-01-18T17:29:38.355-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/HqjtIxAkurtcIneaumlIuzyCxkuFgIJspCxwniksBvHJHjieujBrCCrDscEA/media_httpwwwblogcdnc_kiqyk.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="200" height="165"/> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/01/07/nhls-december-attendance-numbers/">nhl.fanhouse.com</a></div> <p>The NHL has experienced some hard times, like any other league in this economy. With attendance numbers down as much as 30%, season ticket holders are looking for other ways to use their tickets. FASTBREAK was launched for this very reason: to give season ticket holders an easy and convenient way to get rid of their unused tickets. </p><p>The NBA and MLB, last year, also have seen their numbers slowly decline. All that FASTBREAK wants to do is help anyone get something back for their unwanted tickets, whether it is cash back or even used to spend on other events, like the Super Bowl or the NBA All-Star Game.</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/nhls-december-attendance-numbers">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-8913853921707192355?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-44947492823372161942010-01-18T17:27:00.001-08:002010-01-18T17:27:34.031-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p> <p><span style="font-size: large;">&ldquo;Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.&rdquo;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;~ Don Shula</span></p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/luck-means-a-lot-in-football">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-4494749282337216194?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-27174025075074825262010-01-18T17:22:00.001-08:002010-01-18T17:22:00.568-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;">"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but in the very least you need a beer."&nbsp;<br />&mdash;&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/22302.Frank_Zappa" title="view all quotes by Frank Zappa" class="authorNameRegular" style="color: #663300; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Frank Zappa</span></a></span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/it-helps-if-you-have-some-kind-of-football-te">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-2717402507507482526?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-70358867619672423422010-01-15T14:16:00.001-08:002010-01-15T14:16:00.483-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 21.0px Helvetica;">FASTBREAK customers can donate a portion of their account balance to help victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 21.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 21.0px Helvetica;">With the help of World Vision, FASTBREAK customers are converting their unused season tickets into lifesaving funds for those in need.</p> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 21.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 21.0px Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.fastbreak.com">www.fastbreak.com</a></p> </p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/convert-your-season-tickets-into-earthquake-r">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-7035886761967242342?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-16671387548800887072010-01-15T14:11:00.001-08:002010-01-15T14:11:46.642-08:00<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>FASTBREAK customers can donate a portion of their account balance to help victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/earthquake-relief">FASTBREAK</a> </p> </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-1667138754880088707?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-85795210033998551202009-11-24T12:39:00.001-08:002009-11-24T12:39:01.334-08:00<p><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Either through direct purchase on in conjunction with venue/team sponsorship, our members frequently hold season tickets at multiple venues in a metro area or around the country.</span></span></span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/with-fastbreak-you-can-hold-season-tickets-at">FASTBREAK</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-8579521003399855120?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-9886999933377080942009-11-23T16:53:00.001-08:002009-11-23T16:53:45.525-08:00<p><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #000000;">Ever wish you could liquidate unwanted season tickets without you or someone on your staff spending valuable time surfing the Internet, answering phone calls, and shipping tickets?</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 12px; color: #666666; line-height: 16px;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #000000;">Your tickets have too much value to throw away after going unused, and you and your staff have many more valuable duties than playing online auctioneer. What if by simply selling a portion of your existing season tickets you generated enough funds to take your top client to the Super Bowl?</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #000000;">Allow us to remove the hassle of managing your season tickets and generate cash for your business.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://fastbreak.com">http://fastbreak.com</a></span></span></p> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/fastbreak-helps-you-liquidate-unused-and-unde">FASTBREAK</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-988699993337708094?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-67608584319198595252009-11-16T17:52:00.001-08:002009-11-16T17:52:16.710-08:00<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">Our friends at&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: #272727; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">The New Oxford English Dictionary tell us&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #f18000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">2009&rsquo;s Word of the Year</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;is&nbsp;</span></span><strong style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">unfriend</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;">.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/its-unfriend-my-friend">FASTBREAK</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-6760858431919859525?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-25184942926582431352009-11-05T11:04:00.001-08:002009-11-05T11:04:24.023-08:00<div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gafoto/538189506/"><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/fastbreak/skdveslCynqvqctpddxBezgmzJpetizswegCpDhAlJIbsljkfwgGBfFgdmIw/media_httpfarm2staticflickrcom1416538189506f255559352jpg_yGoFtccqJFdAsvh.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/> </a> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gafoto/538189506/">flickr.com</a></div> <p>The Yankees captured their first title since 2000, humbling the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6. <br />Photo courtesy of Garret Nuzzo-Jones</p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via web</a> from <a href="http://fastbreak.posterous.com/congratulations-new-york-yankees">FASTBREAK</a> </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-2518494292658243135?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036080332442918636.post-82809924003546768852009-11-05T10:49:00.001-08:002009-11-05T10:49:54.049-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(48, 67, 102); font-family: Arial; line-height: 22px; ">FASTBREAK Ticket Management Service Turns Tickets Into Cash</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1036080332442918636-8280992400354676885?l=fastbreaktickets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>FASTBREAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02651301523642932308noreply@blogger.com0