Tag: venue

A ticket with a base price and the additional fees clearly separated and included in the overall total price.

Should you charge ticket fees?

Why Fee Transparency and Control Matter More Than Ever When it comes to selling tickets online, few decisions affect your sales—and your audience’s trust—more than how you handle ticketing fees. Recent consumer protection laws aimed at eliminating junk fees now require ticketing platforms to show all costs upfront, not just at checkout. That’s good news…
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crowd safety how-to

Lessons Learned from NASCAR: A Crowd Safety How-To

Legal proceedings have begun for fans injured in the horrible crash that happened during the Daytona 500. Even though there were more than adequate safety measures in place at the time of the incident, venue owners should consider the follow-up information a crowd safety how-to. The 2013 Daytona 500 – A crowd safety how-to Since it was front page news nationwide nearly…
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Venue PR

Stronger venue, patron affinity

The times they are a changin’. Recently, we have seen the headlines splashed across mainstream news outlets about Amanda Palmer and Louis C.K. turning the recording and ticketing industries upside down and appeal directly to their fans. Now MTV has launched a new platform for any band to tap into that same powerful dynamic. Can…
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Understanding the 5 Types of Event Ticketing Platforms

Nothing indicates the success of a gig, play, tour or event than the sale of tickets to those events. When choosing from event ticketing platforms, it’s important to examine the method of the event ticketing platform. Your choice will impact when and how your revenue is collected, how tickets are delivered, and ultimately, the price…
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Recent Tragedies Highlight Importance of Crowd Safety

This past Sunday, a man fell 40 feet to his death during the Chicago Bears – Philadelphia Eagles football game. A week earlier, a toddler died after falling 30 feet during a Los Angeles Lakers match. And last week, at a Phnom Pehn water festival, nearly 400 died and several hundred were injured during a…
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