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Concert Prices Jump: Big Time!

2. The Road to Recovery: Concert ticket prices jump, a lot: Don’t believe me, look at the situation that Bruce Springsteen dealt with. Inflationary pressures are real. Get while the getting is good, yeah?! We’ve covered this a great deal lately. So I won’t belabor any of this today. Instead, I’ll just point out a few things: […]

Tim Chambers Offers Up Some Ideas on the Future of Tickets!

1. The Big Story: Tim Chambers lays out the future of ticketing from his visits around the UK. Big Ideas: Having a pint with Tim Chambers is one of life’s true joys. The challenge is limiting it to a pint and not pints, dinner, and after dinner drinks. But I’ll take that challenge head on any […]

Commanders Deep Discount Opening Day

2. The Road to Recovery: Discounts for Opening Day?! Big Ideas: The fastest way to destroy your brand is through price-based promotions. “Discounts Are For Dummies” is my trademark statement. There are many ways to avoid dropping a discount on Opening Day…that’s a new one, actually. With this one, I’m in you see something new everyday […]

Is the Theatre Too Woke or Too Expensive?

This is from ‘Talking Tickets’ my free weekly newsletter on marketing and selling the live event experience. Sign up today! The Road to Recovery: Are shows too expensive or too woke? Big Ideas: Art is meant to teach us how to deal with complicated topics. Inflation is a challenge in a lot of places. Think about […]

Talking Tickets 14 August 2020: SportsBiz! Oli Shawyer! AudienceView! And, More!

To get the latest issue of ‘Talking Tickets’ delivered free each Friday, sign up here! Hey everyone! How was the first week of Substack as the home of the newsletter? Did it work better? Let me know! So many great podcasts guests that I’ve had a chance to chat with the last two weeks: I […]

US Soccer’s Attendance Issues…

Get my weekly ticket newsletter, ‘Talking Tickets‘ and get this story and more…delivered free each Friday. 1. The Big Story: Christian Pulisic complains about attendance at a friendly: Big Ideas: US Soccer has a premium approach to how they price and sell tickets. Empty seats have been an issue unless the team is playing Mexico. “Growing the […]

Brett Goldberg Joins the Podcast to Talk About the Secondary Market…

Tech/Tools/Profile: Brett Goldberg talks with us about TickPick: Big Ideas: Behaviors are changing due to the pandemic. Speculative selling doesn’t have to be a bad thing, but there are a lot of examples where it is. Getting all of the press. All-in pricing levels the market from a customer POV. Good conversation with Brett Goldberg this […]