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Tickets.com Goes Live With Direct Online Ticketing for Hundreds of Entertainment Organizations Worldwide
Business & Entertainment Editors
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) -- May 19, 1999 -- Among the First Clients to Sell Tickets Online Through Tickets.com are the San Francisco Giants, the San Diego Zoo, Ford's Theater (DC), Sears Point Raceway (Calif.) and Playhouse Square Foundation (Ohio)
Tickets.com (www.tickets.com), the source for entertainment information and tickets, Wednesday announced that it has successfully completed its merger with Advantix Inc.
The merged company, called Tickets.com, will enable more than 3,800 venues to leverage the Tickets.com brand as well as provide consumers with aggregated information from more than 35,000 venues. Unique among ticketing companies, Tickets.com offers consumers access to entertainment information and ticketing sources, regardless of whether or not Tickets.com directly sells the ticket.
Tickets.com also announced Wednesday that it has gone live with direct online ticketing for hundreds of entertainment organizations.
Included among the leading sports and entertainment organizations whose tickets are available online through Tickets.com are the San Diego Zoo; Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.; Playhouse Square Foundation in Cleveland; Wolf Trap Filene Center in Vienna, Va.; Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.; the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra; and professional sports teams such as the San Francisco Giants and San Jose Clash.
Tickets.com's event database, accessible at www.tickets.com, is an extensive source for consumers, providing them with ticket and event information, regardless of whether or not Tickets.com sells the ticket.
As the leading provider of fully integrated automated ticketing solutions, Tickets.com offers technologically advanced ticketing software products and services designed to cater to the specific needs of the performing arts, professional sports, general admission and live entertainment markets. These software products include Advantix(r) SQL, Artsoft(r), the PASS(r) suite of event management products, Prologue(r) and TicketMaker Professional(tm).
About Tickets.com
Tickets.com (www.tickets.com) offers consumers a "one-stop shop" for entertainment, sports and travel information in addition to providing comprehensive access to tickets. If Tickets.com does not sell the ticket, it links consumers to their purchase options. The company offers fully integrated, automated ticketing solutions that serve more than 3,800 entertainment organizations worldwide.
Tickets.com provides ticketing and marketing solutions for entertainment organizations of all sizes designed to cater to the specific needs of the performing arts, professional sports, general admission and live entertainment markets. Committed to superior customer service, Tickets.com is dedicated to delivering the best possible ticketing experience online.
Tickets.com is a privately held company. Its investors include Jackson International LLC, IMG/Chase Sports Capital Partners, General Atlantic Partners LLC, Attractor, idealab! Capital Partners, Moore Capital Management Inc. and Bayview Investors Ltd.
Source: Business Wire
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