Ticketmaster’s Leading Digital Ticketing
to Support Concerts and Sporting Events at New UBS Arena, Climate Pledge Arena,
Moody Center, Coachella Valley Arena, Savannah Arena, and Co-op Live
Oak
View Group (OVG), the global venue development,
advisory, and investment company for the sports and live entertainment
industries, today announced a long-term partnership with Ticketmaster,
the global leader in ticketing, to employ their latest venue and ticketing
technology for six of OVG’s new world-class arenas including New York’s UBS
Arena, Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, Austin’s Moody Center, Coachella Valley
Arena in Palm Desert, Calif., Savannah Arena, and Co-op Live in Manchester,
England.
“OVG is setting
a new standard for arenas with world-class hospitality and state-of-the-art
technology. Their portfolio boasts some of the most modern and progressive new
venues in the world,” said Mark Yovich, President, Ticketmaster. “Through
our leading-edge ticketing technology, Ticketmaster will help OVG deliver
premium fan experiences for sports fanatics and music lovers.”
Continuing a longstanding NHL partnership, Ticketmaster
will expand its relationship with the New York Islanders as they make the move
to UBS Arena. In addition to serving as the official ticketing partner
for the team, Ticketmaster will offer fans a seamless ticketing experience for
all UBS Arena events. Ticketmaster will further extend its NHL support by
partnering with the league’s newest expansion team the Seattle Kraken at Climate
Pledge Arena. When the state-of-the-art venue opens in October 2021,
Ticketmaster will provide its innovative ticketing solutions for the Kraken as
well as the WNBA’s Storm in addition to the arena’s exciting concert events.
“We couldn’t be
more pleased to partner with OVG at UBS Arena and continue to support our
long-time partners the Islanders as they return to Long Island and welcome fans
to a beautiful, custom-built facility,” said Marla Ostroff, Ticketmaster
North America Managing Director. “And, we are very much looking forward to seeing
the puck drop at the first home game for the Seattle Kraken as they take to the
ice in the world’s most sustainable arena.”
OVG and Ticketmaster will broaden their partnership
further across a number of music-forward facilities including Coachella
Valley Arena, which is also home to a future AHL Palm Springs team; Moody
Center, Austin’s multi-purpose arena specially-designed for headline
entertainment; and Savannah Arena, a music, sports and entertainment
destination that will be home to a future ECHL hockey team.
Ticketmaster will also support OVG’s international
growth by providing digital ticketing technology at Co-op Live in
Manchester, the largest arena in the UK that is set to debut in 2023.
Across all of these venues, OVG will utilize Ticketmaster’s digital technology to provide the industry leading tools needed to operate and adapt to the needs of concerts, games, and other events. Ticketmaster’s digital ticketing will provide fans with the safest and most seamless experience across their ticket buying journey from the moment of purchase all the way through to entering one of these state-of-the-art venues. This includes offering fans features like instant ticket delivery and transfer right from your mobile device.
“Ticketmaster is the best ticketing system in the world, and we’re pleased to offer their industry-leading technology across all of our world-class venues,” said Tim Leiweke, CEO, Oak View Group. “We know what a strong partner Ticketmaster is when it comes to bringing that premium ticketing experience to fans, and we look forward to partnering with them to bring the biggest artists and sporting events as we return to live.”
Evoking a premium feel across all aspects of the
experience, the venues will be equipped with “Ticketing Concierge,” a
contactless box office powered by Ticketmaster’s TM1 product suite which enables
all ticketing transactions, account support, refunds, or will-call to be
handled digitally, reducing the need for physical interactions between fans and
staff. Fans will simply enter the event through contactless scanners, accessing
digital tickets on their mobile device, providing faster entry for a more
seamless event-going experience. The venues can also use new capabilities for
contactless payment, mobile ordering, and in-venue experiences via the
Ticketmaster app. This will provide full autonomy for services like in-seat
concessions as well as merchandise pre-order and delivery to dramatically reduce
wait times at pick-up windows in the venue and allow fans to enjoy more of the
event.
About Oak View Group (OVG):
Oak
View Group (OVG) is a global sports and entertainment company founded by Tim
Leiweke and Irving Azoff in 2015. OVG is focused on being a positive disruption
to business as usual in the sports and live entertainment industry and
currently has eight divisions across four global offices (Los Angeles, New
York, London and Philadelphia). OVG is leading the redevelopment and operations
of the New Arena at Seattle Center as well as leading arena development
projects in Belmont, NY; Austin, TX; Palm Desert, CA; Manchester, UK. OVG
Global Partnerships, a division of OVG, is the sales and marketing arm
responsible for selling across all OVG Arena Development projects.
About Ticketmaster:
Ticketmaster is the world’s largest ticket
marketplace and the global market leader in live event ticketing products and
services. Through official partnerships with thousands of venues, artists,
sports teams, festivals, performing arts centres and theatres, Ticketmaster
processes 500 million tickets per year across 30+ different countries.
Ticketmaster is a part of Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV).
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Media Contacts:
Sam Threadgill, Larry Solters, Erik Stein
Scoop Marketing for OVG
818-761-6100
sthreadgill@solters.com, solters@solters.com, estein@solters.com
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