International Business News - Tickets http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Blockbuster Inc. will begin selling concert tickets at about 500 of its video rental stores, bolstering its effort to create a one-stop shop for entertainment. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187205-blockbuster-tickets.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/coming-soon-to-blockbuster-stores-concert-tickets.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/coming-soon-to-blockbuster-stores-concert-tickets.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:30:50 EST The New York Yankees are keeping spring-training ticket prices at their 2008 levels. Tickets for games at newly renamed Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., will cost $17-31, the team said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/yankees-keep-spring-training-tickets-at-2008-level.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:57:01 EST The number of passengers traveling on premium airline tickets dropped 8 percent in September, reflecting the severity of the global financial crisis and a slump in the confidence of manufacturers in the U.S., Japan and Europe, an industry trade group said in a report Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/iata-premium-air-travel-fell-8-pct-in-sept.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:20:11 EST The average ticket price for NFL playoff games this season will decrease by approximately 10 percent from last season. Citing economic challenges facing fans as the reason for the reduction, the NFL confirmed the lower prices Wednesday. But the specific leaguewide average playoff ticket price cannot be determined until the home playoff sites are decided; prices vary from market to market depending on costs for regular-season tickets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/nfl-playoff-ticket-prices-go-down.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:32:53 EST The senator overseeing Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony said Monday she's writing to Internet sites like eBay asking them not to sell scalped inauguration tickets. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., also said she's crafting a bill that would make a federal crime of selling tickets to the historic event Jan. 20. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/172900-inauguration-preparation.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/senator-asks-sites-not-to-sell-inaugural-tickets.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/senator-asks-sites-not-to-sell-inaugural-tickets.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:11:46 EST The senator overseeing Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony said Monday she's writing to Internet sites like eBay asking them not to sell scalped inauguration tickets. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., also said she's crafting a bill that would make a federal crime of selling tickets to the historic event Jan. 20. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/172682-inauguration-preparation.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/senator-asks-sites-not-to-sell-inaugural-tickets.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/senator-asks-sites-not-to-sell-inaugural-tickets.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:07:41 EST The rough economy has not hurt ticket sales for the 2010 Olympics. With a little more than a week to go in the first phase of ticket sales, packages to the Winter Olympics are selling out. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/despite-cold-economy-2010-olympics-a-hot-ticket.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:33:30 EDT The Cardinals season ticket plan for 2009 will leave prices unchanged for more than 70 percent of their seats, a decision influenced by the economic downturn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/mlb-cardinals-raise-season-ticket-prices-for-2009.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:44:03 EDT The official price of Super Bowl tickets will reach $1,000 for the first time this season. The NFL confirmed Thursday that 25 percent of the tickets for the Feb. 1 game in Tampa will be priced at $1,000. It also announced it will drop the price of 1,000 tickets at Raymond James Stadium by $200 to $500, the first time the league has cut prices for a Super Bowl. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081016/nfl-has-its-first-1-000-super-bowl-tickets.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:26:13 EDT Britain's government plans to distribute 1 million free theater tickets to people aged under 26, the country's culture ministry said Tuesday. The plan, aimed at introducing new audiences to British theater, will go into effect in February 2009. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said the tickets would be made available to all people below the age limit, regardless of whether they are British or not. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/uk-to-give-away-1-million-free-theater-tickets.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:09:43 EDT Fans began lining up at 6 a.m. Saturday for a chance to snag free tickets to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic athletes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119196-oprah-whitesboro.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080830/fans-line-up-for-oprah-olympian-show-tickets.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080830/fans-line-up-for-oprah-olympian-show-tickets.htm Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:48:07 EDT Oklahoma City fans excited about the NBA's return after a one-year hiatus now know what it will cost to get in on the action. The still-nameless Oklahoma City franchise released its season-ticket prices Thursday, touting a variety of options. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/oklahoma-city-nba-season-ticket-prices-set.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:53:50 EDT Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged an Austin-based ticket broker with deceiving customers in the sale of tickets to Friday's opening ceremonies at the Beijing Summer Olympics. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/texas-attorney-general-alleges-olympic-ticket-scam.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:09:53 EDT Bruce Springsteen may have gotten famous singing about the common man, but fans attending his concert at Giants Stadium Thursday night will include some bigwigs in business and government in New Jersey. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/bigwigs-get-special-tickets-at-giants-stadium.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:00:29 EDT Thousands of eager fans who had waited for up to two days swarmed sales windows Friday for the final batch of tickets to next month's Olympic Games, knocking people to the ground and bending metal barricades in the chaotic crush. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/100808-china-olympic-tickets.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/olympic-ticket-sale-in-beijing-starts-stampede.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/olympic-ticket-sale-in-beijing-starts-stampede.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:59:43 EDT All tickets to Olympic events in Beijing have been sold, organizers said Monday, putting the games on course to be the first to ever sell out. "Tickets to watch competitive events of the 2008 Games in Olympic venues in Beijing are now sold out," said a brief notice on the Beijing Games' Web site. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/olympic-events-in-beijing-all-sold-out.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:23:07 EDT A crowd of 30,000 people, baking in the heat and waiting for up to two days, swarmed a ticketing center Friday as the final batch of Olympic tickets went on sale. Police shoved and kicked them and used metal barricades to prevent a stampede. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97696-china-olympic-tickets.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/olympic-ticket-sale-in-beijing-starts-stampede.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/olympic-ticket-sale-in-beijing-starts-stampede.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:19:23 EDT Xu Yonghe wants tickets to the Olympics, and he is willing to camp out in sweltering heat on a dusty path for 45 hours to get them. The Beijing resident was at the head of a line of thousands waiting on lawn chairs, under tents or on bamboo mats for the last batch of Olympic tickets that go on sale Friday morning. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/final-sale-of-olympic-tickets-draws-thousands.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:25:20 EDT A judge's ruling has brought the organization that hosts the Academy Awards a step closer to discovering how tickets to this year's show got online. An attorney for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said Wednesday that the organization has learned the identity of a person who posted an ad on Craigslist, claiming to have two tickets available for this year's show. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97056-oscars.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/ruling-reveals-online-oscar-ticket-seller.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/ruling-reveals-online-oscar-ticket-seller.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:37:41 EDT More than 16,000 people have signed up to a season ticket request list for Oklahoma City's new NBA team. Officials of the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics said Sunday they have concluded the first phase of a season ticket request list. Those on the list signed up in just 16 days. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/okla-city-nba-teams-season-tix-list-tops-16-000.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:18:50 EDT