SMG and Ticketmaster Sign Multi-Year Ticketing & New Technology Agreement for
Premier Alaskan Venues
LOS ANGELES, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Ticketmaster, the world's leading
ticketing company, and SMG announced today the signing of a multi-year
contract to provide complete ticketing solutions for three SMG managed
facilities, including the Sullivan Arena and William A. Egan Civic &
Convention Center in Anchorage and the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska.
As part of the agreement, Ticketmaster will now sell and distribute tickets
for each venues' many entertainment, sports and family events beginning May
19th in Anchorage and June 1st in the Fairbanks market.
"SMG is committed to providing Alaskan patrons and guests with the most
convenient ticketing solutions available," said Scott Zimmerman, Director of
Ticketing, SMG. "With Ticketmaster, visitors have more options then ever
before, from downloading their tickets at home to purchasing online, over the
phone, and at outlets across the state."
Highlighted in the agreement are the installations of Ticketmaster's
AccessManager products which will enable each venue to validate event tickets
in real-time, expedite replacement of lost tickets, monitor event traffic and
authenticate event admissions. AccessManager also allows fans to log-on to
ticketmaster.com and electronically purchase, download and print their event
ticket(s) at the click of a mouse using ticketFast(R) electronic delivery,
which can be selected during an online or telephone ticket purchase as the
chosen delivery method.
"With patrons coming from across the state to attend events in Fairbanks
and Anchorage, Alaskans must have the widest and most efficient access to
tickets," said Geoff Carns, senior general manager, Ticketmaster Pacific
Northwest. "Ticketmaster is excited to bring state-of-the-art ticketing
technology and superior customer service to our 50th state."
Ticketmaster will now be the exclusive ticketing provider of some of the
most popular events and sports teams in Alaska, including the UAA Seawolves,
UAF Nanooks, Alaska Aces and the Great Alaska Shootout. As part of its
ongoing service, Ticketmaster:
* Maintains and operates a ticket outlet network throughout Alaska,
including nine Fred Meyer locations
* Maintains dedicated telesales numbers to service Anchorage at
(907) 562-4800 and Fairbanks at (907) 456-4800
* Offers Alaska live event tickets on the World Wide Web through
http://www.ticketmaster.com
About Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company, sold 100 million
tickets valued at $4.9 billion in 2003, through http://www.ticketmaster.com, one of
the largest e-commerce sites on the Internet, more than 3,300 retail Ticket
Center outlets and 19 worldwide telephone call centers. Ticketmaster serves
more than 8,000 clients worldwide and acts as the exclusive ticketing service
for hundreds of leading arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues, and theaters
and is the official ticketing provider and supporter of the Athens 2004
Olympic Games. Ticketmaster is headquartered in West Hollywood, California
and is an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq: IACI).
About SMG
Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides facility services to
168 venues, in 41 States, and Puerto Rico, Canada and Europe, controls over
1.46 million entertainment seats worldwide, and manages over nine million
square feet of exhibit space. For additional company information, visit
http://www.smgworld.com.
For More Information Contact:
Jim Graham
SMG Corporate
215.592.6655
jgraham@smgworld.com
Ina Murdock
Ticketmaster
310.360.2322
Ina@ticketmaster.com
Kandus Simpson
Ticketmaster
310.360.2321
Kandus.Simpson@ticketmaster.com
SOURCE Ticketmaster
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Related links:
http://www.smgworld.com
http://www.ticketmaster.com
CONTACT:
Jim Graham of SMG Corporate, +1-215-592-6655,
jgraham@smgworld.com; or Ina Murdock, +1-310-360-2322,
Ina@ticketmaster.com, or Kandus Simpson, +1-310-360-2321,
Kandus.Simpson@ticketmaster.com, both of Ticketmaster
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