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Ticket sales
How Ticketmaster came to dominate live events (and incur the wrath of Taylor Swift fans)
Nov 17, 2022
In addition to selling tickets, the company controls venues and manages artists. Some lawmakers say it's a monopoly.
Regional theaters struggle to recover from COVID closures
by
Jordan Mangi
Oct 31, 2022
Audiences have not returned to pre-pandemic numbers, while inflation and supply chains have raised the price of productions.
Is a virtual SXSW worth the price of admission?
by
Andy Uhler
Mar 9, 2021
Austin’s business community is rooting for South by Southwest to get through this pandemic after being canceled last year.
Ticket buyers and sellers say StubHub owes them after widespread event cancellations
Apr 10, 2020
The company changed policies on refunds and payouts at the end of March, to the chagrin of buyers and sellers on the secondary ticket marketplace.
Broadway closes out a banner year
by
Justin Ho
Dec 28, 2018
The holidays are a big time for the entertainment industry, and Broadway is no exception. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is by far the biggest week of the year for ticket sales. And already, the trade group The Broadway League says ticket sales over the last month are up 17 percent from the the same […]
There may be more empty seats at college football games than official numbers report
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Phoebe Unterman
Aug 31, 2018
That’s what data obtained by the Wall Street Journal’s senior sports reporter Rachel Bachman shows. According to numbers of ticket scans from the 2017 season, only 71 percent of the people reported in official attendance numbers actually showed up to the stadium. So why inflate the numbers? And what’s keeping fans watching from home? Click […]
The California Lottery is setting sales records, but contributions to education haven't kept pace
Jul 18, 2018
The California Lottery is breaking sales records. This year, revenues will soar to an estimated $6.9 billion. The recent boom has been fueled by a wave of gigantic jackpots. Newer games like Powerball and a $30 scratch ticket offer huge prizes, and California’s lottery players have responded by gambling more and more. Surging revenue should […]
For public good, not for profit.
Fewer people are taking their families out to the ballgame this year
by
Andy Uhler
Jul 16, 2018
Watching the game on TV has made it a lot easier to stay home.
Forget comic book movies — in Hollywood, horror pays
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 23, 2018
Recent scary movie hits like "Get Out" show that a movie doesn't need a big budget to be a hit.
Want a more diverse and younger theater audience? There's an app for that
by
Jana Kasperkevic
and Tony Wagner
Nov 3, 2017
Broadway looks to tech to lure millennials.