In fact, ScoreBig estimates that nearly 40% of event tickets go unsold each year.
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Meanwhile, according to Ticketmaster, 40% of event tickets last year were never sold.
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The top-performing online product categories were digital content and subscriptions, event tickets, jewelry and watches, consumer electronics (excl. computer peripherals) and computer software.
We thought that if we could build something that would be effective for event tickets, we could use our technology for other complex categories.
Smartly, the automaker said it will, from time to time, reward participation and sharing by awarding perks, such as event tickets or VW gear.
For example, a second seller of event tickets, called StubHub, uses it to identify and block devices that have a history of selling fraudulent tickets.
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Because they include NFC, digital key-enabled phones could also be used to pay for public transportation, store electronic event tickets, access hotel rooms and redeem coupons.
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We asked online ticket marketplace StubHub, which sells some 300, 000 event tickets (athletic games, rock concerts, etc.) per month, to see how all four playoff teams match up when it comes to the cost of getting into the big show.
Because of the small and exclusive nature of the event, tickets are not sold online.
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Despite the insane popularity and importance of the event, tickets are usually reasonably priced and can be acquired rather easily.
Tickets for the event from July 5-7 will officially go on sale next Monday.
Last year I wrote about attending the Indy 500, and considering it is the largest sporting event on earth, tickets are surprisingly easy to get and affordable.
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Tickets for the event are already sold out, so speed freaks desperate for the fastest internet in the universe will just have to settle for the fastest internet in the neighborhood.
Much like Kickstarter, users can request a screening, sell tickets to the event, and if the threshold is reached the screening is on (and at that point people are charged for the ticket).
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And I know it's especially disappointing for a lot of you who worked hard to get your tickets to the event, or traveled or planned to travel a long way at your own expense to be here.
The ticket-hunting public may well rejoice today (if they have an iPhone, that is) as SeatGeek has emerged with an app for the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) device that will allow sports and event fans to search for tickets on the go.
Festival director Warren Holt said people in the Channel Islands often left buying tickets for such an event until the last minute.
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Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, said she was crafting a bill that would make it a federal crime to sell tickets to the historic event.
Liberal Democrat Baroness Doocey criticised the terms and conditions set by Locog (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) for ticket sales, particularly the requirement that the person who bought the tickets must attend the event.
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And if you stick with us to the end of the eight weeks, you could win tickets to a dream sporting event of your choice.
But with record crowds likely to flock to Washington for the 20 January event, there are fears those with tickets may seek to make money by selling them on.
That those who originally priced the sporting event or concert managed to misprice their tickets so as to make possible widescale such reassignment of tickets is really no concern of the law at all.
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Mr Whittingdale said giving event organisers a share in profits from resold tickets was the "middle way".
Tickets for this year's event, which takes place on 11-14 July, will go on sale next week.
The Paralympic Games are the second largest sporting event in the world with 2.5m tickets expected to be sold.
The star of hit movies such as XXX and the Fast and the Furious then headed out to the city's Princes Street Garden's to join an 8, 000-strong crowd at a special outdoor event staged for those who could not get tickets to the main ceremony.
Meanwhile, 20 employees a quarter qualify for the Rockstar award, which consists of four tickets to a showcase concert or sporting event, along with two nights in an upscale hotel.
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