On January 4, 2011, when he did not reach the client by telephone, he also submitted the trade ticket with the intent to cancel it if the client had not returned his call by the close of business because he did not have discretionary authority for the account.

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For example, at Sun Valley ski area in Idaho, there's an official lift ticket exchange program that lets you trade in a "downhill" day for a long list of options including a massage, ice skating and lunch or a shopping credit.

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Following the experiences of the previous year, advance ticket sales were re-organized, ahead of the trade fair, date-specific ticketing was effectively extended and offered in advance sales.

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In the 1930s studio-owned theaters varied their ticket prices according to quality (movies were rated by a trade group as an A, B or C picture), as well as the date and time of the show.

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What's more, Rosen is returning at a time when the live-events business is drooping badly--for the first half of 2010 ticket sales for the top 100 concert tours in North America slipped nearly 12%, according to trade magazine Pollstar.

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