Chicago Cubs and Tickets.com Announce Exclusive Multi-Year Ticketing Agreement.Business & Sports Editors CHICAGO & COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2000 Tickets.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:TIXX) and the Chicago Cubs today announced that the two organizations have entered into an exclusive ticketing services agreement, starting with the Cubs' 2001 season. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Tickets.com has the exclusive right to facilitate Cubs' ticket sales through its fully integrated ticket distribution system, including telephone sales, automated telephone IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. , Tickets.com's Chicagoland retail centers, and the Wrigley Field For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see . • • [ Box Office. Tickets for the Chicago Cubs will also be available through www.tickets.com. The agreement with the Chicago Cubs follows the June 30 precedent-setting announcement that Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. had selected Tickets.com as the exclusive provider of ticketing e-commerce infrastructure and back-end systems for the league's Web site, www.majorleaguebaseball.com. Both MLB MLB Major League Baseball MLB Minor League Baseball MLB Middle Linebacker (football) MLB Motor Life Boat MLB Matt Leblanc (actor) MLB Mother Love Bone (band) and the Cubs selected Tickets.com over its competitors because of the company's expertise in managing innovative ticketing solutions and its successful track record in delivering high-volume ticketing services for other major league franchises. Currently, Tickets.com provides ticketing solutions for the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era , Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. and Next Ticketing Inc., which handles ticketing services for the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. . "We are impressed with Tickets.com's innovative approach to developing creative opportunities to improve traditional ticketing services," said Mark McGuire, executive vice president of business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets for the Cubs. "The Chicago Cubs are one of the most well-known sports franchises, with a tremendously loyal fan base that stretches around the world. We are extremely proud that the Cubs selected Tickets.com as their strategic ticketing partner," said Tim Kelly Timothy Patrick Kelly (January 13, 1963 - February 5, 1998) was the guitarist for the band Slaughter. He was tragically killed in an auto accident in 1998. Jeff Blando replaced Kelly's guitar spot in Slaughter in 1998. , president of Tickets.com. "We are delighted to partner with the team in order to provide Cub fans everywhere with convenient and easy ways to purchase tickets." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. league research, baseball fans are among the most avid consumers of Internet entertainment, and online ticketing represents an important component of Major League Baseball's new media strategy to help strengthen the bond between local clubs and their fans while delivering advanced online ticketing solutions to individual teams. Major League Baseball ticket sales -- which exceeded 70 million in 1999 and are on a similar pace this season -- provide an enormous opportunity to leverage the Internet. Some clubs are selling 30% or more of their non-season tickets online. About Tickets.com Tickets.com is a leading online provider of entertainment and sports tickets, event information and venue solutions. The company sells tickets through the Internet, retail outlets, call centers and interactive voice response systems. At www.tickets.com, consumers can obtain information on thousands of events and entertainment organizations, purchase tickets and shop for related products and services. Tickets.com's automated ticketing solutions are used by over 4,500 entertainment organizations such as leading performing arts centers, professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. organizations and various stadiums and arenas in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Latin America. The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements under the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. Tickets.com, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Among the important factors that could cause Tickets.com, Inc's. actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements herein are the company's ability to sell the available tickets, to control changes in general economic conditions, increased or unexpected competition, fluctuations in customer demand and other matters disclosed in Tickets.com, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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