Tickets.com Serves Up an Ace Announcing Two New Tennis Ticketing Agreements; Tickets.com to Provide Online Ticketing for Ericsson Open and the Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit.Business Editors 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)--March 10, 2000 Furthering Tickets.com's expansion into major sporting events, Tickets.com Inc. (Nasdaq:TIXX) announced that it will provide online ticketing for Ericsson Open in Miami and the Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit. Ericsson Open is the fifth largest tennis tournament in the world, surpassed only by the four Grand Slams in prize money and attendance. The Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit, a 21-event tour for professional tennis players who are no longer active on the ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Tour, features tennis greats including John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles — three at Wimbledon and four at the U.S. , Jimmy Connors James Scott "Jimmy" Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former World Number 1 American tennis champion who was the top player for 160 consecutive weeks from July of 1974 to August of 1977. , Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander Mats Wilander (born August 22 1964) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden who won seven Grand Slam singles titles and one Grand Slam doubles title. He is particularly remembered for winning three of the four Grand Slam singles events in 1988, his most successful year and Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (born May 18 1960, Sedan, Ardennes, France) is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams. . These new contracts follow recent announcements of ticketing agreements for Tickets.com in the motor sports arena. "These partnerships underscore the strong momentum Tickets.com is gathering in the sports industry," said W. Thomas Gimple, co-chairman and chief executive officer of Tickets.com. "While we've experienced strong growth in developed sports markets such as baseball and hockey, we see huge potential in helping traditionally undeveloped ticketing markets, like tennis, to develop more strategic ticket distribution and inventory control systems." Tickets.com will provide all Internet ticketing for the Ericsson Open in Miami, which this year is held on March 23 - April 2. The agreement calls for Tickets.com to provide all online ticketing, and to help sell event packages in select markets. Tickets.com also signed an agreement to be the online ticket provider for the Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit, beginning with the tour's opener, the Nuveen Champions in Naples, Fla., on March 6-12. With Tickets.com's multiple distribution points, the Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit can now sell tickets through Tickets.com call centers, retail outlets and on the Web at www.tickets.com, in addition to traditional box offices. This year's Ericsson Open 2000 features 96 of the top men and women tennis stars on the ATP Tour and Sanex WTA WTA Washington Trails Association WTA Women's Tennis Association WTA World Transhumanist Association WTA Willingness to Accept WTA Winner-Take-All WTA Winner Takes All WTA World Toilet Association (Singapore) TOUR respectively including Pete Sampras Peter “Pete” Sampras (born 12 August 1971), is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15-year career he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances. Sampras finished as No. , Patrick Rafter Patrick Michael Rafter (born 28 December 1972) is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He was twice men's singles champion at the US Open, and twice runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He lives in Bermuda. , Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. , Marcelo Rios, Venus Williams Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked the world's No. 1 female tennis player. As of July 2007, she is the reigning Wimbledon ladies' singles champion. , Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles.[1]. , Lindsay Davenport, Marina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. Butch Buchholz, Ericsson Open Tournament chairman, is enthusiastic about the new partnership and is eager to see how Tickets.com enhances awareness and ticket sales. "There is no question that the Internet is an important marketing tool today and Tickets.com's ability to create travel packages, sell tickets online, provide event information and other products and services made this partnership a natural next step in our marketing efforts," said Buchholz. "We feel Tickets.com's scalable ticketing system will support the consistent growth that the Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit has experienced since its inception -- growing from three tournaments in 1993 to over 20 in 2000," said Henry Brehm, executive producer of the Worldwide Senior Tennis Circuit. About Tickets.com Tickets.com is a leading "one-stop" online provider of entertainment, sports and travel tickets, event information and related products and services. 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 4,100 entertainment organizations and venues such as leading performing arts centers, professional sports organizations and various stadiums and arenas in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Latin America. In the past month tickets.com has announced ticketing agreements with the 2002 Winter Olympics, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 km²) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. and the Delphi Indy 200. 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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 guarantee expanded domestic and international interest, 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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