Latest from Jesse Lawrence
As college football attendance slumps, new ways to ticket may hold an answer
12:30 pm PDT • September 8, 2019
As college football’s second week draws to a close, one storyline has gotten an unusual amount of attention: the game’s slumping attendance numbers.
Media & Entertainment
In 2018 the ticketing industry finally killed the ‘sold-out’ show
5:00 pm PST • December 31, 2018
Among the many myths that were laid low in 2018, perhaps none was as welcome to throngs of live-event fans as the fantasy of the sold-out show.
Media & Entertainment
The Golden Knights, live gambling and the future of live sports attendance
3:00 pm PDT • October 31, 2017
One of the biggest early season NHL stories has been the success of the expansion Las Vegas Golden Knights. If they can maintain anything close to current attendance and demand…
After years of chasing brokers and bots, ‘slow ticketing’ will help both artists and fans
3:30 pm PDT • September 18, 2017
Since the advent of the modern ticket era, speed has been the name of the game. Whether it was the first person to get in line, or the first ping…
Super Bowl tickets show that ticketing is a super mess — tech can help
3:30 am PST • January 27, 2017
The 2017 Super Bowl season officially kicked off this week. For the next two weeks, it will be a mad scramble of marketing, publicity, parties, and, of course, tickets. It…
Media & Entertainment
Ticketing’s distributed future is not only good for fans, it’s already happening
2:00 pm PDT • November 2, 2016
Since the dawn of consumer history, tickets have been a product defined by scarcity and lack of accessibility. The result is an abysmal category user experience that’s most often talked…
