Published by SportsTao
February 9, 2016

While the SB50 resale was solid, it was not to the horrific capacities of Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona.

​Consider a market correction in how the entire SB50 resale was played by resellers. Instead of having a massive spike shooting up both the wholesale and market median listing prices, SB50 had a steady hand in the marketplace. It was still considerably higher than Super Bowl XLVIII, Super Bowl XLVII or Super Bowl XLVI. Read more...

Published by Sports Business Journal
​February 1, 2016

As the secondary ticketing industry has moved from a small offline industry to a multibillion-dollar one with dozens of official online marketplaces, real-time pricing and instant delivery, the Super Bowl has been a prime mover in that transition.

The game is among the highest-priced events on resale markets each year, typically exceeding $2,000 a ticket. It’s a must-attend game for many sports fans and brings secondary ticketing widespread coverage on mainstream news outlets. Read more...

Published by USA TODAY Sports
February 4, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — This is quite the golden ticket.Cam Newton. Peyton Manning. Coldplay. Beyonce.

​Even Lady Gaga is part of the cast for the Big Round Number edition of the biggest game in the nation — Super Bowl 50, the first Super Bowl in California’s Bay Area since 1985. Read more...

Published by Forbes Magazine
​January 29, 2016

Pearl Jam will hit the road this spring and summer for a North American trek that is scheduled to play 22 dates. The first leg of the tour kicks off in April in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and will run until August 9 after back-to-back nights at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Other stops include two shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden, two performances at Boston's Fenway Park, and festival slots at both New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.

​Tickets to see Pearl Jam go on sale to the general public Friday morning and tickets are expected to spike on the resale market, where price points are already high for the iconic Seattle-based band. Read more...

Published by Forbes Magazine

The biggest sporting event of the year is almost here, and while the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers battle it out at Levi’s Stadium on February 7th, there will be no shortage of star power around the San Francisco Bay Area during Super Bowl Week. Partying has become almost synonymous with the Super Bowl, and plenty of pregame options exist for those hell-bent on getting the most out of their stay in Northern California.
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And while it may cost an arm and a leg to get past the gates on February 7th, fans won’t have to dish out big bucks to attend the pregame events leading up to kickoff. Read more...

Published by Credit.com
​January 24, 2016

There’s really no way around it: Going to the Super Bowl costs a ton of money. And this year, the festivities have the potential to be the most expensive in the 50-year history of the event.

​The whole 50th-anniversary thing is part of the higher-than-usual cost, said Brian Learst, CEO of QuintEvents, a company that partners with the NFL to sell Super Bowl travel packages. On top of that, the location (the Bay Area) is really attractive. Read more...

Published by ESPN
​January 11, 2016

​Tickets to Monday's national title game will be the cheapest in a decade.
StubHub officials said Monday that the average price paid on its secondary ticketing site for the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T between Alabama and Clemson was $675. That's the lowest average price paid for a title game since StubHub started collecting data 10 years ago. Read more...

Published by ESPN
​November 30, 2015

The formality of Kobe Bryant announcing this season will indeed be his last sent ticket prices skyrocketing Sunday night. The announcement, published in the form of a poem on The Players' Tribune website, injected millions of dollars into the resale ticket market across the country. Read more...

Published by ESPN
​October 16, 2015

Fans of the Mets and Cubs looking to buy tickets to National League Championship Series games might have to use some mattress money to afford them. Read more...

Published by ESPN
​September 18th, 2015

AUSTIN, TEXAS -- On Sept. 11, one day before Texas defeated Rice 42-28 to win its first football game of the 2015 season, many of the Longhorns' biggest financial donors gathered in a club area of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Read more...