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From a family motorcycle business to banking, telecommunications and sales support, Ben Bray gained varied experience for more than eight years before finding his way into the ticketing industry. “I love being part of the ticketing community,” he says. “The thing that I love most about it is that there are so many different personalities, and those personalities are able to shine. It’s not heav

“The Rocky Horror Show” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” have become generational touchstones. Attending their performances are a way for stage and cinema fans to indeed “do a time warp again” and again and feel young, free, joyful and maybe even a bit naughty. This time each year, venues around the country mount the stage production and/or screen the classic film to attract Halloween-month au

IRVINE, Calif. — October 7, 2026 — Paciolan, a leading ticketing, fundraising, marketing, and analytics platform for live entertainment, today announced that Alanna Kitaeff has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Head of Product. Kitaeff will lead product management and product design across the Paciolan suite, owning product strategy and the roadmap for the ticketing, fundraising, and m

ABC Action News 6 (09/29/26) Charania, Shams; Kaplan, Emily The Philadelphia 76ers and Flyers have taken the wraps off renderings of their new arena on the former Spectrum site in South Philadelphia, which the two organizations are touting as the biggest fully privately funded project in the city's history. The arena is currently targeted to open prior to the 2030 WNBA season when Philadelphia'

Playbill (10/02/26) Culwell-Block, Logan "DOLLY: A True Original Musical" has announced its Broadway cast and includes several holdovers from the bio-musical's 2025 world premiere in Nashville. Katie Rose Clarke has agreed to reprise as the lead Dolly Parton alongside Carrie St. Louis (also as Dolly) and Norah Nunes (as Little Dolly). Nunes was a member of the ensemble of the world premiere run

ABC 7 Chicago (10/01/26) Strauss, Ben Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled that a rooftop business across the street from historic Wrigley Field cannot sell tickets for people to watch Chicago Cubs baseball games. The team had sued Wrigley View Rooftop, contending it was illegally profiting off the Cubs' property without an agre

I was recently reflecting on what inspires member organizations to invest in INTIX memberships for multiple ticketing professionals, knowing firsthand that professional development requires a serious budget commitment and executive support. Having worked in and managed box offices myself — including at a performing arts center in Canada where I watched my own ticketing team managers return from I

Sacramento is one of the more underrated travel destinations in America. Not only is it California’s capital city, but it’s a college town thanks to Sacramento State University, an NBA town with the Sacramento Kings and it’s one of America’s best niche beverage markets with more than 50 independent craft breweries. Additionally, it's the temporary home of Major League Baseball's Athletics through

LONDON – 29 September 2026 – Basker, the website platform built for live events, now offers its AI website builder through self-service sign-up. The company believes it is the first openly available website builder that lets an organisation self-serve a site natively integrated end-to-end with a professional ticketing system – Tessitura, Spektrix, Tixly and others. Any venue, producer or festival

Digonex , the industry leader in automated, algorithm-driven dynamic pricing intelligence solutions for attractions and live entertainment, today announced several personnel moves to better support client growth and success. Digonex’s pricing intelligence solutions, developed by its team of seven PhD economists, combine human intelligence and insights with advances in AI and machine learning to d

Polish comedy agency Stand-Up Polska has selected Nuweb Group in a deal covering ticketing for over 700 events a year. Stand-Up Polska has spent 15 years building one of Poland’s leading comedy businesses. Its two nationwide tours alone sell more than 180,000 tickets across 53 cities each year. Through the partnership, Nuweb Group will provide the ticketing infrastructure behind Stand-Up Polsk

Yale University News (09/23/26) Murphy, Colleen Yale Athletics and Paciolan have announced a new partnership to provide technology solutions to enhance the ticket-buying experience for Bulldog fans. The multi-year accord will see Paciolan's ticketing software implemented throughout Yale's Athletic Department to streamline the purchasing process and enable digital access and ticket management. I

LouderSound.com (09/28/26) Alderslade, Merlin Music superstar Rod Stewart has announced he is retiring from touring for good, with his final concerts due to take place in 2027. Performing in venues across the United Kingdom, Ireland and mainland Europe, the icon says his farewell tour will be dubbed The Final Encore. It will kick off on April 23 in Dublin and finish up on July 24 in Hannover.

Pollstar (09/28/26) Gottfried, Gideon The Backstreet Boys kicked off their 10-night European residency at Merkur Spiel Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Sept. 25. The "Into The Millennium- Homecoming: Live in Germany" concerts are the band’s only European shows of this year. They also mark a special return to the country that gave them their first-ever platinum record. Approximately 450,000 tick

In April 2025, I wrote an article for INTIX Access about the power of taking short breaks during the workday. Apparently, I should have paid closer attention to the advice in that story. Like many people who spend much of their day at a computer, I get very passionate and caught up in what I’m doing. I always want to finish just one more paragraph of a story or answer one more call or email. T

Colleen Coil Moriarity is the Ticket Office Manager for the FARGODOME, an indoor athletic stadium and convention center on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo. And, yes, it’s spelled with all capital letters. The capitalization is a deliberate part of how the facility presents itself, much like companies that use all-capital names for visual impact and brand recognition. But to he

WWMT Newschannel 3 (09/18/26) Ede, Donny For this season's Oct. 30 home opener, the Kalamazoo Wings are taking fans back to 1974 with retro ticket prices. Indeed, the first 1,000 fans who buy White & Blue Level tickets will be charged just $4.50 a seat, the same base ticket price as the hockey team's first-ever home game 52 years ago. It should be noted that this upcoming season is the Wings' l

ABC 7 Southern California (09/20/26) Pennacchio, George "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, opened their long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to the public on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The five-story, 300,000-square-foot venue is devoted to visual storytelling across centuries, cultures and media with works ranging from comic books and film props to paintings and illus

Patch (09/16/26) Barnes, Rachel The Ravinia Festival in Illinois has announced a $38 million gift from The Negaunee Foundation to renovate the historic Martin Theatre. The gift is the largest in the festival’s history and will fund upgrades to the venue. The announcement is part of Ravinia's broader stage renovation plan ahead of its 125th anniversary in 2029. Ravinia Festival President and CEO

MODESTO, Calif. (September 23, 2026) — The Gallo Center for the Arts, a cultural and community centerpiece of California’s San Joaquin Valley, has partnered with True Tickets to strengthen its connections with the people who attend its performances and provide patrons with a seamless, intuitive digital ticket experience. True Tickets helps arts and entertainment organizations see beyond the origi