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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

The International Ticketing Association (INTIX) posts a Ticketing Tip of the Month on its LinkedIn page . It’s a helpful piece of advice that members can read and consider putting into practice on the job. As it’s a crazy world, seemingly getting crazier, ticketing and live event professionals need all the wise counsel they can get — especially as we enter the home stretch of 2026. For this reas

Originally passed in 2017, the Ontario Ticket Sales Act in Canada was amended earlier this year to ban the resale of tickets above “the total price paid when the ticket was purchased from the primary seller, plus any applicable fees, service charges and taxes charged by the secondary seller or operator of a secondary ticketing platform.” Additional changes, including pre-sale disclosures on maxi

UA.news (09/14/26) Shevtsov, Lev This past Sunday, South Korean K-pop group Big Ocean launched its Big Ocean U.S. Fall Tour 2026 with a sold-out concert in New York. The trio will perform in a total of eight American cities in the next month, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando and Phoenix. The U.S. leg of the tour will conclude with a couple of shows in Houston on Oct.

Broadway News (09/13/26) Lee, Ashley In a relatively short time, partnerships have become an extremely important part of the Broadway marketing engine — some would say as essential to a production's advertising strategy as a New York Times ad or a musical number performed on one of the morning news shows. Multiple advertising and marketing firms now have a specific point person or or even an en

CBS News (09/13/26) This past Saturday, pop music legend Celine Dion returned to the stage after years of battling a rare neurological disorder with a sold-out concert in Paris. It was the 58-year-old French Canadian soloist's first full concert in six years. She performed for a crowd of approximately 30,000 fans, including former First Lady Michelle Obama. The venue was the Plenitude Arena on

Years ago, I had my own film review column affectionately known as Teddy Takes that had developed quite a following. It was an email subscription service that I managed to build over several years and was especially popular in my home market of Baltimore, Maryland. So much so, that Teddy’s Takes came to be a sponsor of free preview screenings of various major motion pictures in the region. Now, e

After graduating in 2011 with a degree in sport management from Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, David Damerell 's path to a full-time role in ticketing took some time. He worked internships, took part-time jobs and moved between professional sports and the performing arts before finally landing his first full-time position with the Washington Ballet eight years later.

tech.eu (09/07/26) Djurickovic, Tamara United Kingdom. ticketing platform Tickets for Good has raised £3.9 million in funding to support its international expansion. The investment came from NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Ventures as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II. Founded by Steve Rimmer and the late Neville Mosey, Tickets for Good distributes s

Yahoo! Sports (09/08/26) Burge, Dave The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is introducing a new "Family Section" for the current football season. The new Family Section provides fans with the opportunity to buy one or more adult tickets for $20 each, and receive two free youth tickets (ages 12 and under) for every adult ticket purchased. UTEP Deputy AD and Chief Revenue Officer Michael Levy

Broadway World  (09/07/26) Major, Michael Former "Desperate Housewives" TV star Teri Hatcher has agreed to play the role of legendary Editor-in-Chief Miranda Priestly in the musical adaptation of "The Devil Wears Prada" on London's West End. She succeeds Vanessa Williams, who's final performance will be on Sept. 19 with Debbie Kurup agreeing to fill the gap between Williams' exit and Hatcher's d

Pollstar (09/02/26) Pearl, Wendy Vince Gill’s “50 Years From Home Tour” is giving fans plenty of music, with the country star performing nearly 40 songs over a three-hour-plus set with no opening act or intermission. The tour, which celebrates five decades of Gill’s music career, has expanded from 14 to 30 markets following strong demand. At 78, Gill remains an active and engaging performer, mi

Pollstar (09/01/26) Areliz, Oscar Miley Cyrus has announced that her 10th album, Bass Persuades , will be released Sept. 18 via Atlantic Records, with the singer marking the occasion with two shows at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 16 and 18. Model/Actriz will join her as a special guest, marking a rare return to the live stage for Miley, who has not headlined a tour since 2015. Tickets f

It began with a simple idea: What if an empty seat at a live event could become a meaningful way to thank veterans for their service? Nearly two decades later, that idea has grown into something far greater than anyone imagined. Michael A. Focareto III Founded in 2008 by U.S. Navy veteran Michael A. Focareto III , the Veteran Tickets Foundation (Vet Tix) has become a trusted partner to

KHOU-TV  (08/07/26) France, Chandler Sam Houston State University (SHSU) has completed its football stadium renovation ahead of the 2026 season. The $60 million project broke ground in late 2024 and is the first major renovation of the venue since its 1986 opening. The stadium now boasts 13 new suites, a two-story club space with more than 200 seats, a new main lobby, ticket office, apparel stor