Record Sales for Premium Event Tickets; Baseball Fever Heats Up

Record Sales for Premium Event Tickets; Baseball Fever Heats Up

Trends from the TicketsNow January Entertainment Index

CHICAGO, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The secondary event ticket market rang in the New Year with a bang, posting record sales for January, according to the TicketsNow Entertainment Index. TicketsNow.com, the world's largest and most secure online marketplace for secondary event tickets, witnessed a 170 percent increase in sales compared to 2004. Leading the trend by a landslide were sporting events as Yankees and Red Sox fans geared up for the 2005 season and speed fans raced for the perfect seats at THQ Supercross and the Daytona 500. Following are January's category leaders:

Bikes, Broadway, and Baseball: Top January Events Overall
1 THQ Supercross
2 Wicked
3 New York Yankees
4 Boston Red Sox
5 Miami Heat
6 Los Angeles Lakers
7 The Lion King
8 Daytona 500
9 Pittsburgh Steelers
10 Atlanta Falcons


Baseball Fans Eager for Opening Day: Top January Sports Ticket Sales
1 THQ Supercross
2 New York Yankees
3 Boston Red Sox
4 Miami Heat
5 Los Angeles Lakers




A Little Bit Country; A Little Bit Rock 'N Roll: Top January Concert Ticket Sales

1 George Strait
2 Hilary Duff
3 Elton John
4 Houston Rodeo (various artists)
5 Motley Crue


Something Wicked This Way Comes: Top January Theater Ticket Sales
1 Wicked
2 The Lion King
3 700 Sundays
4 Monty Python's Spamalot
5 Disney On Ice



About The TicketsNow Entertainment Index


The TicketsNow Entertainment Index tracks proprietary secondary ticket sales on a monthly basis to provide a snapshot of entertainment trends for sports, concerts, and theater events nationwide.

About TicketsNow.com

Established in 1999, TicketsNow.com is the world's largest and most secure marketplace for premium event seating and tickets. More than 90% of all professional ticket agencies that list, buy, and sell secondary event tickets online license and utilize software developed by TicketsNow -- creating the most comprehensive database of secondary event tickets in the world. Named to the Inc. 500 index of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S., TicketsNow is the Official Premium Ticket Partner of USA TODAY and CBS SportsLine.com, a member of the Better Business Bureau, and a founding member of the NATB, which was organized to promote the highest level of ethics in the secondary ticketing marketplace. For more information, visit http://www.ticketsnow.com/ .

Contact:
Christine Weil
Zeno Group for TicketsNow.com
312.396.9778
christine.weil@ZenoGroup.com

Jennifer Swanson
TicketsNow.com
815.444.4923
jswanson@TicketsNow.com


Source: TicketsNow.com

CONTACT: Christine Weil of Zeno Group for TicketsNow.com ,
+1-312-396-9778, christine.weil@ZenoGroup.com , or Jennifer Swanson of
TicketsNow.com , +1-815-444-4923,jswanson@TicketsNow.com

Web site: http://www.ticketsnow.com/


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