THQ Supercross Leads Top Sports Tickets Sold According to TicketsNow Entertainment Index

THQ Supercross Leads Top Sports Tickets Sold According to TicketsNow Entertainment Index

Football Frenzy and Baseball Fever Follow Close Behind

CHICAGO, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- THQ Supercross is riding high on the charts as the adrenaline-charged motor sport raced into sold-out stadiums across the country and revved its way to the top of the TicketsNow Entertainment Index for January. THQ Supercross garnered a whopping 6.2% share of all sports tickets sold on TicketsNow.com and an impressive 3.3% of sales overall.

Two home playoff games and the Broncomania caused by Denver's 13-3 regular season record pushed the AFC West Champions to a second place finish in the sports category, which captured 4.1% of sports ticket sales. The Seattle Seahawks finished fifth in the index, accounting for 3.2% of all sports tickets sold. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are already on the board, finishing third and fourth, respectively, in the sports category.

"The fervor and loyalty of entertainment fans continue to impress us," said Kenneth Dotson, Chief Marketing Officer for TicketsNow. "We look forward to offering a vast array of exciting and memorable experiences in 2006 -- from opening day of the World Champion Chicago White Sox to the highly anticipated return of The Who."

In January, Broadway smash Wicked was the top overall performer with 6.5% of all tickets sold and 30.9% of theater tickets sold. Billy Joel was the top concert attraction with 10.4% of the musical performance tickets and 2.7% of the overall tickets.

Following are the category leaders for January:

Top January Events Overall
1 Wicked 6 Houston Rodeo
2 THQ Supercross 7 New York Yankees
3 Billy Joel 8 Boston Red Sox
4 Monty Python Spamalot 9 The Odd Couple
5 Denver Broncos 10 Coldplay

Top January Sports Ticket Sales
1 THQ Supercross
2 Denver Broncos
3 New York Yankees
4 Boston Red Sox
5 Seattle Seahawks

Top January Concert Ticket Sales
1 Billy Joel
2 Houston Rodeo
3 Coldplay
4 Bon Jovi
5 Aerosmith

Top January Theater Ticket Sales
1 Wicked
2 Monty Python Spamalot
3 The Odd Couple
4 The Lion King
5 Phantom of the Opera

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, music, and theater events nationwide.

About TicketsNow

Established in 1999, TicketsNow is the world's largest and most trusted marketplace for premium event tickets. More than 90% of all professional ticket agencies that list, buy, and sell secondary event tickets online 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 a premium ticket provider for USA TODAY and AOL, a member of the Better Business Bureau, and a founding member of the NATB, which promotes the highest level of ethics in the secondary ticketing marketplace. For more information, visit http://www.ticketsnow.com/

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Alan Taylor Communications for TicketsNow
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Jennifer Swanson
TicketsNow
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jswanson@TicketsNow.com

Source: TicketsNow

CONTACT: Max DeFilippis of Alan Taylor Communications for TicketsNow,
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