The Showbox Moves to Ticketmaster

The Showbox Moves to Ticketmaster

Multi-Year Agreement for Ticket Sales, Ticket Resale Service, Marketing, Distribution and Patron Service Solutions

SEATTLE, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Showbox has selected Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company, to provide comprehensive ticketing solutions and serve as the authorized ticketing provider and exclusive ticket resale service for all events held at the venue. Under terms of the multi-year agreement, Ticketmaster is providing The Showbox with a seamlessly integrated single ticketing distribution solution including a venue-authorized TicketExchange resale service, on-site scanning technology to validate barcoded event tickets, online and offline marketing distribution and communication tools and a variety of other new services to help drive ticket sales and enhance the overall entertainment experience for the venue's patrons.

Tickets for upcoming events at The Showbox, including The Roots, The Dan Band, and George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic, are currently available for sale through Ticketmaster -- online at Ticketmaster.com; or by calling 206-628-0888; and at Ticketmaster retail Ticket Center locations throughout Washington, including select G.I. Joe's, F.Y.E., Fred Meyer, and Wherehouse Music stores.

"We are proud to be able to offer our patrons top-notch customer service along with the convenience of being able to keep them up-to-date on all our upcoming events," said Jeff Steichen, Owner, The Showbox. "We are pleased that our customers now have the choice to access Ticketmaster's wide network of ticket outlets as well as phone and online services."

"Ticketmaster's proven expertise and advanced ticketing solution strategy will help The Showbox provide world class service. This strategic relationship enhances their patron retention capabilities while growing an expanded client base," said Geoff Carns, General Manager, Ticketmaster Seattle. "Consumers will be the biggest winners as a truly great venue utilizes Ticketmaster's advanced ticketing technology and marketing capabilities."

About The Showbox

The Showbox is the Pacific Northwest's premier live music venue, presenting more than 200 national acts to approximately 200,000 music lovers per year. Since its inception in 1939, the legendary ballroom has hosted the likes of Pearl Jam, Duke Ellington, Kanye West, Modest Mouse, Frank Sinatra, Robin Williams and countless others. The Showbox is one of the top ten independent nightclub venues in the United States for ticket sales.

About Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster is the world's leading ticketing company, providing ticket sales and distribution through www.ticketmaster.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Internet; approximately 6,500 retail Ticket Center outlets; 19 worldwide telephone call centers; and a broad online and offline marketing network. Ticketmaster celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2006 and currently serves more than 9,000 clients worldwide across multiple event categories, providing exclusive ticketing services for hundreds of leading arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues, museums, and theaters, and sold 119 million tickets valued at $6 billion in 2005. Ticketmaster is headquartered in West Hollywood, California and is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ:IACI).

Source: Ticketmaster

CONTACT: Bonnie Poindexter of Ticketmaster, +1-310-360-2321; or Brian
McFadin of The Showbox, +1-206-628-0221

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

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