Vivid Seats will not be in NFL Ticket Exchange; others expected to join
Vivid Seats has withdrawn from its preliminary arrangement to join the NFL Ticket Exchange after talks ended between the two sides in the last few weeks.
Manfred: '26 MLB All-Star Game Defied Typical Bid Process
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred today said the league’s typical process of awarding All-Star Games “went out the window” with the move to award the '26 game to the Phillies. Manfred has sought to make competitive bidding and sequential awarding of All-Star Games key tenets of his tenure since his '14 e...
MLB Signs Perform As Another Authorized Data Distributor
MLB has struck a data partnership with Perform in which the company has gained non-exclusive rights as an authorized data distributor for the league to sports betting operators in the U.S. The agreement is MLB’s second data deal to service sports betting operators following one the league finalized ...
Judge Rules MASN Dispute Can Head To Arbitration Association
A New York state judge today ruled the Orioles can have their MASN profit distributions dispute heard by the American Arbitration Association and formally blocked a move by the Nationals to have this part of the ongoing dispute resolved by MLB. Judge Barry Ostrager of the state’s Supreme Court said ...
Tickets.com Agrees To Multiyear Deal With Pro Football HOF
MLB-owned Tickets.com has signed a multiyear deal to supply ticketing and venue technology to the Pro Football HOF. The deal includes a complete integration of Tickets.com’s ProVenue platform for museum membership and key ticketed events at Tom Benson HOF Stadium in Canton. The deal follows one Tick...
Michael Rubin Among Early Highlights Of World Congress
Day 2 of World Congress kicks off at 8:25am PT with an interview with Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer and Second Spectrum CEO Rajiv Maheswaran . Later on, Riot Games co-Chair and co-Founder Marc Merrill will dish on esports, and Fox Sports National Networks President Mark Silverman will have a one-on-o...
Status Of OTT Services Big Topic As World Congress Begins
DAZN Exec Chair John Skipper added, “You’re going to have a fairly existential battle between about eight to 10 companies, and you can name them quickly. … But people aren’t willing to buy more than two or three things. You’re going to have a winnowing down of the number of companies that play in th...
MiLB launches ‘Grilling All-Stars’ campaign
Minor League Baseball has developed its largest retail activation program in organization history, aligning with five national consumer product brands and North Carolina-based Brand Activation Maximizer on a seasonlong, grilling-themed promotion.
Gen Z: Russ Stanley
Russ Stanley, now one of the Giants’ longest-tenured employees after three decades with the club, has been a key figure in several prior trendsetting industry moves, including the advent of integrated ticket resales and dynamic pricing.