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Chiefs Ticket Trends

(Fox4 KC) Jason Durbin joins Fox4 to discuss ticket trends for the upcoming Kansas City Chiefs season.

What to know if you’re going to Arrowhead for Chiefs vs Lions season opener

(Fox4 KC) Thursday night marks the start of the Kansas City Chiefs’ campaign for back-to-back Super Bowl titles as they take on the Detroit Lions.

Heading to Arrowhead for a Chiefs game? What you can bring inside, parking rules & more

(The Kansas City Star) Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Justin Reid, Nick Bolton and the rest of the Chiefs start their season at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 at home against the Detroit Lions.

What to know for Chiefs vs Browns preseason game at Arrowhead

(Fox4 Kansas City) The Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for their only home preseason game this Saturday vs the Cleveland Browns.

TFL makes four executive promotions on the heels of rebranding

(Kansas City Business Journal) Overland Park-based TFL, formerly known as Tickets for Less, made four C-suite changes.

Beyoncé joins Taylor Swift in performing in KC. See how the tours compare

(Kansas City Business Journal) Beyoncé just started the North American leg of her Renaissance tour. Tickets prices are soaring, but travel is staying low. See how her concert stop could differ from Taylor Swift’s two shows in early July.

Mastercard Exec Says Consumers Are Increasingly Interested In Loyalty Rewards

(Forbes) As more and more brands create loyalty programs, consumers are paying increased attention to what direct value the programs will provide them and if the time to join and participate is worth it.

Wake Forest Athletics Signs Ticket Distribution Deal With TFL

(Ticket News) Wake Forest Athletics has signed on with TFL, brokering a deal that makes the ticket distribution service based on Kansas its official secondary ticketing partner. 

TFL Signs Deal With Wake Forest Athletics

(The Ticketing Business) Tickets For Less (TFL), an event distribution company based in Kansas City, has entered into an agreement with Wake Forest Athletics to become the North Carolina university’s exclusive secondary ticketing provider. 

Experts urge caution for any Taylor Swift ticket scams

(KMBC) Taylor Swift tickets are in high demand at Tickets for Less in Overland Park. They are urging people to remain cautious ahead of this weekend’s concerts.

Taylor Swift, President Biden Spark Transparency Movement in Live Event Ticketing

(Forbes) Live event ticketing is quickly changing following recent meetings in Washington D.C. and continued frustration surrounding Taylor Swift tickets after Ticketmaster’s website broke down during the artist’s sale in November.

Tickets For Less gets a new name, consolidates its brands

(Kansas City Business Journal) Overland Park-based Tickets For Less rebranded and consolidated its various operations under one brand. The company now is known as TFL.

Employee Recognition is Key to Driving Business Growth

(Forbes) Employee recognition plays a crucial role in strengthening workplace community and employee loyalty. When employees feel valued and appreciated for their contributions, they are more likely to feel a sense of belonging and connection to their colleagues and the organization. This leads to higher levels of employee engagement, job satisfaction, and loyalty.

CEO of WM Talks About Sustainability and the Role of Sports in Driving Change

(Forbes) The truth is that change is only easy for brands that embrace a culture of innovation, which includes listening to employees, consumers, communities and key stakeholders.

FanDuel And DraftKings Are Ready For Super Bowl 57

(Forbes) It’s that time of the year again. Super Bowl LVII is upon us, and frequent bettors are chomping at the bit to secure their Super Bowl betting squares at their local Super Bowl party. Personally, I’ve secured two squares and eagerly anticipate being winner-take-all—though that’s never happened to me before, but one can dream of winning each quarter and the final score.

Unauthorized Ticketmaster code leaves Chiefs fans without tickets temporarily

(Fox 4) Many Chiefs fans guaranteed a first shot at AFC Championship tickets if the game is played in Atlanta logged on to Ticketmaster Wednesday morning only to find the tickets reserved for them had been sold and only resale tickets at much higher prices were available.

Some persistent fans who logged back on later in the day found face value tickets were available with an access code. The Kansas City Chiefs released a statement late Wednesday night explaining what happened.

110 Million Brand Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Lessons From The NFL

(Forbes) My ESPN fantasy team, Skyy’s The Limit (named after Kansas City Chiefs’ rookie Skyy Moore), has ended the season with a league victory. Yet my interest in watching the playoffs and Super Bowl LVII remains ‘sky’ high. Let’s face it, the NFL has built the ultimate entertainment brand watched by men and women, both young and old. It’s a cross-generational brand. It’s also one of the few remaining appointment TV programs I keep because I can get most of my quality entertainment from streaming services.

Premium practices: Executives across sports share the challenges and strategies of selling their venues’ best seats

(Sports Business Journal) Selling sports venue premium inventory is tougher than ever, thanks to the competition for people’s time, snowballing societal and demographic changes, and smaller sales staffs. Eight industry pros gave SBJ their views on premium sales challenges in 2022 and what they’re doing differently to meet the moment.

Premium seating takes on a flexibility it has rarely displayed as a younger generation becomes the primary sales target

(Sports Business Journal) One word kept popping up continually at the Association of Luxury Suite Directors’ mid-July conference in Manhattan: Flexibility. That word was rarely associated with any aspect of the live sports premium experience in the past. But a new generation of younger buyers entering the premium market who don’t want to be tied down and drastically increased competition for people’s disposable income have pushed flexibility to the fore. Those trends are manifested in the kinds of spaces, packages and availability that teams and venues are offering.

MLB attendance down 5% from ’19 at ASG break

(Sports Business Journal) An average of 26,409 tickets were distributed for each MLB game played Opening Day 2022 through this week’s All-Star break, a drop of 5% compared to the same period in 2019, according to an SBJ analysis of the league’s game-by-game data. Twenty-one clubs saw a decline in their average compared to the first half of 2019, with 15 of them experiencing a drop of double digits. The Dodgers, whose 56,000-seat ballpark is the league’s largest, boast the league’s highest average ticket sales (47,883), topping the next closest club (Cardinals) by more than 9,000 fans.