Ticketmaster challenger? Redbox to offer event tickets

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First DVDs, then coffee, and as recently as last week, streaming video. Now, Redbox is entering the live event arena. The unit of Bellevue-based Coinstar is now offering tickets to concerts and sporting events for an added fee of that all-too-familiar price of $1. The catch is that the tickets will be for the “cheap-seats,”… Read More…

Stanford in town for the big game? You may pay more for those tickets

A packed house for a Husky basketball game. Photo via the UW.

Organizations love the idea of variable or dynamic pricing, in part because they can make more money when demand is high for tickets.  Now, the University of Washington athletics department is going to give the concept a shot. Beginning during the 2012-2013 UW men’s basketball season, the school plans to implement what’s known as the… Read More…