Founded: 1979

 

Founders: Jim Holzman

 

Contact:

109 Causeway Street

Boston, MA 02114

(800) 697-3287

 

Website: AceTicket.com

 

Bio: Ace Ticket is the premier ticket reseller for Boston area sports and are an official partner of the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. They also have a huge inventory of Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins tickets as well as tickets to concerts and sporting events all over the country. They are one of the oldest ticket resellers in the ticketing industry. 

 

 

Founded: 1984

 

Founder: Barry Rudin

 

Contact:

23622 Calabasas Rd. Suite #123

Calabasas, CA 91302

866-708-8499

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Website: BarrysTickets.com

 

Bio: Barry's Tickets is the premier ticket reseller for sporting events in Southern California. They're an official partner of the Los Angeles Clippers. They also have four offices throughout the Los Angeles area including one across the street from the Staples Center.

 

 

Founded: 1993

 

Founder: Max Waisvisz

 

Contact:

908 West Madison Street

Chicago, IL 60607

312-644-6446

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Website: GoldCoastTickets.com

 

Bio: Gold Coast Tickets is the premier ticket reseller for all major sporting and concert events in Chicago, Illinois. They have six offices/pickup locations throughout the city including at the United Center, Wrigley Field and Guaranteed Rate Field. Gold Coast carries tickets for all major events throughout the U.S. as well and don't charge fees at checkout.

 

 

Founded: 2010

 

Founder: Sam Soni

 

Contact:

 1745 Peachtree Street NE, Suite F

 Atlanta, GA 30309

404-941-3940

 

Website: PrimeSport.com

 

Bio: Primesport carries tickets, travel packages and other hospitality related products for sporting events like the Final Four, Kentucky Derby, Super Bowl, etc. They also have a large inventory of tickets for nearly every college and pro team. They are soon set to be bought out and acquired by the Carlyle Group.

 

 

Founded: 2001

 

Founders: Doug Knittle, Thomas Ball

 

Contact:

4094 Glencoe Ave., Suite A
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292

(310) 481-3400

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Website: RazorGator.com

 

Bio: One of the largest ticket resellers on the planet. RazorGator specializes in selling tickets for sports, concerts and theatre.

 

 

 

Founded: 2009

 

Founders: Adam Kanner, Joel Milne

 

Contact:

1800 N. Highland Ave, 1st Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90028

187-772-6732

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Website: ScoreBig.com

 

Bio: ScoreBig is the "Priceline" of the ticket industry and are owned by TicketNetwork. They allow fans to bid on tickets at a savings rate of 10%-60%. Instead of bidding on seats, fans bid on sections - specific seats are unlisted.

 

 

Founded: 2009

 

Founders: Russell D'Souza, Jack Groetzinger

 

Contact:

235 Park Ave S, Floor 12
New York, NY 10003

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Website: SeatGeek.com

 

Bio: SeatGeek is the "Kayak.com" of the ticketing industry. They are a ticket search engine that gives fans the best deals from ticket resellers like Stubhub, Ticket Monster and RazorGator.

 

 

 

Founded: 2000

 

Founders: Eric H. Baker, Jeff Fluhr

 

Contact:

199 Fremont Street, Floor 4
San Francisco, CA 94105

1-866-788-2482

 

Website: Stubhub.com

 

Bio: Stubhub is the original "middle man marketplace" that allows ticket owners to list and sell their tickets. Aside from Ticketmaster, they are believed to have the largest market share in the ticketing industry.

 

 

 

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Founded: 2012

 

Founder: Brian Lefton

 

Contact:

165 Madison Avenue #202
New York, NY 10016

1-866-217-4777

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Website: TicketMonster.com

 

Bio: Ticket Monster is one of the newest and largest ticket resellers in the U.S. Not only do they not tack on extra charges upon checkout but shipping is always free as well. 

 

 

 

Founded: 1990

 

Founder: Randy Cohen

 

Contact:

 5912 Balcones Dr. Suite 102

Austin, TX 78731

1-800-521-8788

 

Website: TicketCity.com

 

Bio: TicketCity is a ticket reseller based out of Austin, Texas. They are one of the largest resellers in the U.S. for college sporting events and sponsor a college football bowl game every winter.

 

Founded: 1976

 

Founders: Gordon Gunn, Peter Gadwa, Charles Hamby, Albert Leffler

 

Contact:

1000 Corporate Landing

Charleston, WV 25311

800-653-8000

 

Subsidiaries: Tickets Now, Live Nation

 

Website: Ticketmaster.com

 

Bio: Ticketmaster is a primary ticket marketplace and the company that jumped started the entire ticket industry. If you purchase tickets from Ticketmaster, you are the first person to touch the tickets. They're not a ticket reseller or "scalper". They often pay stadiums and arenas, teams, concert halls and performers money to have exclusive rights to sell their tickets.

 

 

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Founded: 2002

 

Founders: Don Vaccaro, Doug Kruse

 

Subsidiaries: Super Boletaria, Ticket Liquidator

 

Contact:

75 Gerber Road East

South Windsor, CT 06074

1-888-456-8499

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Website: TicketNetwork.com 

 

Bio: TicketNetwork is a "middle man marketplace" that allows ticket owners to list and sell their tickets. TicketNetwork also sells various software systems that allows ticket companies to manage and control their ticket inventory. Every summer in Las Vegas, NV they host "Ticket Summit", the industry's largest trade show. Their business model is similar to Vivid Seats, Stubhub and Viagogo.

 

 

 

Founded: 2011

 

Founders: Brett Goldberg, Chris O'Brien

 

Contact:

347  W 36th St. Ste. 1002

New York, NY 10018

845-538-4567

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Website: TickPick.com

 

Bio: TickPick is a "middle man marketplace" that allows ticket owners to list and sell their tickets. It also allows fans to bid on tickets to events. TickPick combined the business model of Stubhub with the business model of ScoreBig.

 

 

 

Founded: 2009

 

Founders: Jesse Lawrence

 

Contact:

140 W. 36th St

New York, Ny 10018

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Website: TiqIQ.com

 

Bio: TiqIQ is another ticket search engine that gives fans the best deals from ticket resellers like Stubhub, Ticket Monster  and RazorGator - much like what Kayak.com does for travelers. What makes TiqIQ different from ticket search engine SeatGeek is that they have a large network of blogs aggregating their ticket sales. They also have a ton of editorial content on the ticketing industry which helps make fans more educated about their ticket purchases.

 

 

Founded: 2006

 

Founders: Eric H. London

 

Contact:

Rue de Lyon 109

1203 Genève, Switzerland

1-866-777-0353

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Website: ViaGoGo.com

 

Bio: Viagogo is a "middle man marketplace" that allows ticket owners to list and sell their tickets - primarily overseas. They were founded in London, England by the original founder of 'Stubhub'. Viagogo holds partnerships with many of the hottest tickets overseas including Premier League soccer teams, rugby, tennis matches and concerts.

 

 

Founded: 2001

 

Founders: Jerry Bednyak, Eric Vassilatos

 

Contact:

344 N Ogden Avenue
4^th Floor
Chicago, IL 60607

800-501-9983

 

Website: VividSeats.com

 

Bio: Vivid Seats is another "middle man marketplace" like Stubhub, TicketNetwork, TickPick and Viagogo that allows ticket owners to list and sell their tickets. They are based out of Chicago, IL.