Ticketmaster Online Hits a Home Run With Baseball Tickets on the Internet; Padres World Series Tickets to Go on Sale Online Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 P.M. Pacific

Business Wire, Oct 13, 1998

SAN DIEGO--(BW SportsWire)--Oct. 12, 1998--Ticketmaster Online (Nasdaq NM:TKTM) has reported that more than 25 percent of all tickets sold to the Divisional Playoffs and the National League Championship Series at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, were sold via the Internet at www.ticketmaster.com. Internet fans purchased more than 20,000 tickets via Ticketmaster Online to the five San Diego Padres games (vs. Astros on Oct. 3 & Oct. 4 and vs. Braves on Oct. 10, Oct. 11, & Oct. 12).

Additionally, Ticketmaster has announced that San Diego Padres World Series tickets are scheduled to go on sale for The Fall Classic on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m. (PDT) via Ticketmaster Online at www.ticketmaster.com; by calling the Padres' Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone Hotline at 877/98PADRES; at Ticketmaster retail Ticket Center locations; and at the Qualcomm Stadium box office.

"Baseball fans have embraced Ticketmaster Online as a hassle-free and expedient way to purchase tickets," said Kathy Frazer, General Manager, Ticketmaster, San Diego. "The 24-hour Internet has become an important ticket distribution avenue along with Ticketmaster's conventional Charge-By-Phone and retail outlet network."

Ticketmaster Online (www.ticketmaster.com) is the Internet's leading event ticketing and information source, selling event tickets 24 hours a day, with more than 30,000 event listings. Ticketmaster Online sales have risen from $100,000 to more than $10,000,000 monthly in the past 21 months. Entertainment fans can purchase tickets on a real-time basis for most events.

Ticketmaster is the world's leading computerized ticketing service, selling 70 million tickets valued at more than $2 billion through more than 2,900 retail Ticket Center outlets, 29 worldwide telephone call centers and its Internet site. Ticketmaster serves more than 3,750 clients in the United States, South America, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Australia.

The company provides ticketing for 85 professional sports franchises and hundreds of leading arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues and theaters. Clients receive comprehensive ticket inventory control and management, broad distribution, and dedicated marketing and support services. Consumers receive convenient access to tickets for more than 150,000 events a year, including a broad range of concerts, sports, family entertainment, performing arts and movies.