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Ticketmaster and Rio Suite Hotel & Casino Announce Long-Term Ticketing Agreement; Ticketmaster Continues Expansion Throughout Las Vegas
Business Wire, Oct 29, 1999
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 1999--
Ticketmaster, a USA company (Nasdaq:USAI), and the Rio Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas have announced an exclusive, long-term ticketing agreement whereby Ticketmaster will be providing ticketing services for all Rio events. The agreement includes event ticketing through Ticketmaster retail Ticket Centers, Charge-By-Phone telephone call centers nationwide, and via Internet on the World Wide Web.
Tickets to Rod Stewart's New Year's Eve concert at Rio Pavilion may be purchased at retail Ticket Center locations throughout the Western region including Nevada and California; by calling Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone at 702-474-4000 (Las Vegas) or 213-480-3232 or 714-740-2000 (California); and via Internet at www.ticketmaster.com. A partial listing of Las Vegas area retail locations follows.
"We're proud that the Rio Suite Hotel & Casino has selected Ticketmaster as its exclusive ticketing service," said Al Richardson, Director of Marketing and Special Projects, Ticketmaster. Ali Kozloff, General Manager, Ticketmaster Las Vegas, added, "We look forward to working with the Rio to provide Las Vegas entertainment fans with great ease and convenience in purchasing advance event tickets."
The world-class Rio Hotel & Casino is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and offers more than 2,500 suites, live entertainment at its best with the famous "Masquerade Show in the Sky," 16 award-winning restaurants, the world's largest public collection of fine and rare wines, shopping, and championship golf course Rio Secco. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the most recognized and respected name in the casino entertainment industry operating 18 casinos in the United States under the Harrah's, Showboat and Rio brand names. Founded more than 60 years ago, Harrah's is focused on building loyalty and value with its targeted customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.
Ticketmaster, a USA company (Nasdaq:USAI), is the world's leading ticketing service; selling 75 million tickets valued at more than 2.5 billion dollars, through more than 3,400 retail Ticket Center outlets; 29 worldwide telephone call centers; and www.ticketmaster.com, through its relationship with Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch. Ticketmaster serves more than 3,750 clients in the U.S., South America, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia. The company provides ticketing for more than 350 professional sports teams around the world, including more than 100 NFL, NHL, NBA, WNBA and major league baseball franchises. Ticketmaster is the exclusive ticketing service for 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 350,000 events a year, including a broad range of concerts, sports, family entertainment, performing arts, and movies. -0-
TICKETMASTER TICKET CENTER LOCATIONS AS OF OCT. 29, 1999: Henderson Robinson's May 1304 E. Sunset Rd. Henderson Smith's Food & Drug 2385 E. Windmill Lane Henderson Smith's Food & Drug 4600 E Sunset Henderson Smith's Food & Drug 891 S Boulder Hwy Henderson Smith's Food & Drug N Green Valley Parkway Henderson Sunset Station Casino 1301 Sunset Road Henderson Wherehouse Music 4500 E. Sunset Rd. Las Vegas Boulder Station Hotel & Casino 4111 Boulder Hwy Las Vegas Nellis Air Force Base 5941 Fitzgerald Las Vegas Odyssey Records 1600 S. Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas Ritmo Latino 2320 E. Bonanza Rd. Las Vegas Robinson's May 3200 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 2211 N Rampart Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 232 N Jones Blvd Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 2540 S Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 3850 E Flamingo Rd Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 4440 N Rancho Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 450 N Nellis Blvd Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 6130 W Tropicana Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 850 S Rancho Las Vegas Tower Records 4580 W. Sahara Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 8555 W. Sahara Las Vegas Tower Records 4110 S Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas Smith's Food & Drug 9851 W. Charleston Pahrump Smith's Food & Drug 601 S Highway 160 Reno Rite Aid 1695 Robb Dr. Reno Rite Aid 8005 S. Virginia St. Sparks Rite Aid 1410 E. Prater Way Sun Valley Rite Aid 5485 Sun Valley Blvd
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