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