World Wrestling Entertainment® (NYSE: WWE) today announced the creation
of a new online ticket hub for all WWE live events, available at WWE.com.
The comprehensive destination provides WWE fans with access to all WWE
live event tickets in North America as well as premium seats to select
events through Ticketmaster, a wholly owned subsidiary of Live Nation.
The Ticketmaster partnership provides fans convenient and safe access to
tickets for the WWE’s premier events throughout North America as well as
premium access to some of the most sought-after seats via the WWE’s
Official Platinum Seats program. Additionally, the WWE has
established a platform through TicketsNow, the "Official Resale Partner
of the WWE,” which enables their fans the ability to purchase or resell
their tickets from a convenient WWE-sanctioned resale marketplace.
"WWE’s new ticket hub offers one-stop shopping for all of our fans’
ticket needs. Our new relationship with Ticketmaster ensures that our
fans have convenient and safe options to secure some of the best seats
to WWE’s live events,” said Michelle Wilson, EVP, Marketing, WWE.
Fans can access the WWE ticket resale marketplace at www.TicketsNow.com/wwe
or through direct links from WWE.com.
About WWE, Inc.
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE:
WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in
global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses
that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global
audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly, PG content across all of
its platforms including television programming, pay-per-view, digital
media and publishing. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 145
countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 500 million homes
worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices
in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo and
Toronto. Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
can be found at corporate.wwe.com.
About Live Nation
Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s premier live entertainment
company, consisting of Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Front Line
Management Group. As the world’s first artist-to-fan vertically
integrated live entertainment platform, the company is improving the fan
experience and driving major innovations in ticketing technology,
marketing and service. Live Nation is the largest producer of live
concerts in the world, annually producing more than 22,000 concerts on
behalf of 1,500 artists in 57 countries. In 2008, over 50 million fans
attended Live Nation concerts, and the company drove more than 70
million unique visitors to LiveNation.com and other online properties.
Ticketmaster serves more than 10,000 clients worldwide in multiple event
categories and sold more than 141 million tickets valued at over $8.9
billion on behalf of its clients in 2008. Live Nation is headquartered
in Los Angeles, California and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange,
trading under the symbol LYV. For additional information about the
company, please visit www.livenation.com/investors.
Trademarks: All WWE programming,
talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves, trademarks,
copyrights and logos are the exclusive property of World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All other trademarks, logos
and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements: This
news release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which
are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties include the conditions of the markets for live events,
broadcast television, cable television, pay-per-view, Internet, feature
films, entertainment, professional sports, and licensed merchandise;
acceptance of the Company's brands, media and merchandise within those
markets; uncertainties relating to litigation; risks associated with
producing live events both domestically and internationally;
uncertainties associated with international markets; risks relating to
maintaining and renewing key agreements, including television
distribution agreements; and other risks and factors set forth from time
to time in Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Actual results could differ materially from those currently expected or
anticipated. In addition to these risks and uncertainties, our dividend
is based on a number of factors, including our liquidity and historical
and projected cash flow, strategic plan, our financial results and
condition, contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of
dividends and such other factors as our board of directors may consider
relevant.
