Ticketmaster, Inc. was a ticket sales and distribution company based in West Hollywood, California, USA, with operations in many countries around the world. In 2010 it merged with Live Nation to become Live Nation Entertainment. Most US ticket sales for US venues are fulfilled at the Ticketmaster two main fulfillment centers located in Charleston, West Virginia and Pharr Texas. Typically, Ticketmaster’s clients (promoters) control their events, and Ticketmaster simply acts as an agent, selling the tickets that the clients make available to them.
Ticketmaster sells many of its tickets online, some via phone, and some through its many ticket outlets.[citation needed]
In January 2009, Ticketmaster acquired a UK ticket exchange site, Getmein.com[1]. Getmein is a ticket exchange site that allows sellers to list the tickets at whatever price they choose. It claims to have over 500,000 tickets listed at any one time.
On 10 January 2008, Ticketmaster completed the acquisition of Paciolan Inc. after the deal was subject to months of litigation over the potential breach of antitrust laws. Paciolan is a developer of ticketing system applications and hosted ticketing systems. [2][3] On 10 February 2009, Ticketmaster and Live Nation, the largest concert promoter, officially announced their merger deal.[4]. The new company will take the Live Nation name and will be Live Nation Entertainment. The merger has received regulatory approval in Norway, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Regulatory reviews are continuing in the United States and Canada.
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