ANAHEIM, Calif. and
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los
Angeles Angels today announced a multi-year agreement with StubHub,
designating the company as the official ticket resale marketplace
of the Los Angeles Angels. The agreement enables StubHub to offer
Angels fans a fully integrated ticketing solution and provide a
seamless user experience.
"Our commitment to our fans is providing them with the best
option to purchase verified secondary market tickets to Angels
games," said John Carpino, Angels
Baseball President. "StubHub provides our fans a
best-in-class experience."
With Angels tickets fully integrated with the StubHub platform,
all Angels season seat holders and single-game ticket buyers can
resell and purchase tickets with confidence and ease with the
Angels' safest and most secure way to transmit tickets. In addition
to the ticketing integration, StubHub's industry-leading technology
also provides tools for customers, including pricing guidance for
sellers and panoramic 360-degree virtual view-from-seats for
buyers.
"We are thrilled to officially reunite with the Angels and its
fans and expand our MLB club partnerships under our agreement with
MLBAM," said StubHub General Manager, North America, Perkins
Miller. "With this partnership and integration, Angels
fans will not only enjoy the most trusted fan protection in the
industry, but also a ticketing experience rooted in ease and
innovation that offers a superior mobile ticketing platform."
All Angels tickets will be delivered as mobile tickets,
available on both iOS and Android devices. Customers can post hard
stock tickets for sale; upon being sold, those tickets will be
converted to mobile format, and fans will use their smartphones for
entry into the stadium.
Through its partnership with the Los Angeles Angels, StubHub
will receive full marketing and sponsorship benefits, including
in-stadium signage, marketing assets and integration with Angels
season seat holder accounts on angels.com, allowing season seat
holders to post their Angels tickets for sale on StubHub with
ease.
About the Angels
The Los Angeles Angels joined Major
League Baseball as an expansion team in 1961 and have since gone on
to win 10 American League Western Division Championships, host
three All-Star games and capture the 2002 World Series
Championship. Over its 56-year history, the franchise also boasts
four MVP's, two Cy Young winners,
two Rookie of the Year winners, 35 Rawlings Gold Glove winners and
153 All-Stars. Visit the Angels online at www.Angels.com, follow on
Twitter @Angels and like on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Angels.
For media information, visit www.angelspressbox.com.
About StubHub
At StubHub, our mission is simple: help
fans find fun. We connect fans with their favorite teams, shows and
artists and introduce them to the ones they'll love next. As the
largest ticket marketplace in the world, we enable fans to buy and
sell tickets to tens of thousands of events, whenever they want,
through our desktop and mobile experiences, including our StubHub
app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android. Offering a superior
fan experience at its core, StubHub reinvented the ticket resale
market in 2000 and continues to lead it through innovation. Our
industry firsts include the introduction of the first ticketing
application, the first interactive seat mapping tool and the first
live entertainment rewards program, Fan Rewards™. Our business
partners include more than 130 properties and teams in MLB, NBA,
NHL, MLS and NCAA, plus AEG, AXS and Spectra Ticketing & Fan
Engagement. With the acquisition of Ticketbis in August 2016, throughout the world, StubHub
provides the total end-to-end event going
experience. StubHub is an eBay company (NASDAQ:
EBAY). For more information on StubHub, visit
StubHub.com or follow @StubHub on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
or YouTube.com/StubHub.
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