Ticketmaster and Lowes Foods Align to Open 58 New Retail Ticket Center Locations in Lowes Foods Stores in North Carolina
Posted on: Monday, 10 December 2007, 18:00 CST
WINSTON SALEM, N.C., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company, and Lowes Foods are teaming up to open 58 Ticketmaster retail ticket center locations in Lowes Foods stores across the state of North Carolina. Fifteen Triad area Lowes Foods Ticketmaster locations are scheduled to open and begin selling tickets on Saturday, December 15, 2007 with the remaining locations to follow early 2008.
Tickets to events at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, the Winston-Salem Sports & Entertainment Complex and other venues throughout the Carolinas and surrounding areas will be available for purchase seven days a week at the following Triad area Lowes Foods stores during normal hours of operation:
6310 Old Oak Ridge Rd., Suite G Greensboro NC 27410 1418 National Highway Thomasville NC 27360 1537 Freeway Drive Reidsville NC 27320 1581 New Garden Road Greensboro NC 27410 1236 Guilford College Road Jamestown NC 27282 2205 Oak Ridge Road, Suite B Oak Ridge NC 27310 535 Nelson Street Kernersville NC 27284 200 Summit Square Blvd. Winston-Salem NC 27105 3372 Robinhood Road Winston-Salem NC 27106 2501 Lewisville-Clemmons Rd Clemmons NC 27012 2890 Reynolda Rd Winston-Salem NC 27106 177 Lowes Foods Drive Lewisville NC 27023 5180 Reidsville Road Walkertown NC 27051 Hwy 801 North, Suite 258 Advance NC 27006 5034 Peters Creek Pkwy Winston-Salem NC 27127
"Having Ticketmaster outlets in our stores is another great way of providing added convenience for our customers," said Gary Watson, vice president of business support for Lowes Foods. "Many of our customers enjoy going to events at local venues. This way, they can easily purchase tickets when they are at Lowes Foods without having to make an additional special trip."
"Through our agreement with Lowes Foods, fans of sports, music and other live entertainment will be better served by a greater number of retail locations for purchasing tickets," said Sandy Gaare, Sr. VP of Ticket Centers for Ticketmaster. "Ticket Centers in Lowes Foods stores throughout the Triad and the state of North Carolina will offer consumers convenient access to purchase tickets to the events they want to attend and learn about new events coming to the area."
"It is very exciting that shoppers at Lowes Foods stores throughout the Triad will be able to purchase tickets for both the Greensboro Coliseum Complex and Winston-Salem Sports & Entertainment Complex at the same location," said Matt Brown, managing director of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. "This is another step in our partnership with Ticketmaster to make ticket buying as convenient as possible for patrons of both venues."
"The Winston-Salem Entertainment-Sports Complex is very pleased to expand our long standing relationship with Lowes Foods with the ability for our patrons to now purchase tickets at Lowes Food Stores in the Triad and across the state," said Bucky Dame, Complex Director. "Easy access to event tickets for the Greensboro Coliseum Complex and Winston-Salem Entertainment-Sports Complex are greatly enhanced by this partnership."
About Ticketmaster:
Ticketmaster and Lowes Foods Align to Open 58 New Retail Ticket Center Locations In Lowes Foods Stores in North Carolina is the world's leading ticketing company, operating in 20 global markets, providing ticket sales, ticket resale services, marketing and distribution through http://www.ticketmaster.com/, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Internet; approximately 6,500 retail outlets; and 20 worldwide call centers. Ticketmaster celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2006 and currently serves more than 9,000 clients worldwide across multiple event categories, providing exclusive ticketing services for hundreds of leading arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues, museums, and theaters. In 2006, the company sold more than 128 million tickets valued at over $7 billion on behalf of its clients. Ticketmaster is headquartered in West Hollywood, California and is an operating business of IAC .
About Lowes Foods:
Founded in 1954, Lowes Foods employs 8,500 people and operates 104 stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The company is focused on offering fabulous, fresh foods and great groceries in an environment that is easy to shop. Its customer-service focus has led it to develop innovative services such as Lowes Foods To Go and to offer customers the services of a Corporate Nutritionist. It also provides recipes and meal planning tips on its website. Information about these and other services can be found at the Lowes Foods website, http://www.lowesfoods.com/.
Ticketmaster
CONTACT: Bonnie Poindexter of Ticketmaster, +1-310-360-2321; or DianneBlancato of Lowes Foods, +1-336-659-0180
Web site: http://www.ticketmaster.com/http://www.lowesfoods.com/
Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall
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