Ep. 420 - Patrick Ryan (Co-Founder, Ticket Experience)

11/27/14 • 35 min

Consolidation deals are the new mode of operation for the secondary market and resellers. Co-founder of The Ticket Experience, Patrick Ryan, discusses some of the ways in which the reselling ticket business has been drastically changed by how franchises as well as team executives view the practice. Ryan talks about some of the options available to move tickets for the teams on the primary market as well as how the secondary market can be utilized as a distribution channel. Twitter: @PRyanTexas

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Ep. 419 - Bob Hamer (CEO, Sports Business Solutions)

After spending over a decade at the Phoenix Suns, rising to the level of VP of Ticket Sales, Bob Hamer hung up his career in the NBA to help guide the next generation of sales executives. Restarting the Sports Sales Combine and rebranding it as Sports Business Solutions, Hamer has key sports business experience to offer young professionals as he personally witnessed the transition from season tickets to fan memberships. Hamer discusses how the world of sports business has changed, and how he has sought to transform the paradigm into one where those seeking to learn from the top talent in the industry would have the ability to as they launched their sports careers with his help. Twitter: @SportsBizBob

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Ep. 421 - Mike Wendling (Director of Ticket Sales, Oklahoma State)

Mike Wendling represents a new challenge to college athletic ticket sales: Analytics as the basis of how his job functions. Originally slated for looking at data support for ticket sales with Oklahoma State, Wendling has broadened his experience to now selling the entire ticket product. Analytics can be challenging for some, but with Wendling, he breaks down the various components of what makes a ticket sales unit, especially at a college athletic department, worth of pushing revenue generation. Twitter: @WendlingMike