Brown Paper Tickets

Brown Paper Tickets
Industryevent hosting
Headquarters
Seattle
,
United States
Productsticket management
Websitebrownpapertickets.com

Brown Paper Tickets is a Seattle-based business which provides ticket management support for any organizer hosting any sort of ticketed event.[1] On October 25, 2022, Events.com, Inc., announced its plans to acquire Brown Paper Tickets.[2]

Brown Paper Tickets attempts to provide ways for event organizers to provide tickets with lower costs than larger ticket companies.[1] The organization emphasizes simplicity in its ticketing sales process.[3] The company's culture includes providing support to encourage employees to volunteer for charitable causes for 40 hours yearly.[4]

In 2020 the company failed to return money for events canceled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as payments on tickets for events held before COVID-19-related shutdowns, resulting in a wave of lawsuits and complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Folger, Myke (March 2011). "Brown Paper Tickets Takes On Ticketmaster". Seattle Business Magazine. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Events.com Announces It Is Acquiring Global Ticketing Powerhouse". www.prnewswire.com. 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Online Ticketing Systems: Does Brown Paper Tickets Have What It Takes?". TicketPeak. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. ^ Mehta, Pragya (7 May 2014). ""Take Less, Deliver More" Drives Brown Paper Tickets". Flip the Media. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ^ Gilbert, Andrew (3 November 2020). "Brown Paper Tickets owes $6.75 million to arts groups in Bay Area, across country, suit alleges". SF Chronicle Datebook. Retrieved 4 November 2020.