1. Description of the data:
- TicketMaster (www.ticketmaster.com)
- A nation-wide ticketing agency where you can purchase tickets to see artists, teams, other venues and more. They also have more operations around the world in specific other countries.
2. Why the data is interesting:
- Americans love to go to concerts and sporting events and that is why ticketmaster is so interesting because it gives you full access to information about events and venues that are important to Americans, and others worldwide also.
- Ticketmaster.com is also known for having descent ticket prices compared to what the actual event privately would charge or other ticketing sites.
- The data is also interesting because you can search an artist, for example, and see the different locations where they will be playing and once you select a location you can view a map of the seating to specifically pick certain seats that you know you will be happy with. Not all ticketing sites let you see the seating chart/map.
- How we can obtain the data:
- The data can be obtained by going to ticketmaster.com. As soon as you retrieve the site, there is a box in the top left corner of the interface that allows you to search for an artist, team, band, or a specific event and more. Now you have easy access to where your favorite artists’ and more are performing!
- Overall, one can find and buy tickets at ticketmaster.com for the following: concerts, sports, arts, comedians, theater, theatre, broadway shows and family events.
- Here is an example: I went to the site typed “dave matthews band” in the search box. It gave me 3 results, for example, one was “Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ, Dave Matthews Band - Tuesday 11/13/07 @ 7:00PM. So, now I know when one of my favorite bands is going to be playing next and it happens to be this month here in New Jersey. I am a pleased ticketmaster.com customer and the prices for the seats weren’t bad at all!
- What specific questions the data will/can answer: The data can answer several of questions, here are some common ones I thought of:
- Is my favorite band playing in New Jersey this month?
- Can I sell tickets to other fans via ticketmaster.com?
- Does ticketmaster.com provide me with entertainment guides, such as museum guides or Broadway guides?
- Does ticketmaster.com offer sports packages?
- Can I create a personal account with ticketmaster?
- What do I do if I can’t attend the event I purchased tickets for? Are they returnable or can I sell them ahead of time or can I switch them with a different even of equal value?
- What’s the lowest ticket price for a Bon Jovi concert? Will the seats still be good even though the tickets are cheap? Is there a seating chart of the location I can look at?
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