October is the busiest month in sports – the only month of the year that all major sports leagues are in session. In fact, it’s so busy, we’re already four days into the month and we’re just now getting to talking about it. Alas, our NBA Preview rolled out yesterday and we have NCAA football,... Continue Reading →
StubHub’s Second Annual MLB Preview: Yankees Lead the Way With Most In-Demand Home Opener, Astros See World Series Bump Jersey retirement ceremonies and heated rivalries draw MLB crowds For the first time since 1968, all 30 MLB clubs will play on Opening Day, March 29th. We at StubHub compiled a season preview that takes a... Continue Reading →
2017 Sees More Event Records With The Most In-Demand Super Bowl, World Series and Theatre Season; Bruno Mars Tops Tours; Concerts Hit Saturation Point StubHub, the world’s largest live event marketplace, today revealed its third annual Year in Live Experiences (YILE) report, featuring findings from a new third-party consumer study showing that consumers desire the... Continue Reading →
As the All-Star Game on July 11th approaches, signaling the middle of the 2017 MLB season, we at StubHub have compiled a mid-season report, taking a look at ticket demand trends to date over the course of the season, highly in-demand teams, sales and travel trends; then we took a look ahead at what the rest... Continue Reading →
Derek Jeter’s jersey may have been #2, but his May 14 jersey retirement is the #1 most in-demand game of the 2017 MLB season, according to ticket sales figures on StubHub. Current and historical data from StubHub demonstrates that Jeter’s star power has endured: To this day, Jeter’s last home game on September 25, 2014... Continue Reading →
The Major League Baseball season kicks off in earnest today and plenty of fans, who just can’t bear missing out on the action of this American pastime - seeing their favorite players, hearing the crack of the bat, adding to the roar in the stadium as they’re hoping for a chance at the pennant, are... Continue Reading →
MLB's 2017 Opening Day Set to be Most Global Attendance In Recent Years; Cubs Maintain Strong Demand off Championship Win; Blue Jays, Mets and Royals Are Trending MLB Opening Day and 2017 regular season games are set to be the most global in attendance in recent years. The Chicago Cubs home opener and season show strong demand... Continue Reading →
As fans hope to stay dry this week in Cincinnati, the 2015 MLB All-Star Game festivities have kicked off. StubHub has seen strong demand for tickets throughout the season as this year's contest will be the highest selling MLB All-Star game StubHub has had outside of 2013's game at Citi Field in New York. Let's take... Continue Reading →
Breaking news: the Kansas City Royals are good. After getting Bumgarner'd in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series and losing their ace, James Shields, to free agency, many were skeptical about Kansas City's chances of repeating success heading into the 2015 season. Well, the men in blue are 44 - 30 and it looks like they're... Continue Reading →
