Word: ticketron
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Dates: during 1969-1969
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...ticketron program will enable Lion fans to obtain conveniently the best available seats on a first-come, first-served basis. At the electronic box offices, purchasers instantly receive the actual printed tickets, not box office exchanges, for the location and price desired...
...sales clerk what event they want to see and when. By pushing buttons on a console, the clerk queries a regional computer's "memory bank" and gets an instant reading on what seats are available. Customers then can have their tickets printed electronically on the spot. The T.R.S. Ticketron system charges a flat rate of 25? per ticket for local events. Manhattan ticket brokers normally charge more-$1.50 per seat...
Computer ticketing is still in its infancy, but its convenience is beginning to catch the public's fancy. After 15 months of operations, Ticketron, the bigger of the two systems, has terminals in more than 300 locations from coast to coast. It offers seats to a wide variety of entertainment, including the U.S. Open Tennis matches in Forest Hills, N.Y., the Philadelphia Folk Festival in Old Pool Farm, Pa., the home games of six major-league baseball teams and most events at Manhattan's new Madison Square Garden. According to President John Quinn Jr., T.R.S. now sells...