Ticketmaster and Walmart Bring Tickets to Seventy-Seven Chicagoland Stores

LOS ANGELES and CHICAGO, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Throughout the Chicagoland area, fans can purchase live event tickets from their local Walmart store.  Using point of sale touch screens located in the electronics departments of seventy-seven participating Walmart stores, Chicagoland fans can browse available tickets for family shows, concerts and sporting events.  Once the desired event is selected by the fan, a Walmart employee helps complete the transaction and immediately prints the tickets.  

"By integrating ticketing into Walmart stores, we are able to offer fans this very convenient way to learn about upcoming events, purchase and take home tickets without leaving their neighborhood," said Nathan Hubbard, CEO of Ticketmaster.  "In addition, Ticketmaster will continue to work closely with our clients to create exclusive high value offers for Walmart customers."

Fans can purchase tickets to any Ticketmaster event, including:  UniverSoul Circus in Washington Park, Keith Urban at the Allstate Arena, Wicked at the Peoria Civic Center and the WWE at the Allstate Arena.

The greater Chicagoland area stores with ticketing capabilities include stories in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin:

Illinois Stores:

Addison

Algonquin

Antioch

West Galena, Aurora

Kirk Road, Aurora

Batavia

Bedford Park

Bloomingdale

Bloomington

Bolingbrook

Bourbonnais

Bridgeview

Champaign

Chicago

Country Club Hills

Crestwood

Crystal Lake

Darien

Decatur

DeKalb

East Dundee

Elgin

Elk Grove Village

Evergreen Park

Forest Park

Galesburg

Glen Ellyn

Glenwood

Gurnee

Harvard

Hodgkins

Joliet

Kankakee

Lake Zurich

Lansing

Lockport

Matteson

McHenry

Montgomery

Morris

Mount Prospect

Naperville

Touhy Avenue, Niles

Lake Cook, Niles

Normal

Northlake

Orland Hills

Oswego

Palatine

Pekin

Peoria

Peru

Plainfield

Plano

Rockford

Rolling Meadows

Romeoville

Round Lake Beach

Shorewood

Springfield

St. Charles

Sterling

Streamwood

Vernon Hills

Villa Park

Waukegan

Wheeling

Woodstock

Zion

Indiana Stores:

Hammond

Merriville

Michigan City

Portage

Shererville

Valparaiso

Wisconsin Stores:

Beloit

Janesville

About Ticketmaster:

With operations spanning 19 countries, Ticketmaster is the world leader in event ticketing and ranks among the top five eCommerce sites globally.  Ticketmaster is a division of Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally. Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.