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StubHub Major League Baseball Preview: MLB Global Expansion Continues with London Series Claiming Most In-Demand Series with 50% Lead Over #2 Game

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Yankees remain best-selling team and offseason player moves put Phillies and Padres in high demand; StubHub offers 10% discount with MLB ticket purchase

San Francisco, CA – March 14, 2019 (PRNewswire) StubHub, the world’s largest event marketplace and Official Partner of Major League Baseball (MLB), today released its third annual MLB season preview that includes the top-selling teams and most in-demand games of the season heading into Opening Day 2019.

Top highlights include:

  • MLB’s global expansion continues with the London Series, featuring the Red Sox and the Yankees and ranking as the #1 most in-demand series
  • Yankees take #1 most in-demand team for second year in a row
  • Dodgers take the #1 most in-demand opening day game
  • Moves by Harper and Machado places the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres into StubHub’s teams on the rise

MLB GLOBAL EXPANSION CONTINUES

The MLB matchup in London between reigning World Series Champions, the Boston Red Sox, and this season’s best-selling team, the New York Yankees, is already the top-selling series heading into the season. The June 29 game is the #1 single event and is outpacing the next best-selling game, the Red Sox home opener against the Blue Jays, by nearly 50%.

“The appeal of MLB to a global audience continues to grow, and the overwhelming response for the rivalry matchup between the Yankees and Red Sox in London certainly proves that the sport has fans worldwide,” said Jill Krimmel, StubHub’s General Manager of MLB. “So far, fans from 44 different states in the U.S. and 27 different countries have already purchased tickets for the MLB London series, demonstrating that baseball has tremendous potential overseas much like the NFL and NBA have seen.”

2019 TEAMS ON THE RISE

For the first time in a decade, the Philadelphia Phillies earn a spot on StubHub’s top ten most in-demand teams after signing Bryce Harper. Sales are up 93% from this time last year, the highest growth of all teams since last season
Manny Machado signing to the Padres lifted ticket sales on StubHub by nearly 300% compared to the day prior, and overall, the team saw a 44% jump in ticket sales from last year
The Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros also earn spots on this list

TOP TEN MOST IN DEMAND MLB TEAMS ON STUBHUB:

1. New York Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox
3. San Francisco Giants
4. Chicago Cubs
5. St. Louis Cardinals
6. Los Angeles Dodgers
7. Philadelphia Phillies
8. Texas Rangers
9. New York Mets
10. Houston Astros

TOP 5 MOST IN DEMAND OPENING DAY GAMES

1. Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees
3. Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies
4. Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers
5. Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds

StubHub is marking its 12th season as the Official Fan-to-Fan Ticket Marketplace of MLB and its 30 Major League Clubs. StubHub is also helping fans see their favorite MLB teams by offering a promotion for regular season games. When fans buy a ticket now, they’ll receive 10% off their next MLB purchase. 2019 MLB regular season tickets are available to purchase on StubHub and will be listed up until game time for all 30 MLB teams. As always, StubHub backs all listings with its market- leading FanProtect™ Guarantee and MLB fans can use StubHub’s 360-degree Virtual View feature and price alerts technology to find the perfect seats for any game.

About StubHub

At StubHub, our mission is to bring the joy of live to fans globally. As the world’s largest ticket marketplace spanning 44 countries, we enable fans to buy and sell tickets to tens of thousands of events, whenever and wherever fans want to be. Backed by award-winning customer care, StubHub’s FanProtect™ Guarantee means every ticket is 100 percent guaranteed valid or you’ll receive your money back or a replacement ticket of equal or better value. Our business partners include more than 150 properties globally across the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, WWE, NCAA, Matchroom Boxing, plus Paciolan and Tessitura. StubHub provides the total end-to-end event going experience throughout the world. StubHub is an eBay company (EBAY). For more information on StubHub, visit StubHub.com or follow @StubHub on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.

HERO Sports, Epic Seats, and IdealSeat Partner to Innovate How Fans Buy Tickets

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HERO Sports’ content automation platform, with data from IdealSeat, helps Epic Seats customers find the best seat in the house.

Seattle, WA – Feb. 1, 2019 (PRNewswire) HERO Sports is partnering with Epic Seats and IdealSeat to help sports fans pick the best seat in the house based on their preferences. Whether it is price, matchup, or best place to sit for catching a foul ball, this partnership will help every fan choose the best seat in the house. By leveraging data from IdealSeat, the HERO Sports content automation platform will produce insights and seating recommendations for venues across the country for Epic Seats.

Epic Seats, known for its customer-focused approach and technical innovation, hopes to improve the in-game fan experience by offering more robust data about venues. The data, provided by IdealSeat, includes thousands of attributes unique to every stadium or arena.

James Kimmel, CEO of Epic Seats, said, “We are very excited to launch this marketing initiative with two fantastic, Seattle-based companies: HERO Sports and IdealSeat. Epic Seats currently fulfills thousands of ticketing transactions for all the name brand secondary websites unbeknownst to the customer. Our gratifying mission is helping consumers discover that buying directly from www.epicseats.com removes a layer of markup.”

HERO Sports’ experience leveraging data to create content for clients like the Associated Press, Minor League Baseball, and college athletic departments provides valuable insights for how best to serve sports fans.

“We’re using data to innovate the way fans buy tickets,” said Brad Weitz, CEO at HERO Sports. “Whether you have kids, are allergic to the sun, or addicted to cotton candy, the perfect seat exists and we’ll help you find it.”

The content HERO Sports will produce is made possible with data from IdealSeat. IdealSeat is the leading experience recommendation engine for teams, leagues, and advanced ticketing platforms. They provide MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, WNBA and NCAA fan experience data to teams, leagues, and leading ticketing companies to increase sales and engagement.

“IdealSeat’s Fan Intelligence™ platform improves the game-day experience for fans, while helping teams and ticketing companies increase conversion and revenue through our data-driven recommendations,” said Joel Carben, CEO at IdealSeat. “To be able to partner with Epic Seats and HERO Sports is very exciting because together we all share a mission to create the most innovative and user-friendly ticketing process. Our goal is to help fans make memories that will last a lifetime.”

About HERO Sports
HERO Sports is a SaaS technology platform that produces contextually relevant, insightful, ready-to-publish content based on an understanding of the target audience’s intent. Whether audiences wants text, infographics, slide shows, interactive content, predictions, or fantasy advice, the HERO platform can drive engagement. For more, visit herosports.com and follow HERO Sports on Twitter: @herosportsnews.

About Epic Seats
Founded by two die-hard Seattle sports fans in 2003, Epic Seats enjoys helping clients experience the thrill of live events by providing the tickets fans want without hidden fees, extra shipping charges or bait-and-switch shenanigans. All the while delivering the industry’s lowest fees and backing every purchase up with its 200 percent “Epic Guarantee”.

About IdealSeat
IdealSeat is an experience recommendation engine that recommends highly targeted fan experiences at over 130 sports and entertainment venues. Powered by IdealSeat’s Fan Intelligence™, teams and ticketing companies are identifying better leads and converting them at significantly higher rates. Working with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Storm, Arizona State University, StubHub, and industry leaders, our AI and Machine Learning platform tracks over 500 million data points to increase conversion rates and ticket sales. To request a product demo, visit www.idealseat.com.

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