Read more ticket sales stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18559/ticket-sales.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:29:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74441/new-moon-eclipses-ticket-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt doesn't open until tomorrow, but the latest Twilight movie already is breaking records. Fandango, AMC, and MovieTickets.com all say that fans are scooping up advance tickets to The Twilight Saga: New Moon in unprecedented numbers. Thousands of shows are sold out around the country, leaving pre-sale records held...http://www.newser.com/story/74441/new-moon-eclipses-ticket-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72936/foul-mouthed-ticket-scalper-talks-crime-punishment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAdrian Chen found the ticket scalper with possibly the dirtiest mouth on the New York circuit and convinced him to do an interview for Gawker . He expounds on would-be sex-trading ticket buyer Susan Finkelstein, New York sports fans, and more: On Finkelstein: "Every one of those cops should be fired...http://www.newser.com/story/72936/foul-mouthed-ticket-scalper-talks-crime-punishment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:58:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62256/new-kids-scrap-aussie-tour-blaming-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe New Kids on the Block have canceled a planned tour of Australia because of weak ticket sales amid the recession, Reuters reports. “We are, in fact, in the middle of a worldwide recession and we just cannot make it work,” said Donnie Wahlberg. He said the group was “saddened”...http://www.newser.com/story/62256/new-kids-scrap-aussie-tour-blaming-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 16:50:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58631/outraged-taxpayers-not-going-out-to-ball-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew Yorkers would like to go out to the ball game, but the Wipons and Steinbrenners “have let their unfettered greed keep the fans at bay,” writes Allen Barra in the Wall Street Journal . Fans are outraged that their tax dollars have gone to fund stadiums they can’t afford to...http://www.newser.com/story/58631/outraged-taxpayers-not-going-out-to-ball-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 May 2009 9:23:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57482/yankees-slash-luxury-ticket-prices-to-fill-empty-seats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe New York Yankees are cutting top-end ticket prices up to 50% after the best seats in the team's new stadium proved too pricey even for big spenders, AP reports. The team hopes the reductions—on seats costing up to $2500 for front-row seats near home plate—will fill the...http://www.newser.com/story/57482/yankees-slash-luxury-ticket-prices-to-fill-empty-seats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 3:41:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52106/economy-tanking-americans-race-to-movies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans are dealing with the recession by hiding in dark rooms with a band of brothers, a gun-toting grandma, and a bumbling mall cop, the New York Times says. Hollywood’s ticket sales have jumped 17.5% this year. Ticket prices rose, but so did attendance, by nearly 16%. “It’s not...http://www.newser.com/story/52106/economy-tanking-americans-race-to-movies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Mar 2009 10:17:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44869/hit-hard-by-economy-nfl-is-downsizing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven the mighty NFL is not safe from the economy's tailspin. The league will eliminate around 14% of its workforce—office workers, not the fellows who wear helmets—and is freezing salaries and hiring until 2009, Bloomberg reports. “I would like to be able to report that we are immune...http://www.newser.com/story/44869/hit-hard-by-economy-nfl-is-downsizing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 17:34:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44018/christmases-chokes-australia-at-box-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour Christmases iced the competition over the long Thanksgiving weekend and raked in $46.7 million, Variety reports. Box office numbers stayed strong overall—up 2% to 3% over last year's holiday—as Twilight ($39.5 million), Bolt ($36 million), and Quantum of Solace ($28.1 million) filled out the...http://www.newser.com/story/44018/christmases-chokes-australia-at-box-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Nov 2008 17:06:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33535/brothers-ghost-writer-madonna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChristopher Ciccone’s perfectly timed book, Life with My Sister Madonna , may have had a world-famous ghost writer: the Material Girl herself. In a bid to sell concert tickets, Madonna "actually ghost-wrote parts of it with him,” an insider tells the New York Post . “That's why there's nothing too devastating in...http://www.newser.com/story/33535/brothers-ghost-writer-madonna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:02 CDT