Baseball Season is in Full Swing!

Baseball Season is in Full Swing!

Cubs, Yankees, and Red Sox Tickets are Among Summer's Hottest Sellers According to June TicketsNow Entertainment Index

CHICAGO, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In the midst of a hot baseball season, the Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, and Boston Red Sox were the top three tickets sold in June according to the TicketsNow Entertainment Index. TicketsNow.com, the world's largest and most secure online marketplace for secondary event tickets, saw sports fans purchasing baseball tickets almost twice as much as concert tickets, a bit surprising considering the top acts touring the U.S. this summer: U2, Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, and Dave Matthews.

Wicked, for the sixth month running, held on to its top spot for theater tickets, making it the fourth most popular event overall.

With the launch of their 2005 tour just a few weeks away, the Rolling Stones proved they are still one of the biggest concert draws in all of rock n' roll by grabbing the top concert sales spot and the fifth overall.

Following are the category leaders for June:

Top June Events Overall 1 Chicago Cubs 6 St. Louis Cardinals 2 New York Yankees 7 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3 Boston Red Sox 8 Monty Python's Spamalot 4 Wicked 9 Baltimore Orioles 5 Rolling Stones 10 Dave Matthews Band

Top June Sports Ticket Sales 1 Chicago Cubs 2 New York Yankees 3 Boston Red Sox 4 St. Louis Cardinals 5 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Top June Concert Ticket Sales 1 Rolling Stones 2 Dave Matthews Band 3 U2 4 Coldplay 5 Kenny Chesney

Top June Theater Ticket Sales 1 Wicked 2 Monty Python's Spamalot 3 The Lion King 4 Phantom Of the Opera 5 King Tut Exhibit

About the TicketsNow Entertainment Index

The TicketsNow Entertainment Index tracks proprietary secondary ticket sales on a monthly basis to provide a snapshot of entertainment trends for sports, concerts, and theater events nationwide.

About TicketsNow.com

Established in 1999, TicketsNow.com is the world's largest and most secure marketplace for premium event seating and tickets. More than 90% of all professional ticket agencies that list, buy, and sell secondary event tickets online utilize software developed by TicketsNow -- creating the most comprehensive database of secondary event tickets in the world. Named to the Inc. 500 index of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S., TicketsNow is the Official Premium Ticket Partner of USATODAY.com, a member of the Better Business Bureau, and a founding member of the NATB, which promotes the highest level of ethics in the secondary ticketing marketplace. For more information, visit http://www.ticketsnow.com/.

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Marlon LeWinter Alan Taylor Communications for TicketsNow 212.714.1280 x337 marlon@alantaylor.com

Jennifer Swanson TicketsNow 815.444.4923 jswanson@TicketsNow.com

Source: TicketsNow.com

CONTACT: Marlon LeWinter, Alan Taylor Communications for TicketsNow, +1-212-714-1280 x337, marlon@alantaylor.com; or Jennifer Swanson, of TicketsNow, +1-815-444-4923, jswanson@TicketsNow.com

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