Ticketmaster and Walmart Bring Tickets to Seventy-Seven Chicagoland Stores

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.

SOURCE Ticketmaster

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CONTACT: Jacqueline Peterson of Ticketmaster, +1-310-360-3051, Jacqueline.Peterson@ticketmaster.com

Web Site: http://www.ticketmaster.com

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