Ticketmaster founded in Phoenix Arizona by college staffers Albert Leffler and Peter Gadwa and businessman Gordon Gunn. Leffler comes up with the name Ticketmaster for the new company

First operation established in Albuquerque New Mexico

Electric Light Orchestra appearing at the University of New Mexico is first ticketed concert

First international clients signed in Oslo, Norway

First major venue signed: Louisiana Superdome

First major league team signed: NBA New Orleans Jazz (now Utah Jazz)

First Canadian client signed: National Arts Centre in Ottawa

Ticketmaster UK established in London

Future Chairman Terry Barnes joins Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster signs Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and LA Forum, LA Lakers and LA Kings

New Ticketmaster logo launches

Ticketmaster Canada established in Toronto

Ticketing operations launch in Australia (originally as BASS Victoria)

Asset acquisition of major competitor Ticketron completed

Barcode ticketing launches for Cleveland Indians/Jacobs Field

Tickets for Kids youth incentive program established in Atlanta, GA

Ticketmaster tickets 1994 World Cup; highest attended World Cup in history and highest attended single event in US history

Ticketmaster.com launches as a content site

Integrated ticketing platform (Archtics) introduced (full interest of Distributed System Architects acquired in '98)

Barcode scanning hardware debuts at NHRA race events in Pomona, CA

First AccessManager scanning system installed for Charlotte Coliseum

Ticketmaster.com's first-ever Internet ticket sale occurs (for Seattle Mariners)

Ticketmaster becomes publicly traded on NASDAQ

IAC/InterActiveCorp (originally as HSN, Inc.) acquires controlling interest in Ticketmaster

Ticketmaster Ireland launches as joint venture (full interest acquired in '05) and Synchro Systems Limited is acquired

First portable wireless scanner debuts at Reunion Arena in Dallas

Online operations merge with Citysearch for spin-off TMCS(until '01)

LiveDaily.com debuts

Ticketing operations established in Mexico

The UK's first real-time ticketing web sites (www.ticketmaster.co.uk) was launched, rated as the UK's No. 1 Shopping & Classifieds - Ticketing website by share of visits (Hitwise UK August 2006)

Logo redesigned

Joint venture in Australia formed with Seven Network (full interest acquired in '05)

Online account management for season ticket sales debuts for Dallas Mavericks

TicketFast® online ticket delivery service debuts for Staples Center

TicketWeb, VISTA, and Admission Canada acquired

Reserve America acquired

Corporate ticketing operations in Norway launch through acquisition of Billettservice

Ticketing operations established in Latin America (Chile, Argentina and Brazil)

Ticketmaster tickets the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games

Ticket Service Nederland acquired for event ticketing in the Netherlands

Acquisition of BILLETnet expands ticketing operations to Denmark

Word verification added to online transactions to prevent automated access

Season ticket holder resale and forwarding services debut for Columbus Blue Jackets

First-ever online auction conducted for Lewis/Johnson heavyweight championship for AEG and Staples Center

Ticketmaster becomes wholly-owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp

Ticketing operations established in Sweden and Finland through acquisitions of BiljettDirekt Ticnet AB and Lippupalvelu Oy

Ticketmaster tickets the 2004 Athens Olympic Games

TicketExchange resale service debuts

Ticketmaster New Zealand and Ticketmaster Deutschland established

Ticketing operations established in Spain and Turkey through acquisitions of Tick Tack Ticket and Biletix

First Ticketmaster Auction launched in the UK with the Guinness Premiership Final

The successful launch of mobile ticketing with MobileTicket at the O2 Wireless Festival

Ticketmaster tickets the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games

Ticketing operations established in China through Gehua Ticketmaster joint venture

Emma Ticketmaster established in China through acquisition of Emma Entertainment

Majority interest acquired in echomusic

Arsenal FC appoint TM UK as their official resale provider

Strategic investment with iLike integrates ticketing with social networking

More than two million free iTunes songs given to Ticketmaster.com customers

Virtual ticketing debuts; PIDs serve as event tickets

Ticket resale partnerships established with NBA, NFL and NHL

Gehua Ticketmaster tickets the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Ticketing software company Paciolan acquired; becomes Ticketmaster Irvine

TicketsNow and GetMeIn! online resale marketplaces acquired

SLO acquired to provide VIP packages through Ticketmaster

Paperless Ticket™ debut in the UK with Metallica at the O2 Arena - the largest event to date with over 18,000 attending

Ticketmaster spins out from IAC, begins trading on NASDAQ under the ticker: TKTM

Paperless Ticket™ debuts in the US for Tom Waits tour

Ticketmaster and Rim partner to bring mobile ticket purchasing to Blackberry

Ticketmaster partners with Yahoo!

Ticketmaster acquires Front Line Management, becomes Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.