  Detroitman Member Username: Detroitman Post Number: 998 Registered: 06-2004 |
Ticket reseller StubHub to open shop downtown By Robert Ankeny 6:00 am, September 25, 2006 Downtown Detroit is getting a permanent office of the nation’s largest ticket reseller for sports, concerts, theater and other live entertainment events. StubHub Inc., a San Francisco-based online ticket marketplace founded in 2000, has leased 1,500 square feet on the third floor of the Madison Building. The five-story building at Broadway and Witherell Street on Grand Circus Park that once held part of the Madison Theatre is being renovated by Broadway Property Partners L.L.C. for offices, retail and a restaurant bar, Jim Saad, a Broadway partner, said. Leasing there is handled by Sam Munaco, associate broker and partner of Southfield-based Signature Associates-Oncor International. Sean Pate, StubHub public-relations director, said its Detroit location was to be open by Oct. 1 “for the heat of the baseball playoffs,” but the company pushed the date back to Oct. 15. StubHub takes sports and other event tickets on consignment, often from season-ticket holders who can’t use them. Most of the sales are handled online or by phone at least three days before events, Pate said, with tickets delivered via FedEx. Having a local office means StubHub can make same-day deals for tickets, with purchasers able to walk in to get them right up to game time, Pate said. StubHub, which has been operating out of a suite at the Hilton Garden Inn since before Super Bowl XL last January, will have permanent locations in 11 major cities including Detroit, he said. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/a pps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2006 0925/SUB/60922070/-1/toc | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 2841 Registered: 08-2004 |
Great news for the Entertainment District! Just one question... due to Michigan law, these tickets cannot be sold for above face value... correct? | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 773 Registered: 01-2004 |
Wow, this is very good news. I was kinda waiting to hear how things were going for the Madison building. | ||
Stecks77 Member Username: Stecks77 Post Number: 100 Registered: 08-2006 |
I've used stub hub a few times. Great outlet for hard to get tickets. The only problem is that you can't always pick up the tickets from the office unless you order them in under 3 days to the event. Otherwise they'll charge you and arm and a leg for the overnight shipping. I've never paid more then face value for Tiger seats. | ||
Fjw718 Member Username: Fjw718 Post Number: 34 Registered: 11-2005 |
The New York Yankees Began Revoking Season Ticket Holders Packages if they sold ANY of their tickets on Stub Hub, seems as though pro sports teams are looking for a way to get in on the action.....tigers could follow suit soon. | ||
Stecks77 Member Username: Stecks77 Post Number: 101 Registered: 08-2006 |
Ticketmaster is also trying to develop a system that will eliminate Stub Hub's service. There was a story on NPR a couple weeks ago. I wish I could remember the details. I hate ticketmaster. They do $7 service charges per ticket! Crazy. | ||
Amy_p Member Username: Amy_p Post Number: 714 Registered: 10-2003 |
I paid over face-value for yesterday's Lions tickets--bought through Stub Hub. I know not the laws on this, though. | ||
Stecks77 Member Username: Stecks77 Post Number: 102 Registered: 08-2006 |
Paying face value for a Lions ticket should be criminal! | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 774 Registered: 01-2004 |
You shouldn't have to pay for Lions games ... period. | ||
Bibs Member Username: Bibs Post Number: 574 Registered: 10-2003 |
Wonderful news for development project that took forever and a day. I wonder if 1500 sq ft encompasses the entire third floor? Hopefully, they can get an infamous Detroit sports bar to move into the first floor! | ||
Fjw718 Member Username: Fjw718 Post Number: 35 Registered: 11-2005 |
Is it legal for a company to conduct business for that long out of a hotel room? (Message edited by fjw718 on September 25, 2006) | ||
Archy Member Username: Archy Post Number: 26 Registered: 07-2004 |
Unfortunately the space is only a very small one. But it should help the building to better adversize for more loft offices and a bar/restaurant/club. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 7949 Registered: 10-2003 |
Brilliant move for them if the bar ever re-opens. Ticket resale above a place where drunk people are talking sports/music and more than likely willing to drop way too much money for a ticket in a drunken stupor | ||
Wmuchris Member Username: Wmuchris Post Number: 447 Registered: 06-2005 |
1,500 square feet is 500 square feet bigger than my apartment. | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 1143 Registered: 11-2003 |
Excellent news and I like the bar/drunk idea. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 2845 Registered: 08-2004 |
I was in the Madison back in 2000 before the auditorium demolition. I was very surprised at how small the office space was back then. 1,500 is probably the entire 3rd floor of the shallow office block of the former theatre building. | ||
Andyguard73 Member Username: Andyguard73 Post Number: 120 Registered: 03-2006 |
Is the Madison the building right next to the Broderick on GCP? | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 1367 Registered: 10-2005 |
yes. | ||
Andyguard73 Member Username: Andyguard73 Post Number: 121 Registered: 03-2006 |
Thanks MCM. | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 1368 Registered: 10-2005 |
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Bvos Member Username: Bvos Post Number: 2013 Registered: 10-2003 |
I'm not intimately familiar with the Madison, but 1,500 sq. ft. is pretty small in the commercial/retail world. | ||
Zephyrprocess Member Username: Zephyrprocess Post Number: 40 Registered: 08-2006 |
Can I buy tickets to Barbara Streisand's Palace concert on StubHub? | ||
Jfried Member Username: Jfried Post Number: 906 Registered: 11-2003 |
Zephyrprocess - Yes. Streisand range from $142 - $1764. http://www.stubhub.com/barbra- streisand-tickets And for those of you who continue to comment on how small their space is reported to be - they're freaking ticket brokers! How much office space do they really need? They are glorified, legal scalpers. Most work on the street, w/ no office. | ||
Tiorted Member Username: Tiorted Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2006 |
StubHub is an "official sponsor" of the Lions so I don't any problems there, http://www.stubhub.com/lions?G CID=C12289x069 but the Tigers seem to have their own thing going with ticketmaster for ticket auctions http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/ NASApp/mlb/det/ticketing/aucti on.jsp | ||
Bob Member Username: Bob Post Number: 1169 Registered: 11-2003 |
It only makes sense that they would have a Detroit presence since we are such a sports town. Nice to have more business in downtown. |
