Photos by Natalie Beck
The new scanning system will allow UA students and faculty members to print tickets from the Internet and already have them when they arrive for the scheduled event.

People gather in line to see Sir Ken Robinson speak at Moody Concert Hall. With their tickets already printed, they won’t have to wait long to be seated.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Daughtry
Friday, Oct. 5, 9 p.m.
Coleman Coliseum

NPHC Homecoming Step Show
Friday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.

For tickets and information, visit www.crimsonartstickets.com.

University launches new eticket system

Patrons who enjoy cultural events on UA’s campus but find reserving tickets a hassle may find relief due to a new ticketing system that has already launched for the 2007-2008 academic school year.

An idea of the Creative Campus Initiative, Crimson Arts Tickets is a new system that allows patrons to reserve etickets online or to reserve tickets at the unified box office located in the Ferguson Center. The goal of the system is to make getting tickets easier by providing patrons with a central location to reserve them.

Coordinator of Creative Writing and Crimson Arts Tickets, Alexis Clark, said that in the previous years, there was no such thing as internet sales or a central area where students could reserve tickets for cultural events.

 “In the past, students had to physically go to each department for tickets,” said Clark. “Now, all cultural arts events are unified.”

Thomas Adkins, Program Director of the Department of Theatre and Dance, feels positively about the progress of the new system.

“The new ticketing system is going very well,” said Adkins. “We’ve had a great response over the internet and expect that number of online patrons will continue to grow as the season moves into high gear.”

Over 2000 student tickets have already been sold to events and none of the events have opened yet.

Not only does the Crimson Arts Tickets benefit the patrons, but the system also offers ease for the box office employees. Kristi Wiley, a Master of Fine Arts Theatre Management graduate student, works in the department’s box office and is pleased with the new system.

“It’s wonderful,” said Wiley. “It’s very easy to use and it allows, for the first time, for patrons to buy tickets online.”

She explained that last year box office employees used software called Tessitura to reserve tickets. The software was not nearly as fast and there were many different codes making the system less user friendly for employees.

Patron can access the website for etickets by logging on to www.crimsonartstickets.com. The patron can then log in as a new user, register for an account, and search for upcoming events on campus. The dates, times and locations of the events are shown and listed in departmental categories adding to the efficiency of the system.    

Tickets can be reserved for events offered by the Ferguson Center, Department of Theatre and Dance, School of Music, and other departments offering cultural arts events.

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