Ticket Alternative on Wxia 11 Alive

Well, in this tough economy it's hard for a lot of people to spend money on entertainment. Well, as Valerie Hoff explains one local company wants to make it easier for you to go to a special event. Val shows you how you can save on ticket costs in tonight's "Ways to Save" If you're hurting for money you probably don't want to spend more than a hundred dollars on tickets for a concert and there is one Atlanta ticket company that thinks you shouldn't have to. Iain Bluett and Jamie Dwyer started Ticket Alternative seven years ago with the hope of giving concert-goers and alternative to Ticketmaster and their steep handling fees. [Iain Bluett] "I was always annoyed when buying a concert ticket at having to pay a huge fee on top of the price of the ticket" They started out providing ticketing and promotion for small venues around Atlanta. Ticket Alternative is now in forty-eight states and has contracts with some big clients like Taste of Atlanta. [Iain Bluett] "We do a lot of sporting events. We do a lot of theatre. We do a lot of comedy. We do a lot of film festivals and food festivals so it really does span the gamut." Ticketmaster still dominates the market place but Ticket Alternative and other boutique companies are making in-roads by charging less. [Iain Bluett] "Our most expensive convenience fee is probably about ten percent then it goes down to lower eight percent as the ticket price gets higher. Theirs is probably in the range of forty to sixty percent." Ticket Alternative continues to add more Atlanta locations and events to it's client list and they hope to soon operate out of some of the bigger venues as well saving you money and keeping money in the Atlanta market. With 11Alive's Ways to Save I'm Valerie Hoff.