Chicago.com, Inc. Announces Exclusive Partnership With TicketsNow

Ticket provider to power tickets section of Chicago.com

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 30, 2006 -- Chicago.com, Inc., Your Chicago Search Engine, is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with TicketsNow, the world’s largest and most secure online marketplace for premium event tickets. With this exciting addition to the Web site, Chicago.com will now offer tickets to all major Chicago events such as concerts, Cubs and White Sox games and live theater.

Chicago.com’s ticket purchasers can rest assured that they will be finding the largest seat selection at the best pricing thanks to TicketNow’s sales volume and depth within the industry. Ticketing functionality can be found throughout the Chicago.com site or directly at http://tickets.chicago.com.

“Being a local company, we are aware of the high demand for premium event tickets in the Chicago area. We are thrilled to be working with Chicago.com and have worked hard to help them provide the best user experience when purchasing tickets,” said Brooke Domich, affiliate account manager at TicketsNow.

As the newest company to partner with Chicago.com, TicketsNow joins an already robust roster of service providers – including Hotels.com, EmploymentGuide.com and Dream Town Realty – which are specifically chosen to enhance the Web site’s functionality and provide increased utility to Chicago.com visitors.

“Visitors to Chicago.com can seamlessly purchase tickets for entertainment and sporting events thanks to our partnership with TicketsNow,” said Brad Spirrison, director of business development for Chicago.com. “Chicago.com offers one-stop shopping to residents and tourists with access to the lowest guaranteed rates for hotel rooms, dining reservation services and up-to-date event and visitor information.”

Since its launch in late 2003, Chicago.com has seen consistent monthly visitor and page view growth. The site now reaches approximately 245,000 monthly visitors and 3.1 million page views.

As a leading resource for all things Chicago, Chicago.com’s current services offer visitors guaranteed lowest-rate hotel pricing, a robust dining database, real estate availability throughout the city via the multiple listing service (MLS), employment opportunities, apartment rental searches, access to real-time Chicagoland auto inventories, comprehensive events information and new ticketing capabilities.

About Chicago.com, Inc.:
Launched in August 2003, Chicago.com, Your Chicago Search Engine, was created with the goal of becoming the leading online resource for the 10 million people living in Chicagoland and the 31 million who visit the Chicago area each year.

About TicketsNow:
Established in 1999, TicketsNow is the world’s largest and most trusted marketplace for premium event tickets. More than 90 percent of all professional ticket agencies that list, buy and sell secondary event tickets online utilize software developed by TicketsNow, which has created the most comprehensive database of secondary event tickets in the world. Named in 2004 to the Inc. 500 index of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S., TicketsNow is a premium ticket provider for USA TODAY and AOL, a member of the Better Business Bureau and a founding member of the NATB, which promotes the highest level of ethics in the secondary ticketing marketplace. For more information, please visit http://www.ticketsnow.com .

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