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VNN Sports Makes Digital Ticketing Available Nationwide

Home Town TicketingThere are more than seven million fans that fill stadiums to watch the more than 14,000 high school football teams across the U.S. each week. With today’s announcement, those engaged and passionate fans are finally able to purchase tickets for those games directly from their school’s website, no longer having to worry about waiting in line or carrying enough cash.

While fans of college and professional sports teams have seen their experience become increasingly digitized over the past few years, high school teams have lagged behind their communities’ use of and expectations around technology. At the same time, high school sports – especially football – are drawing record level crowds—for example, the 2018 Texas High School 6A-DII title game drew a larger crowd than 71 percent of all NCAA college football bowl games.

“People are no longer satisfied with clunky and outdated experiences,” said Rick Ehrman, CEO of VNN Sports. “High school sports is the next frontier for seamless, digital experiences – and it
starts with ticketing. This new integration and functionality enable VNN Sports’ partner schools to deliver professional grade experiences to their loyal communities with just a few clicks of a
mouse.”

How it works
Starting today, all VNN Sports partner schools are able to add digital ticketing for football and basketball games to their website through a partnership with Columbus based HomeTown
Ticketing. A fan can buy tickets via the box office on a full events calendar or through a “buy tickets” link on the team’s schedule. When she arrives at the event, the purchased tickets are scanned directly from her phone.

Schools receive payment within 10 days of the event, minus a convenience fee. The integration is launching with football and basketball; the rest of a school’s sports will be added throughout the year.

Ehrman continued: “At VNN Sports, we strive to be the platform high schools across the country use to deliver best in class experiences to their communities. By adding ticketing to our list of
integrations, high school athletic departments are one step closer to the professional level experiences today’s fans expect.”

About Jerry Milani

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Jerry Milani is a writer and public relations executive living in Bloomfield, N.J. He has worked in P.R. for more than 30 years in college and conference sports media relations, two agencies and for the International Fight League, a team-based mixed martial arts league, and as a freelance professional. His PR clients have included Wizard World and FAN EXPO, which produce pop culture and celebrity conventions across North America, USA Wrestling, the National Lacrosse League, Strat-O-Matic Media, the Pacific Life Open and Pilot Pen Tennis tournaments and dozens of others. Milani is also the director of athletic communications for Caldwell University. He is a proud graduate of North Rockland High School and Fordham University and when not attending a Yankees, Rams or Cougars game can be reached at Jerry (at) JerryMilani (dot) com.

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