“Most experts in Russia consider the 'quota' system of ticket distribution to be obsolete”
The ticketing market in Russia has largely developed according to its own rules. While the era of electronic tickets didn’t begin until the late 2000s, the sector is now in the process of rapid formation.
According to news agency Intermedia, the turnover of the market for cultural events (excluding cinema and sports) in Russia topped US$1.2 billion in 2014, and experts estimate the size of ticketing industry to be around $2bn.
At the end of March, the first conference in…
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Katerina Kirillova, managing director of Moscow Ticketing Forum, outlines how technological ingenuity is rapidly modernising the Russian ticketing market
Comment 6 April 2017