this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message the ticket factory trading name the ticket factory industry live entertainment founded 2007 headquarters birmingham england area served live entertainment and ticketing systems products ticketing technology ticket sales ticketing services distribution of event tickets and information owner nec group lloyds banking group parent the national exhibition centre ltd slogan where great experiences begin ... website www.theticketfactory.com the ticket factory previously known as the nec box office is a primary ticket sales and distribution company based in the united kingdom . the ticket factory was launched in 2007 and is a trading division of the national exhibition centre ltd. the ticket factory head office and contact centre is based at the national exhibition centre birmingham . the ticket factory sells and distributes tickets across the uk for music concerts sporting events festivals comedy shows theatre and exhibitions . the ticket factory is the box office for birmingham based venues ; lg arena the national indoor arena and national exhibition centre as well as being the primary agent for the royal horticultural society river street events and haymarket . the ticket factory is member of the society of ticket agents and retailers star . notably the ticket factory became exclusive ticket agent for the society of london theatre s solt get into london theatre 2014 campaign . 1 2 in 2012 barclaycard partnered with the ticket factory to become their official payment partner which evolved into the barclaycard unwind brand and fee free friday . 3 in 2014 the ticket factory s parent company the national exhibition centre ltd. announced a partnership with virgin trains . 4 contents 1 history 2 venues 2.1 national indoor arena 2.2 genting arena 3 see also 4 external links 5 references history edit 1970 nec box office opens 1998 first online ticket sales launched 2006 box office systems moved to audienceview platform 2006 first tickets scanned for admission to whitesnake concert at the national indoor arena 2007 re launched as the ticket factory 2009 launches 24 hours a day contact center 2012 barclaycard became official payment partner 2013 royal horticultural society re appoints the ticket factory as national box office venues edit the ticket factory is the official box office for two birmingham based venues ; lg arena and the national indoor arena both are a trading division of the national exhibition centre ltd. national indoor arena edit the national indoor arena nia is one of the busiest large scale indoor sporting and entertainment venues in europe . since opening in 1991 it has welcomed visitors to over 30 different sports and an extensive variety of entertainment and music . the ticket factory has ticketed events from oasis coldplay sir cliff richard and kings of leon to disney on ice and cirque du soleil . genting arena edit the genting arena host to large music concerts is part of the national exhibition centre complex . the 16 000 capacity genting arena was the largest multi purpose arena in the uk when opening in 1980 as the nec arena and is still a major popular venue for many large international touring acts . the ticket factory is the official box office for the genting arena . 5 see also edit the society of ticket agents and retailers primary ticket outlet external links edit company website references edit http www.bq magazine.co.uk midlands may 2014 nec % e2 % 80 % 99s ticket factory ramps up on line offer . missing or empty title help ; external link in website help ; missing or empty url help http www.eventindustrynews.co.uk 2013 11 06 ticket factory announced ticketing partner get london theatre campaign 2014 . missing or empty title help ; external link in website help ; missing or empty url help http www.barclaycard.com news 2012 04.html . missing or empty title help ; external link in website help ; missing or empty url help http www.virgintrains.co.uk theticketfactory . missing or empty title help ; external link in website help ; missing or empty url help http www.lgarena.co.uk sponsors 1069 . missing or empty title help ; external link in website help ; missing or empty url help this article about mass media in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a film production company or film distributor is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the ticket factory & oldid 730658151 categories companies based in birmingham west midlandscompanies of the united kingdomretail companies of the united kingdomticket sales companiesbritish media stubsfilm company stubshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlescs1 errors external linkspages using web citations with no urlwikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from may 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 13 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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