subsidiary acquired october 2012 industry ticket resale founded 2000 headquarters chicago illinois usa area served united states united kingdom canada products tickets for concert sports theater entertainment events website www.coasttocoasttickets.com coast to coast tickets is an american online marketer of event tickets also known as a ticket broker operating in the secondary ticket market . the company is based in chicago illinois . coast to coast tickets entered the ticket news top 20 secondary ticket sellers list at 13 in march 2007 and holding the 4 position as of april 4 2009 . 1 contents 1 history 2 services 3 awards 4 footnotes 5 external links history edit coast to coast s founder first began selling tickets in the late nineties while studying at the university of missouri a community with a strong local market for tickets but without the size and population to attract established brokers . 2 in 2000 coast to coast tickets was officially founded and the name was trademarked in 2001 . 3 the business expanded over the next few years occupying a small home based office before moving to an old church building then finally converting to a larger office building in austin tx . 4 sales grew as well grossing 2.6 million in revenue in 2004 5 and 8.7 million in 2005 for a 3 year growth rate of 915.4 % . 6 in 2004 the coast to coast website went through a significant redesign its goal to add an elevated level of customer service to the secondary ticket market by including concert and sports schedules artist and team biographies and event guides for cities and venues throughout the world . over the same period the size of the team was tripled bringing in full and part time help to provide telephone support . 7 in 2005 the company grew again when jason randall formerly of the boston consulting group goldman sachs and deloitte & touche left his position as director of brand marketing at maritz inc. to join coast to coast as ceo . 8 the company website adopted its current look and slogan great tickets from nice people in early 2006 . 9 in 2009 coast to coast tickets shifted their marketing approach from an advertising only model to a social media marketing model becoming active on facebook and twitter 10 and incorporating an official company blog . 11 services edit coast to coast to coast tickets has marketed tickets to sports concert and theater events since its inception . in 2007 coast to coast added two additional services relatively new to the secondary ticket market a ticket insurance option allowing customers to obtain refunds should they be unable to attend an event 12 and a ticket selling marketplace where customers can add their own tickets to the ticket listings displayed on www.coasttocoasttickets.com . 13 awards edit in november 2005 street & smith s journal ranked coast to coast as 7 out of the top 10 sports ticket brokers based on coast to coast s 748 000 unique visitors to the site the previous month a figure that had risen 469.9 % from the same publication s list the previous year . 14 the austin business journal also noted coast to coast s rapid growth by including the company in their 2005 and 2006 fast 50 lists for the fastest growing austin companies grossing under 10 million in revenue . 15 16 coast to coast tickets has also been recognized three years running in the inc. 500 a list of the 500 fastest growing privately held us companies published annually by inc. magazine . in 2005 coast to coast held the 359 spot . 5 the company was recognized again the following year in 2006 when they became the 6th fastest growing retailer on the inc. 500 list jumping 273 spots to 86 . 6 in 2007 coast to coast secured the 323 spot with a 3 year growth rate of 831.7 % . 17 in addition to being noted in top seller lists publications across the country have looked to coast to coast tickets as a reference in stories and articles about the secondary ticket market including bloomberg.com 18 red herring 19 gq magazine 20 american way 21 the miami herald 22 the austin business journal 23 the chicago tribune 24 the boston globe 25 and the san francisco chronicle . 26 footnotes edit ticket industry rankings ticketnews.com 2009 04 04 . retrieved on april 13 2009 . ticketnews seller rankings calculated based upon a combination of market share data the number of unique visitors a website receives and the average number of pages viewed for the previous week . freedman david 2005 11 01 . siblings rivalry . inc. magazine . retrieved 2007 06 28 . united states patent and trademark office . reg . no. 2 694 940 . registration complete march 11 2003 . about us . coast to coast tickets . retrieved 2007 06 28 . a b inc. 500 2005 list . inc. magazine . 2005 . retrieved 2007 06 28 . a b inc. 500 2006 list . inc. magazine . 2006 . retrieved 2007 06 28 . coast to coast announces expansion of entertainment ticket website and customer support center . prweb . 2004 07 28 . retrieved 2007 06 28 . zoominfo.com web profile jason randall . zoominfo.com . 2007 06 28 . retrieved 2007 07 09 . archived version of coast to coast tickets website webarchive.org . retrieved on june 28 2007 . archived october 2005 before the 2006 version became live . company post regarding facebook and twitter facebook.com . retrieved on may 22 2009 . company post regarding new official blog ctctickets.blogspot.com . retrieved on may 22 2009 . jones preston 2007 06 06 . can t make the big show . dallas star telegram . retrieved 2007 06 28 . dead link concert tickets . coast to coast tickets . retrieved 2007 06 28 . top sports ticket brokers . street & smith s sports business journal . oct 31 nov 6 2005 volume 8 issue 26 list compiled by internet monitoring company score media metrix . coast to coast was listed 7 out of the top 10 ticket brokers whose revenues were largely dependent on sales of tickets to sporting events . search results austin business journal fast 50 less than 10 million austin business journal . retrieved on june 28 2007 . the actual list is not available online but searching for coast to coast on the austin business journal website does list the company as being found in the january 2007 version of the fast 50 list . fast 50 growing companies with revenue of under 10 million . austin business journal . oct 21 27 2005 p. b15 inc. 500 2007 list . inc. magazine . 2007 . retrieved 2007 09 12 . matuszewski erik 2005 02 02 . options for super bowl tickets get fans into the nfl s big game . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2007 07 10 . schachter ken 2007 01 11 . ebay scoops up stubhub 310m . red herring . archived from the original on 2007 03 06 . retrieved 2007 07 10 . leave the foam finger at home gq magazine feb. 2007 p. 70 . kaplan michael . the best time to buy nearly everything american way 1 nov. 2007 p. 87 . emanuel bob jr. 2004 07 18 . when drawing fans o neal is tested subscription . miami herald . retrieved 2007 07 10 . outon chantal 2006 01 27 . ticket brokers benefited from winning season hope for repeat this year . austin business journal . retrieved 2007 06 28 . benderoff eric 2006 07 31 . new tricks for ticket sellers online broker offers dining suggestions event reviews to clients subscription . chicago tribune . retrieved 2007 07 10 . mohl bruce 2005 05 01 . the boston globe consumer beat column subscription . boston globe . retrieved 2007 07 10 . perkins ed 2006 09 17 . to bet or not to bet on beijing games . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2007 07 10 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title coast to coast tickets & oldid 738635669 categories online retailers of the united statescommerce websitesticket sales companiesticketsentertainment companies of the united statescompanies established in 2000hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants 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