New Ticketwood.com Finds and Compares Hot Ticket Deals to Concerts, Sports Events, Movies, Theater a

USA. (SANEPR.com) December 6, 2007 -- Ticketwood.com (http://www.Ticketwood.com), a new comparison search engine, is now available to ensure that visitors never miss another concert, sporting event, play, movie and more.

Instead of poring over local independent newspapers or standing in line at the box office or ticket counter for the latest must-see event, fun seekers can use the Ticketwood search engine technology quickly and easily to find lists of events and ticket providers, compare prices and make a purchase.

"We wanted to provide an alternative to ticket outlets such as Ticketmaster that monopolize the ticketing industry and limit consumer options. Experience has shown that when a top-tier outlet runs out of tickets, many consumers mistakenly believe that an event is sold out," said Ali Ben, a member of the team of developers who created the Ticketwod.com. "Now we're putting all of consumers' options together in one event-ticketing directory."

To this end, Ticketwood has secured strategic partnerships with a host of major ticket merchants and event-ticketing Web sites. "Our directory is on track to be one of the most comprehensive and reliable online ticket channels available," stated Ben.

The Ticketwood team is constantly adding providers and eventually the site will have more ticket vendors integrated into its platform. "We plan to add services to complement our present search abilities on a continuing basis," said Ben. "We are determined to create the most user-friendly ticket-shopping and event community on the Web.

Search Engine for Finding Tickets

I’m sure I’ll find this much more interesting during baseball season. If you’re looking for a place to find event tickets, check out Ticketwood ( http://www.Ticketwood.com ) which first finds events for you and then finds tickets for those events.

Not every last event out there, however. Ticketwood finds tickets for major sports (NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, etc.) Theatre and concert tickets are also covered. You can do a keyword search to find events. I searched for finals and found dozens of results, from tennis to NCAA basketball to, I am not kidding, cricket. (They seem to be listed in order of date, nearest events listed first.) Search listings contain event name, location, and date. The event name looks like a hyperlink but it’s not — click on the View Tix button to get listings of available tickets.

I looked at the Minnesota State High School Class AA Hockey Tournament Quarterfinals. Viewing tickets here found eight tickets available, listed in order of price, with information on the vendors and the location of the seat. (Some of the seat location information is more useful than others.) Vendors available here included StubHub, GreatSeats, and TicketsNow. Again, the vendor looks like it’d be clickable, but it’s not — click on the Visit button to take you to the vendor’s site and actually buy the tickets. A nav on the left will point you to related events, areas, and venues.

It’s a little hard to find but you can browse for events by venue as well as get information on the various ticket brokers on this site. The front page has pointers to cities where you can look for events, but not many are listed. The page for reviewing city-specific events looks like this: http://www.ticketwood.com/cities/New-York-Events.php . If you want to see if your city has listings, substitute your city’s name for New-York. Phoenix, for example, looks like this: http://www.ticketwood.com/cities/Phoenix-Events.php .

Of course this site isn’t going to cover every event in your city, but it’s a great place to get started, especially when you’re looking for sports happenings.