Ticketcorner

Ticketcorner is a Swiss ticketing company headquartered in Wallisellen in the canton of Zurich. Founded in 1987 as a marketing instrument of the Swiss Bank Corporation, it has grown into the Swiss market leader in ticketing, selling more than ten million tickets annually for roughly 15,000 events. Its scope covers entertainment, culture and sport, and it also operates a ski-ticketing offering for around 70 ski resorts. Tickets are distributed through a website, a mobile app, a call centre and around 1,300 advance-sales outlets across Switzerland. Beyond pure ticketing, Ticketcorner operates its own media platforms, including the print magazine event., digital channels, a blog and social media with its own content. The operating company Ticketcorner AG is a 100% subsidiary of Ticketcorner Holding AG, which is owned 50/50 by the German CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA and the Swiss media group Ringier AG. Chief Executive Officer is Oliver Niedermann; the management team also includes Urs Wyss (CSO), Evi Lehmann-Prieler (CFO) and Pascal Zürcher (CMO). The company has a long history of consolidation and ownership change. In 1999 Ticketcorner, Ticketline, Ticket4you and Ticketphone were merged into Ticketcorner AG. In 2001 the Swiss technology group Kudelski took over the company, and it expanded into Germany and later Austria. In 2006 Kudelski sold a majority stake to a consortium of Capvis, management and Andy Rihs. In February 2010 CTS Eventim announced the full acquisition of Ticketcorner Holding AG for 65 million Swiss francs, and all ticketing activities were bundled into a joint venture with Ringier created in December 2009. A proposed merger with Starticket of TX Group was prohibited by the competition commission. Ticketcorner has also been the subject of media criticism over its ticket fees, and in 2015 it adjusted its pricing practice following a directive from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) requiring unavoidable fees to be included in the ticket price from the outset. Its event. magazine, launched in print in 2016, moved to an online-only format in 2024 after 126 print issues.

Ticketcorner was founded in 1987 as a marketing instrument of the Swiss Bank Corporation (Schweizerischer Bankverein). In 1999, Ticketcorner, Ticketline, Ticket4you and Ticketphone were merged into Ticketcorner AG. In 2001 the company was taken over by the Swiss technology group Kudelski. With the acquisition of Qivive GmbH and the founding of Ticketcorner GmbH based in Bad Homburg, it expanded into Germany. In 2005 it entered the Austrian market by founding a GmbH based in Vienna. In 2006 the Kudelski Group sold its majority stake to a consortium consisting of the private equity firm Capvis (52 percent), Ticketcorner management (10 percent) and Phonak founder Andy Rihs (10 percent). Kudelski retained a 28 percent stake in Ticketcorner. In 2008 the company entered a strategic partnership with AG Hallenstadion in Zurich and simultaneously acquired 5 percent of the share capital of AG Hallenstadion. In 2009 the leisure magazine MORE was launched and the Good-News-Memberclub was taken over. In February 2010 the German CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA announced the 100 percent acquisition of Ticketcorner Holding AG for 65 million Swiss francs. In a second joint media release it was announced that all ticketing activities would henceforth be bundled into the joint venture founded in December 2009 together with the Swiss media group Ringier, in which CTS Eventim and Ringier each hold half. A merger with Starticket of TX Group was prohibited by the competition commission. Regarding its event and leisure magazine: from March 2016 Ticketcorner published the event and leisure magazine event. six times a year. The circulation was 150,000 copies, available as a supplement to the subscribed edition of SonntagsBlick and at advance-sales outlets (SBB, Manor etc.) as well as at the Hallenstadion. Previously Ticketcorner had been the presenting partner in Switzerland of the leisure magazine Schweizer Illustrierte event (until February 2011 it ran under the name MORE). It had appeared since February 2009 ten times a year, among other things as a supplement to the Schweizer Illustrierte. Since April 2024 there has been the online platform of event. at ticketcorner.ch/magazine. The print version of event. appeared for the last time on 24 November 2024, after a total of 126 issues. event. has since been continued online. On its fee system: Ticketcorner, as a representative of various larger Swiss ticketing providers, repeatedly came under media criticism because of its ticket fees. In February 2015 the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs announced that all ticketing providers must change their price disclosure practice so that all unavoidable fees are included in the ticket price from the outset. Ticketcorner implemented this directive in early March 2015 and replaced the fee for print-at-home tickets as well as a price reduction for postal delivery with a service fee included from the outset.

• 2024

  event. online platform launched in April; final print issue on 24 November after 126 issues.

• 2016

  event. magazine launched in print, published six times a year.

• 2015

  Implemented SECO directive to include unavoidable fees in ticket price from the outset.

• 2010

  CTS Eventim announced 100% acquisition of Ticketcorner Holding AG for CHF 65 million; ticketing activities bundled into joint venture with Ringier.

• 2009

  Launch of the leisure magazine MORE and takeover of the Good-News-Memberclub.

• 2008

  Strategic partnership with AG Hallenstadion and acquisition of 5% of its share capital.

• 2006

  Kudelski sold majority stake to a consortium of Capvis, management and Andy Rihs.

• 2005

  Market entry into Austria with the founding of a GmbH based in Vienna.

• 2001

  Taken over by the Swiss technology group Kudelski.

• 1999

  Ticketcorner, Ticketline, Ticket4you and Ticketphone merged into Ticketcorner AG.

• 1987

  Founded as a marketing instrument of the Swiss Bank Corporation.

Swiss market leader in ticketing, offering ticket distribution solutions for events of all kinds.

• Event ticketing

  Ticket sales for over 15,000 events per year via website, mobile app, call centre and 1,300 advance-sales outlets.

• Ski ticketing

  Ticketing offering for around 70 ski resorts.

• event. magazine

  Event and leisure magazine, print until November 2024, now online.

1. 1Ticketcorner - Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
2. 2Ticketcorner - Wikidatawikidata.org