IRVINE, CA and LUBBOCK, TX--(Marketwire - Jun 14, 2011) - Paciolan, the leading provider of ticketing, marketing, and fundraising solutions in college athletics, announced today that Texas Tech University, which has worked with the company for 29 years, has renewed its partnership with the company. Texas Tech will continue leveraging Paciolan's digital ticketing system, as well as the company's CRM solution, which it recently implemented to support their sales programs.
"Texas Tech and Paciolan have been working together since 1983," said Bobby Gleason, deputy athletics director/CFO, Texas Tech University. "We are pleased to extend our long term relationship with Paciolan, a forward thinking company that continues to provide excellent ticketing services and is always on the forefront of new technological advances."
Leveraging Paciolan's ticketing and fundraising system, Texas Tech has been able to achieve tremendous success with its athletics initiatives. In 2010, Texas Tech broke its football season ticket record by selling more than 34,000 season tickets -- up from its previous 2008 record of almost 31,000 tickets sold.
"We've had an incredible, record-breaking season for season ticket sales," said Jarod Huddleston, director of ticket operations, Texas Tech University. "We've pushed sales online and even sold opening game day parking, which has helped us achieve additional revenue."
Texas Tech recently implemented Paciolan's CRM solution to support their ticket sales programs. Using Paciolan's CRM solution, Texas Tech is able to effectively manage outbound sales campaigns and quickly sell tickets through an intuitive, integrated interface. This season, in just one month's time, Texas Tech has already reached $175,000 in ticket sales using the Paciolan CRM system."
"We're very proud to be working with Texas Tech as they accomplish incredible goals with their athletics initiatives including tremendous success with ticket sales and the use of our CRM platform," said Dave Butler, chief executive officer of Paciolan. "We look forward to continuing our long-term partnership into the future."
About Paciolan
Founded in 1980, Paciolan is the leader in venue enablement, powering ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions for leading organizations across North America. Collectively, Paciolan powers over 500 live entertainment organizations that sell over 100 million tickets annually. Primary markets include college athletics, professional sports, performing arts, arenas and museums. Paciolan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast-Spectacor.
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