COLLEGE PARK, MD (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — The University of Maryland has decided to re-up their 21-year partnership with Paciolan by implementing the ticketing services provider's Access Management system.
Beginning with basketball for the 2010-11 season, ans will have the option to go online to purchase tickets and print their tickets at home, which helps decrease will call and wait times. Maryland season ticket holders will be also able to transfer tickets online to friends or family should they be unable to attend a game. Maryland has been working with Paciolan since 1989.
After the initial roll out for basketball events this year at Comcast Center, Maryland plans to roll out Access Management for football – stadium wide – at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium in fall 2011. The system will give Maryland the ability track event attendance for all basketball and football home games.
"The Access Management system will provide our fans with the convenience to receive, transfer and, in the future, resell tickets digitally," said Matt Monroe, assistant athletics director for Ticket Services, University of Maryland. "We then capture rich customer data, including attendance information, to provide us with the information needed to develop future marketing initiatives to help drive future revenue and better serve our fans." – Ian Courtney
