MLBAM, StubHub announce deal

StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace and an eBay company, announced on Thursday that it has reached a five-year agreement with Major League Baseball Advanced Media to become the official online provider of secondary tickets for MLB.com. This landmark partnership represents unparalleled integration of a secondary ticketing provider and a major professional sports entity. Effective immediately, the agreement will provide a co-branded secondary ticket marketplace that will serve as a singular online destination for fans to purchase tickets with StubHub being designated as MLB.com's Official Secondary Ticket Marketplace. "We believe this agreement reflects our commitment to providing dynamic platforms for fans to purchase tickets in authorized locations in the digital arena," MLBAM CEO Bob Bowman said. "Secure, simple and fan-friendly. Those are the hallmarks of this national destination for all of our fans." More >