Louisville Athletics to Offer Instant Mobile Ticket Purchases
November 03, 2015 | General
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville Athletic Department announced today a new partnership with ReplyBuy to provide fans with capability to instantly purchase tickets via text messaging.
ReplyBuy is a sports and technology company with a significant presence across the United States and Canada serving a wide variety of clients across the NBA, NFL, NHL, college athletics and entertainment venues.
Customers who register for the new Louisville program will receive personalized notifications when tickets become available, enabling them to purchase tickets on-demand in a matter of seconds with a quick text message. The faster fans respond, the better their seat locations will be -- based on the best-available seat locations remaining for the game. Once the purchase is completed, electronic tickets will instantly be delivered to a buyer's phone.
Fans can now register for the service by visiting www.replybuy.com/louisville/welcome or text CARDS to 20123.
Louisville's ticket offers through ReplyBuy will generally include special promotional offers and limited or late-arriving tickets to football and men's basketball games.
"It is our mission to deliver the very best fan experience – from street to seat. Providing ReplyBuy is just one more way to do that," said Julianne Waldron, UofL Associate Athletic Director for Marketing. "We want to make it easier for fans to see the games they want with an easy-to-use tool that suits our lives in this digital age."
"We're extremely excited to partner with Louisville. The driving force behind this was to simplify the entire experience to make buying tickets faster, easier and fun for fans." said ReplyBuy Vice President Brandon O'Halloran. "Louisville realizes the value of expediting the buying process to deliver instant fan gratification by not making them click links or be redirected to an app to complete ticket purchases.
About ReplyBuy
ReplyBuy is a platform that enables teams, clubs and venues to connect in real-time with their fans via mobile and execute a ticket purchase (to a game or event) with a simple reply text message. It's a universal solution which creates an intuitive, friction-free purchasing experience for the fan. For more information, visit www.replybuy.com or follow on Twitter at @ReplyBuy.
