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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
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| Parent | StubHub Holdings |
| Website | stubhub |
StubHub is an American ticket exchange and resale company. It provides services for buyers and sellers of tickets for sports, concerts, theater, and other live entertainment events. By 2015, it was the world's largest ticket marketplace.[1][2] While the company does not currently disclose its financials, in 2015 it had over 16 million unique visitors and nearly 10 million live events per month.[3]
StubHub was founded in 2000 by Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr.[4] The company was acquired by eBay for $310 million in 2007, and again acquired in 2020 by Viagogo.[4][5][6]
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- ^ "StubHub Announces Hottest Summer Concerts with Taylor Swift at #1". Business Wire. May 28, 2015.
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- ^ "viagogo Completes Acquisition Of StubHub" (Press release). PR Newswire. February 13, 2020.
- ^ Mims, Taylor (February 14, 2020). "Viagogo Completes $4B StubHub Acquisition as UK Merger Investigation Continues". Billboard.