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Ticketmaster, Vet Tix Partner with Phoenix Raceway to Give Back to Active Military and Veterans Reading Time: 7 mins read AVONDALE, Ariz. (Oct. 5, 2026) - Phoenix Raceway has partnered with Ticketmaster and the Veteran Tickets Foundation (Vet Tix) to give back to active military and veterans to attend the NASCAR Chase race weekend at Phoenix Raceway on Oct. 16-18. "Our service members and veterans have given so much to our country, and we are proud to partner with Ticketmaster and Vet Tix to welcome them and their families to Phoenix Raceway," said Latasha Causey, Phoenix Raceway President. "We hope the NASCAR Chase weekend provides an opportunity to enjoy memorable moments together while knowing how deeply their service and sacrifice are appreciated." Active military and veterans will have the opportunity to attend the Freeway Insurance 500 NASCAR Cup Series Chase race through www.vettix.org, courtesy of Ticketmaster and Phoenix Raceway. Over many years, NASCAR has partnered with Vet Tix to share appreciation for the service of its dedicated military and veterans. "Ticketmaster has been a tremendous partner of Vet Tix for many years, and we're grateful to work with Phoenix Raceway and NASCAR to support Vet Tix for October's race weekend," said Michael A. Focareto III, Vet Tix Founder, CEO, and U.S. Navy veteran. "This will give more veterans, service members, first responders, and their families the opportunity to experience the excitement and suspense of NASCAR at Phoenix Raceway, and to create lifelong memories they'll carry with them long after the checkered flag." Ticketmaster and Vet Tix have worked together since 2018, helping hundreds of venues, teams and artists deliver thousands of tickets to veterans, service members, and their families every year. "Live events have a way of bringing people together, and there's no group more deserving of that experience than those who have served our country," said Marla Ostroff, Managing Director, Ticketmaster. "We're proud to work alongside Vet Tix and Phoenix Raceway to get service members, veterans and their families into the stands for one of the most exciting weekends on the NASCAR calendar." Since 2008, Vet Tix, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit, has provided more than 41 million event tickets to their 2.8 million verified veterans, currently serving military members and first responder members. Vet Tix has built a well-respected brand with hundreds of thousands of testimonials from their members (VetTixers) sharing how these experiences have contributed to incredible lifelong memories, opportunities for veterans, service members, and their families to reintegrate into society and American life all while strengthening their family bonds through shared event experiences. Phoenix Raceway's NASCAR Chase weekend begins on Friday, Oct. 16, with a crucial NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Chase race. Saturday, Oct. 17, will feature the penultimate race of the ARCA Menards Series West season and the Timberland PRO 200 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase race. The race weekend culminates on Sunday, Oct. 18, with the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series competing in the Freeway Insurance 500 Chase race. Limited tickets remain, so fans should buy seats and experiences now at phoenixraceway.com. About Ticketmaster: Ticketmaster is the world's largest ticket marketplace and the global market leader in live event ticketing products and services. Through official partnerships with thousands of venues, artists, sports teams, festivals, performing arts centers, and theaters, Ticketmaster processes 600 million tickets per year across 40+ different countries. Ticketmaster is a part of Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV). Veteran Tickets Foundation: Veteran Tickets Foundation (Vet Tix) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free tickets to sporting events, concerts, performing arts and family activities to currently serving military members, veterans of all eras and immediate family members of those killed in action. Since 2008, Vet Tix has distributed more than 41 million free event tickets to more than 2.8 million members. In 2018, Vet Tix launched 1st Tix, which provides the same benefit to current and retired law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMTs and 911 dispatchers. These shared experiences help service members, veterans, first responders and their families reduce stress, strengthen family bonds, create lasting memories and remain connected to their communities. About Phoenix Raceway: Phoenix Raceway has been the premier motorsports venue in the Southwest since 1964 and hosts two race weekends each year. Its season-opening weekend, March 5-8, features full-throttle excitement with the NASCAR Cup Series, NTT INDYCAR SERIES, NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, and ARCA Menards Series. NASCAR will also return Oct. 16-18 with intense NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series playoff racing. Phoenix Raceway also hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including concerts, corporate meetings and conferences, charity events, weddings, holiday events, sport and endurance competitions, and driving schools. About NASCAR: The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 15 of the nation's major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR sanctions races in three national series (NASCAR Cup Series(TM), NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series(TM), and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series(TM), four international series (NASCAR Brasil Series, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Euro Series, NASCAR Mexico Series), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and a local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series). The International Motor Sports Association(TM)(IMSA(R) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship(TM), the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA.

Yes, the BOTS Act can apply to Ticketmaster and major ticketing platforms, Federal judge rules. Yes, the BOTS Act can apply to Ticketmaster and major ticketing platforms, Federal judge rules ashley king September 28, 2026. A federal judge rules that the FTC can absolutely pursue litigation against Ticketmaster under the BOTS Act for allegedly enabling mass-scale ticket resale. The case will now proceed to discovery. On Monday, a judge ruled against Ticketmaster's motion to dismiss the lawsuit that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed last year, which alleges that Ticketmaster enabled the mass-scale resale of tickets on its secondary platform. The decision reinforces that the FTC can absolutely sue Ticketmaster under the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, and the case will now move into evidence discovery. The ruling does not determine whether the FTC's allegations are factually true, but that the plaintiffs have stated valid legal claims. Ticketmaster's motion to dismiss had argued that the FTC's lawsuit was flawed because the government entity could not hold a ticketing platform accountable under the BOTS Act, which it asserted was designed to be used against individual resellers. But Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong rejected that argument in a court order dated September 28, writing, "The BOTS Act does not preclude platforms from facing liability, and the court will not read it as doing so." The FTC originally sued Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation for allegedly violating the BOTS Act by allowing brokers to bypass its ticket purchasing limits with hundreds or thousands of accounts under fake names. The lawsuit claims that Ticketmaster enabled this behavior so that brokers would resell much of their haul on the platform's own secondary market and generate even more money in resale fees. Live Nation and Ticketmaster have denied the allegations. Earlier this year, Live Nation's Legal Chief Dan Wall testified before Congress that the company has made numerous anti-broker initiatives in the name of protecting artists and fans. While that may be true, the company's argument that it can't be sued under the BOTS Act as a primary ticketing platform didn't hold any water in court. Judge Frimpong determined that the FTC's lawsuit presents sufficient allegations that Ticketmaster enabled ticket brokers to bypass purchase limits, citing an internal email in which a senior executive admitted that the company looks the other way "as a matter of policy" to such broker conduct. Other evidence reportedly shows that Ticketmaster was aware of specific brokers who frequently engaged in such conduct. "Live Nation and Ticketmaster could have implemented measures to curtail continuing violations of ticket purchase limits," Judge Frimpong wrote. "However, the FTC maintains that Live Nation and Ticketmaster 'have reduced, discontinued, or declined to implement the use of tools that could effectively enforce ticket limits against brokers,' thereby enabling circumvention." The complaint therefore illustrates that Live Nation and Ticketmaster were aware of such violations and allowed brokers to bypass ticket purchase limits - and therefore demonstrates a strong enough argument to proceed to trial. The court's decision comes as Live Nation awaits the results of its appeal and the sentencing of its highly publicized antitrust trial. A jury determined that the two companies actively worked to suppress their competition, but it remains unclear whether the court will heed the requests of dozens of state attorneys general and break up the Live Nation-Ticketmaster marriage.

NIVA questions Live Nation deal. The peak body for independent venues in the US, NIVA, as well as a number of other companies, have formally objected to the settlement the Department of Justice struck with Live Nation and Ticketmaster, arguing it lets the company hold onto most of its market rather than breaking it up. The National Independent Venue Association have lodged an objection ahead of the court's review, alongside Live Nation's rivals AEG, SeatGeek and TicketNetwork. AEG says Ticketmaster keeps 85 per cent of the market under the deal, with only around 170 events opened up to competitive bidding. SeatGeek says the settlement does nothing to stop Ticketmaster retaliating against venues that use rival ticketing, pointing to the "retaliation insurance" Ticketmaster has reportedly offered eight venues to cover exactly that risk. NIVA has gone hardest, calling for Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be split apart altogether, for Live Nation to sell off its artist management arm, and for a hard cap limiting the company to promoting no more than half of any major artist's tour dates in the US each year. NIVA's own research found tours promoted solely or mostly by Live Nation made up between 69 and 74 per cent of the top 200 tours over the past three years. Judge Arun Subramanian now has to decide whether to approve the settlement, which includes a US$280.4 million fund and an eight-year consent decree but no requirement to break the companies up. He's due to rule sometime between mid-September and mid-October. It's the same case ALMBC flagged back in September after the US administration stepped in ahead of the department's original push to break up Live Nation, and it's worth watching given how much of Australia's own touring and ticketing market runs through the same company. * September 25, 2026 * ALMBC