Big Neon
Music’s First Blockchain Ticketer Big Neon Has Run Out of Money
Big Neon was billed as music’s first blockchain ticketing company when it launched at the end of 2018 and announced plans top become a token-based system by 2020 and the eventual “spiritual successor” to Ticketfly. But 27 months after launching, the mobile-based ticketing system has run out of money and is now shutting its doors, co-founders Dan Teree and Ryan O’Connor confirm to Billboard. Earlier this week, Teree and O’Connor sent to a note to venue clients like the Midway and Bimbo’s 365 in San Francisco, the Gas Monkey in Dallas and The Exit/In in Nashville announcing Big Neon’s plans to close effective March 30. “It is with great regret that Big Neon has decided to cease operations,” the letter read. “This was ...
Big Neon Aims to Link Brands and Indie Venues With New Sponsorship Venture
Ticketfly co-founder Dan Teree and former Ticketfly executive and business parter Ryan O’Connor have launched a new initiative to link brands with music clubs looking to diversify their revenue streams. The Big Neon Network is a new offering from event ticketing platform Big Neon. It is being made available to both ticketing clients and non-ticketing clients who are looking to participate in brand deals, which will be brokered by Big Neon in exchange for exclusive access to the venue’s advertising inventory. For clients, this will create a new way to generate income both during and after the pandemic. {“nid”:”8487880″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Ticketfly Founder Dan Teree Launches Big Neon to Compete With Eventbrite ...
