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Ticketmaster becomes the first to integrate with Apple Wallet’s new ticketing experience, with LAFC as their first guinea pig.
Ticketmaster has become the first ticketing company to integrate with the new Apple Wallet, which now includes key event information, like a map of the venue and parking details. To kick off the new functionality, Ticketmaster’s first new tickets to take advantage of these new features are the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) at their home game at BMO Stadium on Saturday, October 19.
Fans on iOS 18.0 or later can add their ticket to Apple Wallet through the Ticketmaster app or LAFC team app. The offering complements existing ticketing tools, such as Ticketmaster Ignite, to facilitate a seamless multi-channel connection between venues, teams, and fans.
Further, fans can interact with the new ticket experience in Apple Wallet on their iPhone to gain easy access to venue details, but there are plenty of other features. Users can find links to purchase merchandise, ticket management features provided by Ticketmaster, local forecasts from Weather, location sharing to help them find their friends, and even recommended playlists from Apple Music.
The Miami HEAT will be next to debut the new ticket experience for their fans, and the experience will be made more widely available starting in 2025.
“With the new, enhanced ticket in Apple Wallet experience, fans are closer to the action from the moment they add their pass to their iPhone,” says Mark Yovich, President at Ticketmaster. “We’re extremely proud to work with Apple to bring this enhanced ticketing experience to fans.”
Ticketmaster worked closely with Apple on this new ticketing experience for iOS 18 users. Apple Wallet in iOS 18 also features Tap to Cash — a new way to transfer money instantly by holding two iPhones together. The update enables users to authenticate Apple Pay transactions to Windows PCs through an iPhone.
