OVERLAND PARK, KS – TicketSmarter and the Big West Conference today announced an agreement to make TicketSmarter the official ticket resale partner for the conference basketball tournament. The terms of the agreement will extend through the 2022 tournament.
    
“We are thrilled to be partnering with the Big West Conference. The high-level programs that make up this conference are truly exciting, and we look forward to this partnership for many years to come. As a part of our collegiate strategy, we remain committed to developing meaningful relationships with conferences and teams across the nation,” said TicketSmarter CEO Jeff Goodman.
    
“We are proud to enter a partnership with TicketSmarter as the official ticket resale partner for the 45th annual Big West Basketball Tournament,” said Big West Conference Commissioner Dennis Farrell. “We look forward to developing this relationship for many years to come.”
    
As part of this multi-year relationship, TicketSmarter will gain exclusive marketing and sponsorship rights for the Big West Basketball Tournament, and will provide fans a safe, secure platform to buy and sell their tickets to any game nationwide.
  
TicketSmarter’s mission is to enable customers to experience the power and excitement of live events and at the same time, use their resources to give back to children’s charities. TicketSmarter has committed to contribute $1 from all TicketSmarter transactions to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through 2020 to help treat and eliminate childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases, with a minimum total contribution of $250,000.
    
ABOUT TICKETSMARTER.COM
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TicketSmarter is a partner with ESPN Events, Rose Bowl Stadium, title sponsor of the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl and many other events and venues nationally. TicketSmarter is focused on giving back to the communities it serves through supporting children charities by donating a portion of every ticket they sell with a minimum contribution of $250,000.

ABOUT BIG WEST CONFERENCE
The Big West Conference is a member of NCAA Division I and includes California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Cal State University, Fullerton; California State University, Northridge; Long Beach State University; University of California, Davis; University of California, Irvine; University of California, UC Riverside; University of California, Santa Barbara; and the University of Hawai‘i, Manoa.