Infineon Raceway Reaches Agreement with Ticketmaster

contact: john cardinale
infineon raceway
707-938-8448, ext. 107

Ticketmaster AND INFINEON RACEWAY SIGN
MULTI-YEAR TICKETING AND NEW TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT
 
SAN FRANCISCO (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) ¯ Ticketmaster, the world¢s leading ticketing company, and Infineon Raceway have announced the signing of a multi-year ticketing and new technology agreement.
 
 Ticketmaster will now sell and distribute tickets for all Infineon Raceway events, as well as install Ticketmaster's Architected Ticketing System (Ticketmaster Archtics), which will deliver extensive season and single ticket functionality to Infineon Raceway fans.
 
 *It is with great excitement that we team-up with Infineon Raceway,* said Ann Mooney, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Ticketmaster San Francisco. *These technologies present exciting new options for the raceway and will result in greater ease and convenience for consumers."
 
Fans can purchase tickets for Infineon Raceway events, including the Dodge/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Winston Cup and NHRA FRAM Autolite Nationals, at any of the 115 Northern California ticket centers including Tower Records, Wherehouse Music and select Save Mart Supermarket grocery stores.  In addition, tickets will be available online at www.ticketmaster.com and www.infineonraceway.com or by phone at 415.421.TIXS, 408.998.TIXS, 510.625.TIXS, 707.528.TIXS or 916.649.TIXS.  
 
 
About Ticketmaster 
Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company, sells more than 90 million tickets valued at more than $4 billion annually, through www.ticketmaster.com, one of the largest e-commerce sites on the Internet, more than 3,500 retail Ticket Center outlets and 19 worldwide telephone call centers.  Ticketmaster serves more than 7,000 clients worldwide and acts as the exclusive ticketing service for hundreds of leading arenas, stadiums, performing arts venues, and theaters and is the official ticketing provider and supporter of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Ticketmaster is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is a division of USA Interactive .   
 
About Speedway Motorsports:
Speedway Motorsports is a leading marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment in the United States.  SMI owns and operates the following premiere facilities: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Infineon Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway.  The company provides souvenir-merchandising services through its SMI Properties subsidiary and manufactures and distributes smaller-scale, modified racing cars through its 600 Racing subsidiary.  The company also owns Performance Racing Network, which broadcasts syndicated motorsports programming to over 750 stations nationwide. For more information, visit www.gospeedway.com. 
 
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