History

History

2023
2023

CTS EVENTIM founds THE TOURING CO. with US promoter Walter McDonald, strengthening its position in the North American touring market.

2023
2023

CTS EVENTIM starts construction in Milan on Italy’s largest, most innovative and most sustainable multipurpose indoor arena. Design: David Chipperfield Architects in collaboration with Arup.

2023
2023

CTS EVENTIM acquires Punto Ticket (Chile) and Teleticket (Peru) through a joint venture with Sony Music Latin Iberia. This makes the company the leader in two more South American entertainment markets.

2023
2023

CTS EVENTIM founds the paid media agency EDGE. Its portfolio covers consulting and strategy, as well as implementing, managing and optimising digital campaigns.

2023
2023

CTS EVENTIM founds a joint venture with MAMMOTH, INC. and AG ENTERTAINMENT TOURING to collectively sign top acts for both US and global tours.

2022
2022

CTS EVENTIM acts as a host broadcaster for the first time, producing the live feed for one of its own festivals. Millions of fans can watch the legendary Rock am Ring festival live on TV.

2021
2021

CTS EVENTIM enters a joint venture with Israel’s Zappa Group, making it the country’s leading ticketing provider.

2021
2021

CTS EVENTIM acquires Kölnticket, BonnTicket and Westticket.

2021
2021

CTS EVENTIM acquires a majority stake in Simply-X, a company specialising in digital access and payment systems.

2021
2021

Launch of EVENTIM.Pass, a fully digital ticket, developed in-house.

2021
2021

Entry into the North American ticketing market with the launch of our ecommerce platform www.eventim.com.

2021
2021

CTS EVENTIM becomes ticketing partner for the world’s largest theatre group: Austrian Federal Theatres. The group includes, among others, the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper Wien.

2021
2021

CTS EVENTIM founds EVENTIM LIVE ASIA in Singapore, launching its live business in Asia.

2021
2021

CTS EVENTIM acquires a majority stake in concert agency DreamHaus, which will stage events including the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals.

2020
2020

CTS EVENTIM has announced the creation of a new 50:50 partnership with legendary US promoter Michael Cohl. For EVENTIM LIVE, this step marks the next milestone in its still young, yet very successful history.

2020
2020

CTS EVENTIM is acquiring 60% of the shares in Zurich-based Gadget Entertainment AG and in that connection is also acquiring a 60% stake in the wepromote Entertainment Group. By making this acquisition. On completion of the transaction, Gadget Entertainment AG and wepromote Entertainment Group Switzerland AG will merge their operations with those of ABC Production AG, which already belongs to CTS EVENTIM. The name of the new company, domiciled in Zurich, will be ‘Gadget abc Entertainment Group AG’. At the same time, EVENTIM LIVE is adding a further 32 promoters to its national and international network.

2019
2019

CTS EVENTIM is promoted to the MDAX, the second most important German stock index.

2019
2019 2019

CTS EVENTIM has acquired 71 percent of shares in the Austrian concert promoter Barracuda Music. The company is thus expanding its European event portfolio to include some of Austria’s most popular concerts and festivals. Barracuda Music will become part of the EVENTIM LIVE promoter network.

2019
2019

CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA and Fnac Darty S.A. have successfully concluded their negotiations on a strategic partnership for their French ticketing activities. As planned, CTS EVENTIM acquires 48 percent of the shares in France Billet, the ticketing subsidiary of Fnac Darty and market leader in France.

2019
2019

CTS EVENTIM bundles its Live Entertainment forces in the pan-European promoter network EVENTIM LIVE, which comprises 26 promoters in 10 countries.

2018
2018

Together with the Austrian company Kapsch TrafficCom, CTS EVENTIM is commissioned to collect German passenger vehicle tolls, thereby introducing its expertise to a business segment outside the ticketing and live entertainment sectors for the first time.

2018
2018

With EVENTIM BRAND CONNECT, a new business unit is created that centrally handles of the requirements of marketing partners in the Ticketing and Live Entertainment segments.

2017
2017 to 2018

With the acquisition of the Italian promoters Vertigo, Friends and Partners, D’Alessandro e Galli, and Vivo Concerti, CTS EVENTIM becomes the leading provider of Live Entertainment in Italy within just a few months.

2017
2017

For the first time in its history, CTS EVENTIM generates revenues exceeding one billion euros, a normalised EBITDA of more than 200 million euros, and a Group profit of more than 100 million euros.

2016
2016

CTS EVENTIM expands to South America through a joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment in Brazil.

2016
2016 2016

CTS EVENTIM forms a ticketing joint venture with the Danish media company Egmont, thereby strengthening its position in Scandinavia.

2015
2015

CTS EVENTIM enters the German cinema ticketing market by acquiring a stake in kinoheld.

2014
2014

CTS EVENTIM becomes the exclusive ticketing partner for the XXXI Summer Olympic Games and the XV Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

2014
2014

CTS EVENTIM completes a change of legal form to a partnership limited by shares (KGaA). EVENTIM Management AG becomes the personally liable partner of the KGaA.

2014
2014 2014

CTS EVENTIM is chosen as the exclusive ticketing partner for the 2017 Ice Hockey World Championship in Cologne and Paris.

2014
2014

CTS EVENTIM acquires Stage Entertainment’s ticketing companies in Spain, the Netherlands, and France. An exclusive ticketing agreement for Europe and Russia is also concluded with Stage.

2013
2013 2013

CTS EVENTIM expands its European market leadership in live entertainment by acquiring a majority stake in Switzerland’s ABC Production.

2013
2013

CTS EVENTIM wins the official ticketing services contract for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

2010
2010 2010

CTS EVENTIM takes over the operation of the LANXESS arena in Cologne and, together with Anschutz Entertainment Group, acquires the legendary Hammersmith Apollo in London, which has operated under the name EVENTIM Apollo since 2013.

2010
2010

CTS EVENTIM’s Group revenue exceeds the 500-million-euro mark for the first time.

2010
2010 2010

In Germany, CTS EVENTIM takes over the activities of Ticket Online and also concludes an exclusive ticketing contract with Stage Entertainment.

2010
2010

With the acquisition of Ticketcorner, CTS EVENTIM becomes the ticketing market leader in Switzerland.

2009
2009

CTS EVENTIM becomes Europe’s leading concert promoter and the world’s third largest. The company still retains these positions today.

2008
2008 2008

Together with other sponsors, CTS EVENTIM ensures the long-term continuation of the ‘Kontaktstudiengang Popularmusik’ at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Since then, the course has operated under the name EVENTIM POPKURS. Its graduates include artists such as Peter Fox, Johannes Oerding, Revolverheld, Wir sind Helden, and many others.

2004
2004

CTS EVENTIM is awarded the contract to market the tickets for the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany. The sale of 3.2 million tickets goes smoothly.

2002
2002 2002

CTS EVENTIM takes over the internet platform getgo.de.

2000
2000 to 2002

CTS EVENTIM expands into live entertainment and acquires stakes in a number of German concert promoters. These include the Marek Lieberberg Konzertagentur, the Peter Rieger Konzertagentur, Semmel Concerts, Argo Konzerte, FKP Scorpio, and Dirk Becker Entertainment. This makes CTS EVENTIM the first company ever to unite ticketing and live entertainment under a shared umbrella.

2000
2000 2000

On 1 February, CTS EVENTIM makes its successful debut on the Frankfurt stock exchange. It is initially listed on the ‘Neuer Markt’.

2000
2000

After two years of development, CTS EVENTIM in January launches the world’s most modern ticketing software.

1999
1999 1999

CTS becomes CTS EVENTIM and the limited company (GmbH) becomes a stock corporation (AG) through a change of legal form.

1996
1996

CTS is acquired by Klaus-Peter Schulenberg. Just a year later, the company is in the black for the first time.

1989
1989

The concert promoters Marcel Avram and Matthias Hoffmann found CTS Computer Ticket Service GmbH in Munich on 4 November.

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