PITT ARTS increases ticket sales 20 percent
PITT ARTS reached a new milestone this year with more than 12,000 tickets sold in its “cheap seats” program. The program allows Pitt students, faculty and staff to purchase deeply discounted tickets to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater and other area arts presenters.
The 12,182 tickets sold represents a 20 percent increase in cheap seats sales compared to 2007-08. Director Annabelle Clippinger says online ticket purchasing has played a key role in the program’s success.
Participation in another PITT ARTS component, the free visits program, which allows students to swipe Pitt IDs for free admission to five Pittsburgh museums and the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, also grew, as did Arts Encounters, which provides Pitt students with free transportation to performances, catered receptions and opportunities to meet artistic directors or performers.
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