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Line 1: {{Short description\|Ticket management company}} {{Infobox company \| name = Brown Paper Tickets Line 29 ⟶ 30: }} '''Brown Paper Tickets''' is a [[Seattle]]-based business which provides [[Ticket (admission)\|ticket]] management support for any organizer hosting any sort of ticketed event.<ref name="Folger 2011">{{cite web\|last1=Folger\|first1=Myke\|title=Brown Paper Tickets Takes On Ticketmaster\|url=http://seattlebusinessmag.com/article/brown-paper-tickets-takes-ticketmaster\|website~~=Seattle Business Magazine\|publisher~~=Seattle Business Magazine\|accessdate=9 August 2016\|date=March 2011}}</ref> On October 25, 2022, Events.com, Inc., announced its plans to acquire Brown Paper Tickets.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Events.com Announces It Is Acquiring Global Ticketing Powerhouse \|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eventscom-announces-it-is-acquiring-global-ticketing-powerhouse-301658845.html \|website=www.prnewswire.com \|language=en \|date=25 October 2022}}</ref> Brown Paper Tickets attempts to provide ways for event organizers to provide tickets with lower costs than larger ticket companies.<ref name="Folger 2011"/> The organization emphasizes simplicity in its ticketing sales process.<ref>{{cite web~~\|author1=editors~~\|title=Online Ticketing Systems: Does Brown Paper Tickets Have What It Takes?\|url=http://ticketpeak.com/blog/blog/online-ticketing-systems-does-brown-paper-ticketing-have-what-it-takes/\|website=TicketPeak\|accessdate=9 August 2016\|date=3 March 2015}}</ref> The company's culture includes providing support to encourage employees to volunteer for charitable causes for 40 hours yearly. <ref>{{cite web\|last1=Mehta\|first1=Pragya\|title="Take Less, Deliver More" Drives Brown Paper Tickets\|url=http://flipthemedia.com/2014/05/take-less-deliver-more-drives-brown-paper-tickets/\|website=Flip the Media\|accessdate=9 August 2016\|date=7 May 2014}}</ref> In 2020 the company failed to return money for events canceled in the wake of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], as well as payments on tickets for events held before COVID-19-related shutdowns, resulting in a wave of lawsuits and complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Gilbert\|first1=Andrew\|title=Brown Paper Tickets owes $6.75 million to arts groups in Bay Area, across country, suit alleges\|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/brown-paper-tickets-owes-6-75-million-to-arts-groups-in-bay-area-across-country-suit-alleges\|website=SF Chronicle Datebook\|accessdate=4 November 2020\|date=3 November 2020}}</ref> Line 40 ⟶ 41: ==External links== {{official website\|http://www.brownpapertickets.com}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhGSI3BKbxw Brown Paper Tickets Interview with CEO Steve Butcher], a 6-minute documentary on the organization [[Category:Ticket sales companies]]