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Ticketmaster was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 1976 by college staffers Peter Gadwa and Albert Leffler, Gordon Gunn III, as well as businessman Jerry Nelson. The company originally licensed computer programs and sold hardware for ticketing systems. Its first ticketed concert was Electric Light Orchestra, held at the University of New Mexico.
Nov 26, 2022 · University of College/Shutterstock. Ticketmaster had relatively innocent beginnings. According to Wired, it all started at Arizona State University in 1976, when Peter Gadwa, an employee of ASU's IT department, joined forces with Albert Leffler, who worked at the college's performing arts center.
Nov 6, 1994 · Of necessity, Ticketmaster programmers, headed by Peter Gadwa and Albert Leffler, who founded the company in 1976, somehow had to leverage Ticketmaster's cheap computers with some clever...
Apr 20, 2022 · Most of our software support for those Summer Olympic Games was with our TMOS software, since renamed the “Host” and greatly enhanced over the years — but still with many of the features originally created by co-founder Peter Gadwa.
Nov 1, 2010 · Peter Gadwa was an IT staffer at Arizona State University when he teamed up with Albert Leffler—then working at ASU's performing arts center—to create Ticketmaster in 1976. The duo originally...
Ticketmaster Company History. 1976. Ticketmaster was founded in Phoenix, Arizona by college staffers Albert Leffler and Peter Gadwa as well as businessman Gordon Gunn III. Albert comes up with Ticketmaster as the name for the new company. 1977. Electric Light Orchestra at the University of New Mexico is Ticketmaster's first ticketed concert.
Jan 31, 1985 · In a Jan. 31 story about Ticketmaster Corp., The Times identified Peter Gadwa and Albert Leffler as founders of the company. The founders’ group also included Gordon M. Gunn III, Thomas W. Hart...
