Deals
Online Ticket Marketplace Vivid Seats Is Exploring a Sale
- Ticket reseller attracts takeover interest, weighs options
- Vivid Seats shares gain most since it went public in SPAC deal
Shares of Vivid Seats have sunk 40% in the past year.
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Vivid Seats Inc., the online ticketing marketplace that went public through a blank-check vehicle in 2021, is exploring a sale after receiving takeover interest, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The StubHub and SeatGeek competitor is working with an adviser to gauge interest from potential suitors, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential information. Vivid Seats has attracted takeover interest from private equity firms, the people said.