New ticketing partner for Emirates Airline Park

EPS (Pty) Ltd has acquired the services of a new ticketing partner, Ticketpro, ahead of the launch of their 2019 Lions Membership packages, to go on sale on Black Friday.

South Africa‘s leading ticketing innovator, Ticketpro, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Label Telecoms Limited, has been responsible for many of South Africa‘s premium sporting and entertainment events. Through utilising innovative technology developed by Blue Label Telecoms Limited, Ticketpro has been able to significantly streamline ticketing, hospitality and access control for a range of events across the country.

“This is a dream come true for the Ticketpro team. We are truly excited to be a part of the Lions Rugby Company and the EPS (Pty) Ltd family. We have been involved in rugby for many years from an event, access control and ticketing perspective and partnering with EPS gives us the opportunity to implement our technology and add new and exciting services to create a unique experience,” says Ticketpro Managing Director Brandon Duffield.

“The Ticketpro system issues both physical and digital tickets. We have a distribution network of more than 1,500 retail outlets that are enabled to sell tickets for Lions fans, across many different regional and national brands such as selected Edcon stores, all WI CONNECT stores, Choppies, selected SPAR stores, selected petrol stations (Engen, Sasol) and independent merchants. This allows ultimate convenience for consumers to buy tickets at any time of day within their daily routines,” Duffield explains.

Lions supporters will have the option of purchasing tickets online as well as from selected a chain of retail outlets throughout the country giving you additional convenience and ease of access.

“Improving our fan experience through customer service and experience is our top priority. We are proud to partner with Ticketpro to offer our supporters more choice and convenience,” says Edgar Rathbone, Managing Director of EPS (Pty) Ltd.

The Ticketpro website accepts any valid Visa, MasterCard and AMEX (American Express) cards, (but not Visa Electron or Maestro.) Payments can also be made with through Internet banking using a process called instant EFT via a company called PayFast, Visa Checkout, Mobicred and Snapscan.

Ticketpro cash purchases can be made at more than 1,500 retail outlets for all our home games.