71. Airline number-crunchers follow ticket sales continually. 72. Almost as important as rankings are ticket sales and television audience. 73. All football games, which generate the bulk of revenue for most schools, have been moved to afternoon kickoffs, meaning slashed income from ticket sales and concessions. 74. All the ticket sales went to pay the rent for the concert hall. 75. Broadway theater, for example, has just had its best year of ticket sales in a decade. 76. Broadway ticket sales last year were the highest in a decade. 77. Broadway may be hotter than ever, with ticket sales and buzz at record highs. 78. But an XIT organization sponsors the barbecue each year, financed through ticket sales to a rodeo and dances. 79. But around the globe, event planners and travel agents are finding ticket sales lagging. 80. But all of those things matter more if they help produce ticket sales. |