Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika partners with New Zealand ticketing provider Flicket

Set to join the Super Rugby competition next year, Moana Pasifika have announced that they will partner with New Zealand owned and operating ticketing and data solutions provider Flicket.

Specialists in sports ticketing and already a partner with the Waikato Chiefs, among a number of New Zealand rugby teams, Flicket will facilitate a direct relationship between Moana Pasifika, which will play at Auckland’s 30,000 capacity Mount Smart Stadium in its debut season, and its fans.

Commenting on the partnership and the value of working with a New Zealand comapny, Moana Pasifika Vice-Chair, Debbie Sorenson stated “when looking at our options, we went back to our core values of family, of community and the connections that we want to enhance. Flicket shares our values and genuinely wants to see Moana Pasifika thrive. It helps that they are big rugby fans too.

“The Flicket team is here on the ground and one of their leadership team hand-counted the seats at Mt Smart Stadium to make sure there wouldn’t be any ticketing mishaps come game time. That’s the type of quality control we like as we’re heading into our first season.

“Flicket came into the ticketing market as a disruptive new player who believed fans could get a better consumer experience.  As a start-up club, we know exactly how that feels. Our Pasifika communities know and love Mt Smart Stadium and we’re pleased to be making the whole experience of getting to our home games exciting, right from the ticketing process.”

Flicket co-founder and Chief Executive, Ben Calvert points to the experience the company in working in an established market and using data to do things smarter for quick growth, noting “Flicket came about three years ago to change the game in the ticketing world. We saw an opportunity and set out to disrupt our market. We see parallels in Moana Pasifika’s story and we’re big believers in what they are doing for rugby in the Pacific.

“This partnership is not a transaction for us. We become part of the team, and winning on and off the field is our goal too.”

In the spirit of community, Moana Pasifika and Flicket will collaborate to pay a percentage of every ticket sale going to the Pasifika community through the work of the Moana Pasifika Charitable Trust.

Moana Pasifika will consist of players from various Pacific island nations.

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