# Which MAC schools use Ticketmaster? 3 of the 13 MAC athletic departments covered by Whistle (23%) use Ticketmaster, the ticketing (Ticketmaster / Archtics), as of 4 Nov 2026: Ball State University, Central Michigan University, Northern Illinois University. Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 113 use Ticketmaster (10%), so the MAC is above the national adoption rate. Among ticketing vendors detected in the MAC, Ticketmaster ranks No. 3 of 4. _Data as of 4 Nov 2026._ Source: automated detection on each MAC department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 13 covered MAC schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total. _Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/mac_ ## Ticketmaster in the MAC at a glance - **Vendor:** [Ticketmaster](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster) — Ticketing (Ticketmaster / Archtics) - **Category:** Ticketing - **Conference:** [MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac) - **MAC schools using it:** 3 of 13 covered (23%) - **All NCAA schools using it:** 113 of 1,085 covered (10%) - **Rank among ticketing vendors in the MAC:** No. 3 of 4 ## Which MAC schools use Ticketmaster? | School | Division | Location | Tracked staff positions | Directory last read | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- | | [Ball State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ballstate) | Division I | Muncie, Indiana | 163 | 2026-11-01 | | [Central Michigan University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/centralmichigan) | Division I | Mount Pleasant, Michigan | 151 | 2026-11-03 | | [Northern Illinois University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northernillinois) | Division I | Dekalb, Illinois | 133 | 2026-11-01 | ## Which other ticketing vendors do MAC schools use? Vendors in the same category detected at covered MAC departments. A school can appear under more than one vendor when it runs, say, one system for season tickets and another for single-game sales. | Vendor | MAC schools | Share of covered schools | | --- | ---: | ---: | | [Paciolan](https://gowhistle.io/technology/paciolan/mac) | 12 | 92% | | [SeatGeek](https://gowhistle.io/technology/seatgeek/mac) | 6 | 46% | | **Ticketmaster** | 3 | 23% | | Fevo | 1 | 8% | ## Where else is Ticketmaster used? - [Ticketmaster in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/horizon-league) — 8 schools - [Ticketmaster in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/big-12) — 7 schools - [Ticketmaster in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/sec) — 7 schools - [Ticketmaster in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/big-east) — 6 schools - [Ticketmaster in the SWAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/swac) — 6 schools - [Ticketmaster in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/acc) — 5 schools - [Ticketmaster in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/atlantic-10) — 5 schools - [Ticketmaster in the MAAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/maac) — 5 schools - [Ticketmaster in the MVC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/mvc) — 5 schools - [Ticketmaster in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/northern-sun-intercollegiate) — 5 schools - [Ticketmaster in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/aac) — 4 schools - [Ticketmaster in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/big-ten) — 4 schools ## Method A school is listed when its public athletics website, a vendor partner page, a job posting or a staff title references Ticketmaster with at least medium confidence. Detection is automated and re-run as directories refresh: absence means not detected, not not used, and contracts change, so confirm with the department before relying on a single listing. This page is published when at least 2 covered MAC schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is [MAC Athletics Staff Directory](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac); every Ticketmaster school nationally is on [Which colleges use Ticketmaster?](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster). ## Frequently asked questions **How many MAC schools use Ticketmaster?** 3 of the 13 covered MAC athletic departments (23%) as of 4 Nov 2026: Ball State University, Central Michigan University, Northern Illinois University. **Is Ticketmaster more common in the MAC than elsewhere?** 23% of covered MAC schools use Ticketmaster against 10% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments. **Who at these schools buys or runs ticketing?** The ticketing and revenue staff listed in each department's directory. Whistle shows their names, titles, emails and phones (where published) on [paid plans](https://gowhistle.io/pricing), with alerts when the role changes hands. **Where does this technology data come from?** From the staff directories athletic departments publish on their official websites, read automatically on a rolling schedule (NCAA Division I roughly weekly, Division II and III every three to four weeks). Whistle never publishes names, emails or phone numbers on public pages; staff can remove their details at any time at [gowhistle.io/remove-my-info](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info). Selling against Ticketmaster in the MAC, or integrating with it? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) gives you the current ticketing and revenue contacts at each of these schools and tells you when someone new takes over. --- Whistle (Whistle Athletics) is a collegiate athletics sales-intelligence platform: staff directories, hiring signals and contact data for vendors selling into NCAA athletic departments. Public pages show counts and roles only, never personal contact details. Site summary: https://gowhistle.io/llms.txt