CHICAGO, Oct. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats" or the "Company"), a leading marketplace that utilizes its technology platform to connect millions of buyers with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of events each year, and Horizon Acquisition Corporation ("Horizon"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced today the completion of their business combination (the "Business Combination"). The Business Combination was approved by a majority of Horizon stockholders at a special meeting held on October 14, 2021. Horizon has merged with and into Vivid Seats, with Vivid Seats as the surviving corporation. Beginning on October

NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Horizon Acquisition Corporation (NYSE:HZAC) ("Horizon"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced today that in an extraordinary general meeting on October 14, 2021, its shareholders voted to approve its proposed business combination (the "business combination") with Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats"), one of the leading secondary ticketing marketplaces in the country. Approximately 95.5% of the votes cast at the meeting were in favor of the business combination. Horizon also announced today that in a special meeting of its public warrant holders, such holders voted to approve its proposed warrant agreement amendment. Appro

NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Horizon Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:HZAC) ("Horizon" or the "Company") announced today that Eldridge Industries, LLC ("Eldridge"), an affiliate of Horizon's sponsor, Horizon Sponsor, LLC, has entered into an agreement with DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) to make a   private placement PIPE investment in connection with the closing of the previously announced merger between Horizon and Vivid Seats. The investment will be part of the previously announced PIPE financing for the transaction, with DraftKings assuming a portion of Eldridge's commitment. The closing of the investment is conditioned upon completion of the business combination between Horizon and Viv

NEW YORK, Oct. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Horizon Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:HZAC) ("Horizon" or the "Company") announced today that, assuming satisfaction of the conditions to the closing of its pending business combination with Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats") (the "Business Combination"), including approval of the Business Combination by the Company's shareholders, Vivid Seats, as the surviving entity, intends to list its common shares and warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market (the "Nasdaq") under the ticker symbols "SEAT" and "SEAT WS," respectively and that Horizon intends to voluntarily delist all of its securities from The New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), including each of Horizon's

CHICAGO, Sept. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats" or the "Company"), a leading marketplace that utilizes its technology platform to connect millions of buyers with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of events each year, today announced that its registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement"), in connection with its previously announced proposed business combination (the "Business Combination") with Horizon Acquisition Corporation ("Horizon") (NYSE:HZAC), has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Registration Statement provides important information about Horizon, Vivid Seats and

CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats" or the "Company"), a leading marketplace that utilizes its powerful technology platform to connect millions of fans with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of events each year, today announced that Stan Chia, Chief Executive Officer and Lawrence Fey, Chief Financial Officer, will host investor meetings at the Goldman Sachs 30th Annual Communicopia Conference on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. For further information, or to schedule a one-on-one meeting, please contact your Goldman Sachs representative or contact [email protected]. Vivid Seats recently announced it expects to become a pub

CHICAGO, Sept. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats" or "the Company"), a leading marketplace that utilizes its powerful technology platform to connect millions of fans with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of events each year, today announced that Stan Chia, Chief Executive Officer and Lawrence Fey, Chief Financial Officer, will host investor meetings at Benchmark's 8th Annual Virtual Consumer/Media/Entertainment Conference on Thursday, September 09, 2021. For further information, or to schedule a one-on-one meeting, please contact your Benchmark representative. Vivid Seats recently announced it expects to become a publicly traded compa

CHICAGO, Aug. 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats" or the "Company"), a leading marketplace that utilizes its powerful technology platform to connect millions of fans with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of live events each year, today announced three key appointments to strengthen its leadership team. Dan Timm will serve as Chief Operating Officer, Tyra Neal will serve as Chief Marketing Officer and David Morris will serve as General Counsel, each reporting directly to Vivid Seats Chief Executive Officer Stan Chia. "As Vivid Seats enters this next chapter, it is important that our leadership team reflects our company's mission to drive gro

Nominees Bring Strong Public Company Experience Ahead of Merger Completion David Donnini to Become Chairman of the Board CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats" or "the Company"), a leading marketplace that utilizes its technology platform to connect millions of fans with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of events each year, announced its proposed public company Board of Directors in its registration statement on Form S-4/A filed with the SEC on August 16, 2021, which is expected to be effective as of the closing of its proposed merger with Horizon Acquisition Corporation ("Horizon") (NYSE:HZAC), and subsequent listing on the NA

CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivid Seats Inc. ("Vivid Seats" or the "Company"), a leading marketplace that utilizes its technology platform to connect millions of buyers with thousands of ticket sellers across hundreds of thousands of events each year, included its results for the second quarter of 2021 today in its Registration Statement on Form S-4/A, which can be found on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") website at https://www.sec.gov under the ticker "SEAT". For the quarter ended June 30, 2021, marketplace gross order value ("GOV") was $693.1 million and revenues were $115.5 million, compared to GOV of ($63.3) million and revenues of ($28.9) million f