Like many businesses across Alberta, Showpass has seen better days. But it’s not “curtains” for the online ticket seller yet.
Since selling its first ticket to a show in Calgary in 2014, Showpass has had exponential growth as it secured national renown for selling tickets to events and shows online.
And 2020 was looking to be another banner year. “March rolled around, and I’ll never forget the day where the announcement for 250 people maximum getting together started in Ontario, Alberta, B.C., all within a 48-hour period,” Showpass CEO Lucas McCarthy told Global News. “Those are our largest markets. “It was within 48 hours that we had to really come up with a plan to effectively operate off of zero revenue for the foreseeable future.” Codin