Atlanta Offers Travelers Half-Price Theater Tickets

<B> Atlanta Offers Travelers Half-Price Theater Tickets</B>

By Rowland Stiteler

While business travelers are accustomed to paying a premium for walk-up airline tickets, walk-up live theater events will become a bargain with a new system that launched in Atlanta on Oct. 1.

AtlanTIX, an automated system for ticket purchases, offers half-price theater tickets for purchases made the same day as the performance.

"This is the type of thing that will be great for business travelers who are visiting Atlanta, or even for convention attendees who simply want to get out and enjoy the local culture on their own," said Brandy O'Quinn, a spokesperson for the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The AtlanTIX system features an electronic board that provides lists of all the shows that are playing--on any given day--along with their ticket availability. To use the system, theater goers simply purchase a voucher for the show of their choice, and then present the voucher at the theater box office for a ticket.

The first AtlanTIX booth will be located in the Underground Atlanta complex in the downtown area.

Meanwhile, also in Underground Atlanta, the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau has expanded its visitor center. O'Quinn said the 5,000-sq.-ft. center, at Upper Alabama and Pryor Streets, offers information about attractions, cultural organizations, dining venues, theaters, city tours and other points of interest to both business and leisure visitors.