TIC SERVICES & FEES

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• Ticket & RSVP Services
• Marketing & Promotion of Event Services
• Off Campus Event Services
• Off Site Services
• Merchandise & Services
• Fees for Ticket Buyers
• Fees for CU Undergraduate and Graduate Student Groups
• For CU Departments and Schools
• For non-Columbia University Organizations

Campus Ticket & RSVP Services

• Sell tickets to campus events, both online and in the Lerner TIC office during regular box office hours.
  • Ticketed events may be free of charge or have a ticket price.
• Register RSVPS online for any campus event including orientation events, lectures, symposia, concerts and other free events.
• Create events that are CUID only or CUID and non-CUID as well as efficiently check IDs when customers pick-up tickets.
• Take on the responsibility of cash handling, ticket sales and refunds.
• Transfer funds quickly through IDI or check for TC, BC & UTS.
• Act as an additional admin check for undergraduate student group events.
• Allow event organizers to see how many tickets are sold and to whom through 24/7 online access.

Marketing & Promotion of Event Services

• Promote events through:
  • CUArts weekly e-newsletter (12,000 subscribers)
  • Listing on the TIC calendar
  • TIC LCD Screens
  • TIC Event Info One Sheet - updated daily
  • Mentions on Facebook Fan page
• Assist organizations with marketing and the possibility of opening up their events to new campus audiences.
• Make the event tickets more accessible with regular window hours and online sales.
  • Regular TIC Hours - Tues., Wed. & Sat. 3 pm to 8 pm, Thurs. & Fri. 1 pm to 8 pm. Mon. & Sun. Closed (as of 2/1)
    
• Create an archived record of everyone who attended the event and help campus orgs develop a stronger following by providing specific tracking patron information.

Off Campus Event Services

• Research and place group orders for tickets to Broadway, Off-Broadway, concert & sporting events.
  • Request must be for at least 15 or more tickets
• Sell discount movie vouchers to anyone with a CUID $6.50 - $8.50

Off Site Services

• Campus groups and departments may request the TIC Staff to assist with their events in the following areas:
  • Extension of TIC Hours
  • Staffing of Non Lerner Hall Ticket Pick up and Ticket Sales
  • Front of House Services

Merchandise Services

• Sell Merchandise for any campus event. i.e..:
  • Columbia Yearbook, Jester Magazine Subscriptions, Camping Equipment, etc.
• The TIC can sell anything for your group as long as it does not need to be stored at the TIC.

Fees For Ticket Buyers

• $1 per ticket fee on Off campus tickets*
• $0.50 per ticket fee on Movie Vouchers*
• *Standard credit card fees apply

Fees for CU Undergraduate and Graduate Student Groups

• Fees do not apply to registration, sales or promotion of events through the TIC for undergraduate or
• graduate student groups
• $25 fee  per group ticket request for off-campus events (ie: Broadway shows)

Fees for CU Departments and Schools

• $0.30 per ticket/registrant fee
• $25 fee per group ticket request for on all off campus group orders placed through the TIC.
• $15 per staff member per hour for using TIC staff off-site and beyond regular TIC hours
  (Tues., Wed. & Sat. 3 pm to 8 pm, Thurs. & Fri. 1 pm to 8 pm. Mon. & Sun. Closed (as of 2/1)
• $1 per ticket fee for printing and distribution of Commencement/Convocation tickets.
• $250 setup fee for personalized events calendar (min. 10 events required).

Fees for non-Columbia University Organizations

• $750 setup fee
• Additional fees apply for promotion to CU Arts email