Our weekly tech round-up from the world of ticketing and associated industries…
**Las Vegas Aces**
AXS has renewed its partnership with two-time Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) side Las Vegas Aces. AXS will remain the official ticketing partner of the Aces, and fans will continue to benefit from technology like AXS Mobile ID.
“We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with the Las Vegas Aces, one of the most exciting teams in professional sports,” said Mason Donley, head of sports and subscriptions, AXS.
“We are committed to offering solutions to make it easier for our clients to do business, drive revenue and delight fans.”
**Stern Grove Festival hails Tixologi**
San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival has announced its new partnership with Punchup Technologies and its ticketing platform Tixologi, which powered the launch of the event’s summer 2025 season. Stern Grove adopted Tixologi’s lottery based ticketing designed to promote accessibility, fairness and transparency. The lottery’s first weekend saw the platform handle over 55,000 ticket requests. [Punchup acquired Tixologi earlier this yea](https://www.theticketingbusiness.com/2025/04/comedy-platform-punchup-live-acquires-tixologi/)r.
**OSDM Sandbox**
Wiremind, the company behind Eventori, has launched Paxone OSDM Sandbox which is an open environment for testing and validating OSDM-based (open sales and distribution model) ticketing and distribution management solutions.
**Choose your own price**
The Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds has begun running a ‘choose your own price’ entry model. The attraction is the UK’s largest independent media museum. The museum will now offer four pricing tiers ranging from £9 (€11/$12) to £16, replacing the previous fixed admission structure. The lowest-price option is described as a ‘lower cost ticket’ and the highest tier will act as a ‘pay-it-forward’ option which will subsidise visits for others.