Said Sattout, ticketing manager, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney. (Photo courtesy Qudos Bank Arena) Where he’s meant to be  Said Sattout lives 15 minutes from Qudos Bank Arena. It is situated in Sydney Olympic Park, where it was built for the 2000 Summer Olympics.  “Every day I’d drive past and I’d say to myself. ‘I’m going to work there one day, I’m going to work there one day.’” He’d caught countless acts at the ASM Global-managed 21,000-seater. The most memorable was Madonna — “the production, the costumes, the lighting, all fantastic,” he said. After working at Ticketek in various roles for 13 years and as ticketing manager at Star Entertainment Group for close to four years, he joined Qudos Bank Arena in November 2017 in the newly created role of ticketing manager. Under venue General Manager Steve Havern, Sattout restructured ticketing to provide quicker turnaround of information for touring acts and anchor… Continue Reading Ticketing Star Awards: Said Sattout

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