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Because there is nothing Amazon doesn’t want to be able to sell you, you could soon be looking for tickets to the big game or concert while adding everything else to your shopping cart.

Alexa, find me two tickets to the Eagles-Cowboys game.

According to a report from Reuters, Amazon is exploring the possibility of collaborating with U.S. venues to become an official ticket outlet. Amazon already has experience selling tickets, having done so with certain venues in Great Britain. While Reuters reports Amazon is engaging in conversations with venues, it also reports the online retail giant has approached at least one league about selling tickets on a secondary market similar to StubHub. Which league that is was not reported, so feel free to use your imagination.

Jumping in the ticket retail game would be a costly adventure, but Amazon is equipped financially to take such a big step forward in the market.

Getting a foothold in the ticketing business would likely be an expensive proposition. Ticketmaster in many cases pays the venues for the right to sell tickets and manage the box office, and venue owners are loath to give up that revenue even when it means high ticketing fees for consumers.

Amazon has offered to write sponsorship checks worth millions of dollars to the venues, one of the sources said. But it has yet to budge on customer data. Owners want to know who is buying their tickets so they can tailor social media campaigns and book the right acts in the right places.

This would be fantastic news for those who have grown tired of having to rely on Ticketmaster for your ticket purchases, although it is way too early to predict what service charges Amazon may include on ticket sales. But more competition for Ticketmaster is always a good sign in the online ticket retailer game. What makes this development even more interesting is Amazon has reportedly attempted to work with Ticketmaster to get a foot in the game. Those discussions between the two have gone by the wayside, meaning Amazon and Ticketmaster could be potential rivals rather than partners.

The possibilities for Amazon Prime members to get exclusive ticket deals feels like a natural move since everything Amazon does is about getting customers to sign up for a Prime account…

Amazon has made a number of moves to get more customers to its website and subscribe to Prime. Earlier this year, it agreed to pay about $50 million to the U.S. National Football League to livestream this season’s 10 Thursday night games, sources have told Reuters.

“It’s all about Prime,” said Brandon Ross, an analyst at BTIG. “The reason they are spending multiple billions of dollars a year on programming is to get more Prime subscribers and engage more consumers.”

So get ready to start looking for your tickets on Amazon, because this feels like a natural move for the retail giant.

[Reuters]

About Kevin McGuire

Contributor to Athlon Sports and The Comeback. Previously contributed to NBCSports.com. Host of the Locked On Nittany Lions Podcast. FWAA member and Philadelphia-area resident.