Custom Event Tickets
Set the Stage Before the Event Begins
The anticipation for a great event starts the moment a guest holds their ticket. Custom printed event tickets are more than just a proof of purchase—they are a tangible souvenir, a branding opportunity, and a crucial logistical tool. Whether you are hosting a local theater production, a massive corporate gala, or a community raffle, our premium tickets ensure your event looks legitimate and highly professional.
Ideal for Organizations of All Sizes
Our custom event ticket printing service is trusted by a wide variety of community pillars to manage access and raise funds:
- Concerts & Theater Productions: Provide a beautiful, glossy ticket that attendees will want to pin to their refrigerator or keep in a scrapbook long after the final curtain call.
- Charity Galas & VIP Dinners: Issue high-end, premium tickets that match the elegance of your black-tie event and justify a premium entry price.
- School Dances & Proms: Ensure a secure, organized entry process for students with perforated stubs that can be collected at the door by chaperones.
- Raffles & Fundraisers: The perforated stub acts perfectly as a tear-away entry ticket. The attendee keeps the main ticket with their matching number, while you drop the stub into the drawing drum.
Premium 80 lb. Cover Gloss Material
We do not print your event tickets on thin, flimsy copier paper that easily rips in a wallet or purse. All of our tickets are printed on a rigid, durable 80 lb. Cover Gloss stock. The thick cardstock provides a satisfying, professional snap when torn by the door attendant, and the glossy finish acts as a protective layer that makes your full-color graphics and logos look incredibly vibrant.
The Perforated Stub Advantage
A ticket is only fully functional if it can be verified at the door. Every ticket we produce includes a clean, machine-scored perforation line. This creates a dedicated tear-off stub, allowing your event staff to quickly detach the stub for headcounts or raffle entries while returning the larger portion of the beautiful ticket to the guest as a souvenir.
Designing for the Tear-Off: File Preparation
Designing an event ticket requires precise layout planning. Because a physical perforation line will be scored into the paper by our bindery machines, you must account for this tear-line in your digital design to ensure important information isn't accidentally ripped in half at the door.
The Perforation Safe Zone (Crucial)
Our standard 2" x 5.5" tickets feature a tear-off stub that is exactly 1.5 inches wide on either the left or right side of the ticket.
- The Crease Line: You must visualize an invisible line 1.5 inches from the edge of your design. Do not place any text, logos, or barcodes directly over this line. If you do, that information will be destroyed the moment the ticket is torn at the venue door.
- Stub Information: The 1.5-inch stub is generally reserved for the most vital, quick-glance information for your door staff. This includes the Ticket Type (e.g., VIP vs General Admission), the Event Date, and the specific seat number or raffle number.
- Main Body Information: The remaining 4 inches of the ticket should house your large event logo, the venue address, sponsorship logos, and the main visual artwork.
Bleeds and Edge Margins
To achieve a professional, edge-to-edge print (full bleed) where the color runs perfectly off the sides of the ticket:
- The Bleed Area: Add a 0.125-inch bleed margin to all four sides of your 2"x5.5" document canvas. Your final digital file size should be exactly 2.25" x 5.75". Extend your background imagery into this space.
- The Outer Safe Zone: Keep all critical text and borders at least 0.125 inches away from the outer edges of the document to ensure they are not accidentally clipped during the final guillotine trimming process.
Resolution and Sequential Numbering
Ensure your document is set to the CMYK color space and all images are saved at a minimum of 300 DPI. If your tickets require sequential numbering (e.g., Ticket #001 to #500) for security or raffles, please leave two completely blank white boxes (one on the tear-off stub, one on the main ticket body) measuring at least 1.5 inches wide by 0.5 inches tall, where our machines will stamp the red numbering.
Turnaround & Delivery Logistics
The Production Schedule
Custom event tickets require a highly specialized, multi-step bindery process. After the thick 80 lb. gloss cardstock is printed on our presses, the sheets must be individually fed into a mechanical scoring machine to create the clean perforation line, followed by the final guillotine trimming. Due to these necessary finishing steps, standard production time for event tickets is 1 to 3 business days following the approval of your print-ready artwork.
Local DFW Pickup for Event Coordinators
Are you a Dallas/Fort Worth event coordinator scrambling to get your box office prepared for opening night? Bypass all shipping transit times and potential delivery delays by utilizing our Local Pickup service. Once your tickets are printed, perforated, bundled, and boxed, you will receive an immediate automated notification. You can collect your boxes directly from the Xpress Shipping and Printing center located at 909 W Spring Creek Pkwy, Ste 210, Plano, TX 75023.
Secure Bulk Shipping
If you require delivery to a venue out of state, we ensure your tickets arrive in perfect condition, ready for the box office. Batches of tickets are tightly shrink-wrapped in small bricks (usually stacks of 100 or 250) to prevent shifting, corner crushing, and humidity exposure during transit. These bricks are then nested tightly inside heavy-duty corrugated boxes. We ship via authorized national carriers (UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS) to provide reliable tracking straight to your organization's headquarters or the event venue's loading dock.
Emergency Rush Processing
Did a massive surge in last-minute ticket sales mean you are completely sold out and need an extra batch printed before doors open tomorrow? We understand the chaotic nature of event planning. If you have an impending, non-negotiable deadline, please call our service hotline directly at 214-440-2130 before placing your order online. Depending on our daily bindery capacity, we can frequently accommodate same-day or next-day rush processing to ensure your event runs smoothly.