Walmart, Ticketmaster Team Up

By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy

Fans of family shows, concerts and sporting events can now buy their tickets at the Walmart store at 9245 W. 159th St. in Orland Hills or any of 77 Walmarts in the Chicago area that are now offering tickets to Ticketmaster events.

Fans can use touch screens in the store’s electronics department to buy tickets to any Ticketmaster live events. Once the desired event is selected by the fan, a Walmart employee helps complete the transaction and immediately prints the tickets.

"By integrating ticketing into Walmart stores, we are able to offer fans this very convenient way to learn about upcoming events, purchase and take home tickets without leaving their neighborhood," said Nathan Hubbard, CEO of Ticketmaster, I a release. "In addition, Ticketmaster will continue to work closely with our clients to create exclusive high value offers for Walmart customers."

The service also is available at Walmarts in Bedford Park, Bolingbrook, Bourbonnais, Bridgeview, Country Club Hills, Crestwood, Evergreen Park, Glenwood, Joliet, Lansing, Lockport, Matteson, Naperville, Plainfield, Romeoville and Shorewood.

Orland Square Story Hour
The Simon Kidgits Club is teaming up with Simon & Schuster to bring a monthly story hour to Orland Square Mall.

Read.Play.Shop. will entertain children through stories, activities and games while stirring their imaginations at the same time.

Visit the Orland Square Mall Play Area sponsored by Bettenhausen Dodge at 10 a.m. on Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 13 or Dec. 13.

All About Me Relocates
All About Me It's A London Thing has relocated to the lower JC Penney Court at Orland Square Mall.

Orland Bakery Delivers for Free
Orland Bakery, which will be relocating soon from its longtime home at 143rd Street and LaGrange Road in Orland Park, has started offering free delivery anywhere in the village for orders of $25 or more. For information, call 708-349-8516 or visit their website at http://www.orlandparkbakery.com/.

Jersey Mike’s Joins Mokena French MarketJersey Mike’s Subs in Orland Park will have a booth at the Mokena French Market for the next eight Saturdays. The market runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Metra parking lot at Front Street and Wolf Road in downtown Mokena.

Deal of the monthFrom now until Sept. 26, shoppers who frequent the Aldi food store inside the Westfield Chicago Ridge Mall in Chicago Ridge will receive a $10 Westfield gift card for every $75 they spend at Aldi. Just take your Aldi receipt to the Mall Office or Westfield Concierge to get your gift card.

Bears deal of the weekend
Every week, we will feature a Southland establishment that has a great deal for Bears fans. For the opener, Chicago Blu at 19917 S. LaGrange Road in Frankfort has lots of flat screen TVs, cheap pitchers of Miller and Bud and domestic buckets as well as a free halftime buffet. For information, call 815-469-2204. Game starts at noon.