Northampton Area School District has approved the implementation of cashless ticket sales for sports events.

The NASD Board of Education voted unanimously 9-0 at the meeting Nov. 10 to approve HomeTown Ticketing as a second option to sell tickets for sports events and approve the implementation of HomeTown Ticketing to begin to have digital ticket sales.

Before the vote, school Director Joshua Harris asked, concerning digital ticketing, “Is that going to benefit us (NASD)?”

“We have a lot of people who come to our events who do not have cash,” NASD Superintendent of Schools Joseph S. Kovalchik replied.

“We are going to keep one or two ticket stations,” Kovalchik added. “Gradually, we’re going all-electronic. In a year out. We’ll save some money because we won’t have to pay as many people to do that.”

The HomeTown Ticketing website states the company provides digital ticket sales to 5,442 high schools, 9,261 kindergarten through eighth grade, 452 colleges and universities and 85 athletic conferences.

HomeTown helps sell online tickets for athletics, theater, music, arts and activity programs nationwide, according to the company’s website. HomeTown began in 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, its website states.

HomeTown partners with payment processors for payment processing and transaction management, states the company website.

Among fees charged by HomeTown Ticketing, according to the company’s website, include the following.

Transaction fee: $0.30 per transaction

Transaction volume fee: up to 2.9% of total transaction value

HomeTown fees for general admission and reserved seat ticket: $1 per ticket

HomeTown cites its advantages as speeding up entry, reducing stress and providing efficiency at events. HomeTown states it can help manage revenue, determine attendance and scan tickets at the gate.

With the HomeTown mobile app, students and fans can purchase tickets from their phones. HomeTown states it can maximize a school’s earnings, with flexible and mobile-friendly payment options, advanced and automated financial reporting, tracking of sales and attendance in real time and quick access to ticketing revenue.

HomeTown offers online fundraising.

For more information, visit hometown.com/faq.

The 9-0 school board vote also approved increasing sports event ticket prices from $5 to $7 for adults and from $3 to $5 for students. Senior citizens tickets will remain free of charge. The ticket adjustment takes place for the winter sports season starting in November.

In other business at the Nov. 10 meeting, school directors voted 9-0 to approve Kristy Henritzy, Christine Hunsberger, Jennifer Shellhammer-Getz, Alan Hartzell, Herman Gestl and approximately 18 Northampton varsity softball players to attend varsity softball training at the Cal Ripken Experience, March 11-15, 2026, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., at no cost to the district; Joe Tocci, Jessi Tocci, Stan Kish, Kevin Spano, Rachel DeGiulio, Danielle Roland and approximately 22 student athletes to attend the Cyprus Creek High School Lady Bear girls wrestling tournament, Orlando, Fla., at no cost to the district; and donation of an unused old competition wrestling mat that does not meet Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association standards to Northampton Area Wrestling’s youth program.

The board of education holds its reorganization meeting 6:15 p.m. Dec. 1, followed by the regular meeting approximately 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Northampton Area High School, 1619 Laubach Ave., Northampton.