Virginia Code 59.1-466.6: Ticket resale limitations; prohibition; exception
A. No person that issues tickets for admission to an event shall issue any such ticket solely through a delivery method that substantially prevents the purchaser of the ticket from lawfully reselling the ticket on the Internet ticketing platform of the ticket purchaser’s choice.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 59.1-466.6
- Event: means any professional concert, live entertainment event, professional sporting or athletic event, or professional theatrical production open to the public for which tickets are ordinarily sold. See Virginia Code 59.1-466.5
- Internet ticketing platform: means a marketplace or exchange that enables consumers to purchase and sell tickets to events. See Virginia Code 59.1-466.5
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
- Purchaser: means an individual who purchases a ticket to an event. See Virginia Code 59.1-466.5
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
B. No person shall be discriminated against or denied admission to an event solely on the basis that the person resold a ticket, or purchased a resold ticket, on a specific Internet ticketing platform.
C. This section shall not apply to (i) student tickets issued for an event at an auxiliary enterprise facility financed with bonds issued under Article X, Section 9(d) of the Constitution of Virginia and supported in part by student fees or (ii) any concert or theater venue located within or adjacent to a national park that offers yearly memberships that include concert or theater tickets as part of the membership benefit.