As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

Terms Used In Virginia Code 59.1-466.5

  • 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
  • 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
  • Primary ticket provider: means a provider of ticketing services, or an agent of such provider, that engages in the original sale of tickets for an event. See Virginia Code 59.1-466.5
  • Resale: means the sale of a ticket other than the original sale of a ticket by a primary ticket provider. See Virginia Code 59.1-466.5
  • Rights holder: means any person or entity that has the initial ownership rights to sell a ticket to an event for which tickets for entry by the public are required and does not include a primary ticket provider unless the primary ticket provider is also the rights holder. See Virginia Code 59.1-466.5

“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.

“Internet ticketing platform” means a marketplace or exchange that enables consumers to purchase and sell tickets to events.

“Operator” means a person or subsidiary thereof that owns, operates, or controls a place of entertainment.

“Primary ticket provider” means a provider of ticketing services, or an agent of such provider, that engages in the original sale of tickets for an event.

“Purchaser” means an individual who purchases a ticket to an event.

“Resale” means the sale of a ticket other than the original sale of a ticket by a primary ticket provider.

“Reseller” means a person that sells or offers to sell tickets for resale.

“Rights holder” means any person or entity that has the initial ownership rights to sell a ticket to an event for which tickets for entry by the public are required and does not include a primary ticket provider unless the primary ticket provider is also the rights holder.

“URL” means the Uniform Resource Locator associated with an online website.

2017, cc. 261, 268; 2023, cc. 304, 305.