                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 59.1-466.5)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Event&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Internet ticketing platform&#8221; means a marketplace or exchange that
enables consumers to purchase and sell tickets to events.
		&#8220;Operator&#8221; means a person or subsidiary thereof that owns,
operates, or controls a place of entertainment.
		&#8220;Primary ticket provider&#8221; means a provider of ticketing services,
or an agent of such provider, that engages in the original sale of tickets for
an event.
		&#8220;Purchaser&#8221; means an individual who purchases a ticket to an
event.
		&#8220;Resale&#8221; means the sale of a ticket other than the original sale
of a ticket by a primary ticket provider.
		&#8220;Reseller&#8221; means a person that sells or offers to sell tickets for
resale.
		&#8220;Rights holder&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;URL&#8221; means the Uniform Resource Locator associated with an online
website.

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