Have you purchased a ticket to a sporting event? If the answer is yes, you have likely bought a limited, revocable license for the event without even realizing it. Customers looking to buy tickets are not purchasing the right to attend. Instead, a customer is essentially purchasing “permission” to an event, granted by the venue owner or event organizer. This reserves the right for an organizer or venue owner to revoke that permission to any individual that violates the agreed upon terms and conditions.
Since a ticket is viewed as a license, it also has contractual elements. When a ticket is purchased and used, the ticket holder agrees to comply with all terms and conditions laid out by the ticket and venue. This enters the two parties into a type of contractual relationship. If the contract is broken, tickets can be revoked, and a fan can be forced to leave. This is not uncommon for NBA games and other professional sports leagues. Violations such as disrupting an event or illegal resale of tickets are common reasons for revocation. Every season, fans get their “license revoked” for disruptive behavior, so make sure to adhere to the terms and conditions when you attend your next event!
