§ 78-550. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section.

Event organizer means the entity or person that is organizing or in charge of conducting a ticketed event.

Event venue means any part of the location, dedicated parking areas, facility, or structure where a ticketed athletic or entertainment event for more than 250 people occurs excluding property owned or operated by the board of education. For purposes of this chapter, the following locations and attendant event venues are specifically included:

(1)

SunTrust Park;

(2)

Cobb Performing Arts Center;

(3)

Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre;

(4)

Cobb Galleria;

(5)

Jim Miller Park;

(6)

Cobb County Civic Center;

(7)

Roxy Theatre; and

(8)

Fifth Third Bank Stadium.

Face value means the value of a ticket as printed on the ticket itself, or, absent such a marking, the amount for which the ticket was authorized to be sold by the event organizer, plus a service charge not to exceed $3.00.

Repurchase means purchasing or offering to purchase a ticket or tickets for admission to a ticketed event on the day of the ticketed event within 2,700 feet or 1,500 feet, as applicable, of the event venue, excluding purchases from the event organizer or its authorized agents.

Resale (resell) means selling or offering to sell a ticket or tickets for admission to a ticketed event on the day of the ticketed event within 2,700 feet or 1,500 feet, as applicable, of the event venue, excluding purchases from the event organizer or its authorized agents.

Ticket means a physical or electronic document serving as evidence that the holder has paid admission or entitles the holder to admission.

Ticket broker means a person to whom the business license division manager has granted a license to resell or repurchase tickets.

Ticketed event means an organized event open to the public and requiring a ticket for admission.

(Amd. of 2-23-16)