Sports Fans

[Booter]

I gotta interesting question. Do you think it’s wrong to purchase a ticket to a sporting event but not sit in the seat you purchased? (i.e) sitting in an empty seat, or just moving somewhere else to sit with friends.

 

[Catholic1954]

If you have purchased a reserved, assigned seat ticket then you should sit in that seat. If you have purchased a ticket to an event that will allow you to select any seat, then you can sit anywhere you want. You can always take your ticket to the box office and try to exchange it if you change your mind, or meet up with friends.

 

[NoWhereMan]

When I go to events, I wait until the show or whatever is about to start, if I see a better seat, that has not been sold, I will move into it, I see nothing wrong with that, also, If I get a letter, with the stamp not canceled, I will peel it off & use it again, they say thats wrong too, but i disagree

 

[Booter]

My usual philosophy is that there is nothing wrong with moving to an empty seat that costs less than the one you paid for, or toward the end of an event moving closer. However, I’m going to a football game tomorrow and my friends wanna “sneak in” to the student section to be with people our age. The actually price of a student ticket is definitely less than what we’re gonna pay for our seats, but the view from them may be better. I think I’m being scrupulous but who knows.

 

[puzzleannie]

it depends on the policy of the ballpark or stadium which is usually printed on the ticket. If it is general admission, it usually does not matter where you sit. If they are reserved seats, sometimes the park allows you to move to a better seat, say in the second half or after the 4th inning. I imagine the owners reserve the right to move you if the people who paid for those seats show up. But no it is not okay to sit in seats you have not paid for if it is against the park’s policy.

 

[choy]

some sins are sins not because of the action but because of the intent

like when Jesus tells us to fast in secret. fasting is a good thing but if you’re boasting that you’re fasting, then its a sin

now, on sport and concert tickets, intent i think is important. if you bought the ticket and meant to sit in your designated seat, but once you get there see there’s a better one available and you move there, i think its okay. but if you buy cheap tickets with the intention of sneaking into better priced seats, then that is a sin.

 

[Texan77]

I gotta interesting question. Do you think it’s wrong to purchase a ticket to a sporting event but not sit in the seat you purchased? (i.e) sitting in an empty seat, or just moving somewhere else to sit with friends.

example 1

If I bought a ticket to a baseball game - standing ticket only with the intentions of not standing at all but finding a better seat once I get there …

Then I would say that you have committed a sin - perhaps even mortal

One of the 10 commandments is thy shall not steal - well you are in actuality stealing from the baseball club for the seat you are sitting in is not legally yours

Now if I bought tickets and there are many seats open and I bought the tickets with no intentions of moving to better seat - I imagine you can make a case that it is not a sin.

Even in your case where you can justify that the seat that you moved to is cheeper - well it is still not your seat.

Because of ticket prices being so high and the cost of food and drinks I do not go to sports events very often - when I do I will either buy a special ticket price and or go ahead and buy the best seats possible

I have also moved around quite a bit - and I think that is okay to a certain extent - sometimes I start out in my seat and his one of the sports type bars or an open deck which would be okay.

Plus the way many parks that are built today encourage fans to walk throughout and do different things -