Buying event/concert tickets for "semi-ambulatory" seats when you're not disabled

[Anonymous]

Would it be really crappy of me to buy concert/event tickets that are the "semi-ambulatory" seats when I'm not disabled? For what it's worth, they are resale tickets, I just happened to look at the seating chart and noticed they are not "regular" seats. They're one of the only 4-seats together left for sale... Am I overthinking?

[Anonymous]

Do it.

Or wait it out, checking daily to see if some actual “semi ambulatory” people decide they want tickets.

Seriously. Do it. Fake a limp if you feel bad.

[Anonymous]

I'd check with the venue first to make sure they're going to allow you to sit there, but if the venue doesn't have an issue with it - for sure I'd buy them.

[Anonymous]

Call the venue. Strathmore said I could have one when I called right before a concert and they had received no other request for that type of seat.

[Anonymous]

What's the venue? If we have specifics people might be able to give you more advice.

I bought on stub hub tickets to Bruno Mars at the Verizon Center last September. They were excellent seats right off the stage so I snagged them. Our seats ended up being right smack in the middle of a deaf group with their own three deaf interpreters with a special platform standing in front of our section. The three of us where the only non deaf people in this section and when people started to smile and sign to us, we didn't know what to do. It ended up being no big deal, the other people didn't seem to care, everyone wins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the venue? If we have specifics people might be able to give you more advice.

I bought on stub hub tickets to Bruno Mars at the Verizon Center last September. They were excellent seats right off the stage so I snagged them. Our seats ended up being right smack in the middle of a deaf group with their own three deaf interpreters with a special platform standing in front of our section. The three of us where the only non deaf people in this section and when people started to smile and sign to us, we didn't know what to do. It ended up being no big deal, the other people didn't seem to care, everyone wins.

It's Arena Stage (Patriot Center) in Fairfax. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's illegal but there is certainly a chance you may be accused of being a douche for sitting in handicapped seats. Being in DC, you should already be comfortable with that risk.

[Anonymous]

So it’s the Patriot Center. My father always sits in these kind of Sears because he is disabled but I haven’t taken him there. When we have been to larger and similar arenas, like Capital One Arena or Fed Ex, these seats usually mean the kind a wheelchair can hook into or sit beside. Think of the ones at the movie theaters. Often in order to prevent stairs, they have this section at the top of the lower level, so right when you enter the seating area from be concourse, it’s the top row, close so where the usher stands. They aren’t always the best seats. At the Anthem, they are behind the sounding and lighting board.

I don’t think a person would confront you, it is likely someone who needed that seat can’t go and is reselling. So they need the money. Not every ambulatory disability requires a wheelchair or cane so people can’t really tell just by looking at someone. I don’t think an usher can make that judgment call or will care.

[Anonymous]

Don't be that a**hole. Those seats aren't for you, and you know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't be that a**hole. Those seats aren't for you, and you know that.

Agreed. Although check back the day before and see if they are still available. If they aren't sold then, they likely won't be.

You may

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do it.

Or wait it out, checking daily to see if some actual “semi ambulatory” people decide they want tickets.

Seriously. Do it. Fake a limp if you feel bad.

Please, don't be an ass and fake a limp.

I'm a disabled person and while I may wish I had your tickets the night of the performance, the fact is if they are available to be purchased and not reserved for disabled people specifically, then you should go ahead and buy them. Some venues reserve very good tickets for disabled people for a reduced price, but you have to prove you qualify and such. People can't just go online and buy them. So, if you can, I can't think of any reason why you should feel badly about buying them.

That said, I probably wouldn't personally buy them if I didn't need them because I'd feel bad if I saw someone in the audience who could better use them...but then again, I get overly worried about all kinds of things.

[Anonymous]

We bought semi ambulatory seats at George Mason. My mother in law has trouble walking and can’t do many stairs. But they are real seats and usually off to the side. Different from the block of seats with a gap or at the rail for wheelchairs.

[Anonymous]

Ticketmaster FAQ says, no.

[Anonymous]

Y'all r evil

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Y'all r evil

You brought up a thread from last year to say this?