"Leave no single seat" policy when booking

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 4:44pm

Fair, or not?

What is the reasoning behind it?

I find it disrespectful.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:01pm

Capitalism respects no one but the unholy dollar.

[MysteriousLady]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:14pm

As a solo theater goer I naturally hate it. 

[nealb1]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:21pm

It's terrible.  And, makes absolutely no sense at all.  

[broadfan327]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:26pm

It is harder to sell a single seat than two, so they would rather take the chance of denying the sale to the solo.  I go solo to Broadway so I would not like this if I saw this.  Yankee Stadium has this rule I think.

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:29pm

What ticketing service is pulling this crap? Have never seen it before. 

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:33pm

Sometimes you can call and get them to sell you a single seat over the phone. I've gotten lucky doing that. 

[Huss417]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:35pm

I usually buy singles and have yet to run into this issue. What site is not letting you purchase a single? 

[mar6411]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 5:45pm

I go single most times and can’t remember ever having a problem

[hak5]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:06pm

99.9% of my theatre visits are solo.  I have yet to have an issue

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:08pm

Maybe actual Broadway is exempt.

Telecharge don't seem to do it. Ticketmaster most certainly do. 

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:14pm

Ticketmaster or Telecharge used to have this policy which never came back after Covid, so this problem doen't exist anymore. And private businesses don't care about you feeling "disrespected", you can buy your tickets elsewhere if that's the real issue.

[MysteriousLady]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:20pm

Huss417 said: "I usually buy singles and have yet to run into this issue. What site is not letting you purchase a single?"

Ticketmaster does this. When you have a monopoly you can get away with it. 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:21pm

Ignore Sutton. Ticketmaster still do it.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:25pm

For what, concerts? Because plenty of people bought singles to The Last 5 Years and that was on Ticketmaster. 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:36pm

Not just concerts. Hamilton in Chicago, to give a hypothetical scenario.

It's still possible to buy single seats, so long as you don't leave a single seat behind.

For clarification.

For fussy people who buy late, it can cause problems.

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 6:44pm

Sutton Ross said: "Ticketmaster or Telecharge used to have this policy which never came back after Covid, so this problem doen't exist anymore. And private businesses don't care about you feeling "disrespected", you can buy your tickets elsewhere if that's the real issue."

Damn, babe. You managed to get my last comment to you deleted in record time. Which administrator are you married to?

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 7:18pm

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Not just concerts. Hamilton in Chicago, to give a hypothetical scenario.

It's still possible to buy single seats, so long as you don'tleavea single seat behind.

For clarification.

For fussy people who buy late, it can cause problems."

I bought a single seat for Hamilton in Chicago so my best friend could see Joshua Henry be brilliant just fine. People perhaps should stop being "fussy", if this is still an actual issue on Ticketmaster. But I don't believe any Broadway tickets are sold on Ticketmaster anymore as their main ticketing source. 

 

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 8:18pm

I still run into that issue on Ticketmaster but thankfully they're not an official theatre source anymore.

[mlledir]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 8:20pm

I have at times been able to work around this as follows:

1. Open a separate browser and HOLD the 2 seats next to the single seat.

2. Go back to your regularly scheduled browser window and buy the single seat.

Hope this helps someone :)

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 9:01pm

Genius, mlledir!

Thank you.

EDIT Wait… if there's three seats together and I want one, I wouldn't be leaving a single seat anyway…?

Updated On: 4/21/26 at 09:01 PM

[kdogg36]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 9:37pm

I love you, Jay Lerner Z. Never change! (no sarcasm intended)

Updated On: 4/21/26 at 09:37 PM

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 4/21/26 at 9:54pm

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Genius, mlledir!

Thank you.

EDIT Wait… if there's three seats together and I want one, I wouldn't be leaving a single seat anyway…?"

It works if you want a one of a pair or perhaps 3 seats when there are four. Just open a separate browser and click on the unwanted seat  Ticketmaster holds that seat for about 10 minutes so you can go and buy the ones you want  

 

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 4/22/26 at 1:44am

Hideous nearly all theatre's do it here in Australia. I do the trick above with another browser open. It ****s me no end