In 99 theaters and concert halls in Moscow, ticket sales by passport will begin on March 15. This initiative of the Moscow Department of Culture is aimed at combating ticket resale.
Now, to make a purchase, it is enough to register on the theater's website and enter your passport data. You will need to present your document at the entrance.
Each buyer can now purchase no more than four tickets. The problem with gift tickets has been solved with a voucher system that allows the recipient to enter their passport data on the website. Thanks to this, such tickets cannot be resold. They can be reissued to another person, but the procedure will take about 10 days.
However, some industry experts express concern about the new rules. For example, Vyacheslav Gerasimchuk, author of a theater blog, believes that the innovation may negatively affect theater fans: if a person cannot attend the event for some reason, their ticket will be lost due to the impossibility of transferring it to another person.
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