A sports venue seating chart plugin should handle sections, suites, and standing-room zones — not just a flat list of tickets. Live Event Seating lets you build an accurate digital twin of your venue and sell every seat type directly from your WordPress site.
No per-ticket fees. No SaaS lock-in. Your data, your revenue, your venue.
Built for Sports Venues, Not Generic Events
Most WordPress ticketing plugins treat seating as an afterthought. They give you a grid of squares and call it a seat map. That doesn’t work for a sports venue.
Live Event Seating was built for venues with real architecture:
- Sections mode — Separate Home Section, Away Section, Premium Club, Luxury Boxes into distinct areas. Fans zoom into each section on their phone.
- Curved stadium rows — Replicate bowl seating, bleacher arcs, and amphitheater curves with a simple slider.
- Seat blocks with real numbering — Section 112, Row 15, Seat 8. Match your online chart exactly to the physical seats.
- Kill seats — Remove seats blocked by scoreboards, camera positions, or support columns. They stay invisible to customers.
- Accessibility marking — Mark wheelchair spaces, companion seats, and accessible viewing areas clearly.
- Season ticket management — Let fans pick their seats once and keep them across the entire season.
Your digital seat map should look like your actual stadium. Live Event Seating makes that possible.
Sell Tickets Without Losing 3-7% Per Seat
Sports economics are tight. Every ticket you sell on Ticketmaster or StubHub loses massive percentages to platform fees before you see a dollar.
Here’s what that means for a typical sports season:
| Tickets Sold | Avg Price | Platform Fees (Est.) | Live Event Seating | You Keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | $35 | $11,442 | $194.99 | $11,247 |
| 15,000 | $45 | $41,332 | $194.99 | $41,137 |
| 50,000 | $55 | $154,160 | $194.99 | $153,965 |
Over a full season, the savings cover player salaries, facility upgrades, or a full marketing campaign.
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What Sports Venue Managers Ask Us
Can I sell different prices for different sections?
Yes. Use a WooCommerce Variable Product to set Premium Club, General Admission, Student, and Senior pricing. Assign each price tier to specific sections, rows, or individual seats in the builder.
Can I hold seats for season ticket holders?
Yes. Use the Block Seats tool to mark any seat as unavailable before single-game sales open. Perfect for season ticket reserves, media seats, and VIP holds.
Can I sell season tickets?
Yes. Create a WooCommerce product for your season pass and assign it to specific seats. Fans pick their seats once and keep them across the entire season.
What about group bookings for corporate events?
Group bookings are built in. Corporate groups, schools, and community organizations can book blocks of seats with a single click.
Can I check people in at the gate?
Yes. The QR check-in scanner turns any phone into a check-in station. Scan tickets at the gate, prevent duplicates, and track attendance in real time.
Built for Every Kind of Sports Venue
- Stadiums — Large venues with multiple sections, luxury boxes, and premium seating
- Arenas — Basketball, hockey, and indoor sports with curved bowl seating
- Ballparks — Baseball and softball fields with grandstands and bleacher sections
- Soccer fields — Supporters’ sections, reserved seating, and premium viewing areas
- Multi-purpose venues — Venues that host sports, concerts, and community events
- School athletics — High school and college sports with student and general sections
Two Ways to Get Started
Option 1 — Build it yourself
Most sports venues are live within 30 minutes. Install the plugin, create your WooCommerce ticket products, and design your venue with the drag-and-drop builder.
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Option 2 — Done-For-You setup
Send us a PDF, image, or architectural drawing of your venue. Our team builds a pixel-perfect digital seat map within 48 hours and delivers it as a ready-to-import template.
Real Sports Venues, Real Results
“Whether you’re hosting intimate dinner parties, large-scale concerts, theater productions, or sporting events, our plugin scales to meet your venue’s needs.”
— Case Study: Donovan Carrillo WordPress Seating Chart
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this plugin work with The Events Calendar?
Yes. Live Event Seating offers native integration with The Events Calendar and Events Manager. Manage your game schedule in your existing calendar and design seating with our builder.
Can I use my own payment gateway?
Yes. Live Event Seating runs on WooCommerce, so you can use Stripe, PayPal, Square, or any gateway you already trust. You keep 100% of ticket revenue minus standard processing.
How many tickets can I sell per game?
Unlimited. There’s no cap on events or tickets in any plan.
Can I handle doubleheaders or same-day events?
Yes. Create separate events for each game, or use the Sections feature to keep them in one event with distinct time slots.
Is there a free version?
Yes. Live Event Seating Lite is free on WordPress.org. Upgrade to Pro ($194.99/year) when you need waitlist, seat transfers, QR check-in, or advanced features.
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