general admission

noun

: a fee paid for admission to a usually unreserved seating area (as in an auditorium or stadium)

Examples of general admission in a Sentence

Reserved seating is $20; general admission is $10.

Recent Examples on the Web All movie screenings at The Texas Theatre are general admission, with no reserve seating. —

Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2024 Open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with general admission tickets starting at $50. —

Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024 Details: The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art is open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday at 5200 Carneros Highway, Napa; general admission tickets are $25 and available at dirosaart.org. —

John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024 The Garden opens at 5 p.m. and tickets are $20 for VIP reserve, or $10 general admission tickets in advance. —

Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for general admission

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Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of general admission was in 1969

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