Terms of Use
Last Updated: August 02, 2022
The following are the terms of use (“Terms”) that govern your use of the Account Manager website (the “Site”), which features advanced ticketing transaction technologies and services (collectively referred to as “Advanced Services”). Some of the Advanced Services are provided by Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and some of the Advanced Services are provided by Ticketmaster (“us” or “we”). Our Privacy Policy and any other policies, rules or guidelines that may be applicable to particular offers or features on the Site are also incorporated into these Terms. These Terms shall constitute a valid, binding and enforceable legal agreement among you, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and us. There shall be no oral or implied agreement between you and us, you and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, or you, us and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, that shall be binding or enforceable. By visiting or using the Site, you expressly agree to these Terms, as may be updated from time to time.
We may make changes to these Terms at any time. Any changes we make will be effective immediately when we post a revised version of these Terms on the Site. The “Last Updated” date above will tell you when these Terms were last revised. By continuing to use this Site after that date, you agree to the changes.
COVID-19 WARNING:
An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any place where people gather. COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to severe illness and death. You assume all risks, hazards, and dangers arising from or relating in any way to the risk of contracting COVID-19 or any other communicable disease or illness, or a bacteria, virus or other pathogen capable of causing a communicable disease or illness, whether occurring before, during, or after the event, however caused or contracted, and voluntarily waive all claims and potential claims against Ticketmaster, Live Nation, Event Providers, and their affiliated companies relating to such risks.
Please note that while some of the events listed on the Site may appeal to children, the Site is not targeted at children under the age of 13, and they are not permitted to use the Site. We strongly encourage all parents and guardians to monitor the Internet use by their children. If you use the Site, you affirm you are at least 13 years old.
Purchase Policy
Balls, pucks, and other objects may fly into the spectator area during an event. Despite spectator shielding, injury can occur. Stay alert at all times before, during and after play or performance. If struck, immediately ask an usher for directions to a medical station. You voluntarily assume all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring before, during or after the event, and you waive any claims for personal injury or death against us, management, facilities, leagues, artists, other participants, and all of our respective parents, affiliated entities, agents, officers, directors, owners and employees on behalf of yourself and any accompanying minor. You bear all risks of inclement weather. Event date and time are subject to change. See the Limitation of Liability section in the Terms of Use for additional limits on our liability.
You assume all risks, hazards, and dangers arising from or relating in any way to the risk of contracting a communicable disease or illness (including exposure to COVID-19, a bacteria, virus, or other pathogen capable of causing a communicable disease or illness), whether occurring before, during, or after the event, however caused or contracted, and hereby waives all claims and potential claims against Ticketmaster, Live Nation, and Event Providers relating to such risks.
Account Registration
You will be required to register for an account to use the Site. Your account username may not include the name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person, or be offensive, vulgar or obscene. Your account username and password are personal to you. You will be responsible for the confidentiality and use of your username and password, and for all activities (including purchases) that are conducted through your account. You may not transfer or sell access to your account. We will not be liable for any harm related to disclosure of your username or password or the use by anyone else of your username or password. You may not use another user’s account without that user’s permission. You will immediately notify us in writing if you discover any unauthorized use of your account or other account-related security breach. We may require you to change your username and/or password if we believe your account is no longer secure or if we receive a complaint that your username violates someone else’s rights. You will have no ownership in your account or your username. We may refuse registration, cancel an account or deny access to the Site for any reason.
Code of Conduct
You agree that you will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and that you will not:
- Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Site;
- Use the Site for any unlawful purpose;
- Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by us, without our prior written consent;
- Impersonate any person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including any employee or representative of our company;
- Submit (a) any content or information that is unlawful, fraudulent, libelous, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable, or infringes our or any third party’s intellectual property or other rights; (b) any non-public information about companies without authorization; or (c) any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, surveys, contests, investment opportunities or other unsolicited commercial communication;
- Submit, or provide links to, any postings containing material that could be considered harmful, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, indecent, lewd, violent, abusive, profane, insulting, threatening, harassing, hateful or otherwise objectionable, includes the image or likeness of individuals under 18 years of age, encourages or otherwise depicts or glamorizes drug use (including alcohol and cigarettes), characterizes violence as acceptable, glamorous or desirable, or contains any personal contact information or other personal information identifying any third party;
- Submit, or provide links to, any postings containing material that harasses, victimizes, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, age, or disability;
- Engage in spamming or flooding;
- Harvest or collect information about Site users;
Ownership of Content and Grant of Conditional License
The Site and all data, text, designs, pages, print screens, images, artwork, photographs, audio and video clips, and HTML code, source code, or software that reside or are viewable or otherwise discoverable on the Site, and all tickets obtained from the Site, (collectively, the “Content”) are owned by us, Vancouver Whitecaps FC or our licensors. We own a copyright and, in many instances, patents and other intellectual property in the Site and Content. We may change the Content and features of the Site at any time.
We grant you a limited, conditional, no-cost, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to view this Site and its Content as permitted by these Terms only if, as a condition precedent, you agree that you will not:
- Submit any software or other materials that contain any viruses, worms, Trojan horses, defects, date bombs, time bombs or other items of a destructive nature;
- Manipulate identifiers, including by forging headers, in order to disguise the origin of any posting that you submit;
- Link to any portion of the Site other than the URL assigned to the home page of the Site;
- “Frame” or “mirror” any part of the Site;
- Modify, adapt, sub-license, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Site or otherwise attempt to derive any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of any part of the Content;
- Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained on the Site;
- Use any robot, spider, offline reader, site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic device, tool, or process to retrieve, index, data mine or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Content or the Site, including with respect to any CAPTCHA displayed on the Site. Operators of public search engines may use spiders to copy materials from the Site for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. We may revoke this exception at any time and require removal of archived materials gathered in the past;
- Use any automated software or computer system to search for, reserve, buy or otherwise obtain tickets or any other items available on the Site, including sending information from your computer to another computer where such software or system is active;
- Take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
- Reproduce, modify, display, publicly perform, distribute or create derivative works of the Site or the Content;
- Reproduce or scan tickets in a format or medium different from that provided by the Site;
- Decode, decrypt, modify, or reverse engineer any tickets or underlying algorithms or barcodes used on or in production of tickets or the Site;
- You may not attempt to conceal your identity by using multiple Internet Protocol addresses or email addresses, or by any other means, to conduct transactions on the Site;
- Use the Site or the Content in an attempt to, or in conjunction with, any device, program or service designed to circumvent any technological measure that effectively controls access to, or the rights in, the Site and/or Content in any way including, without limitation, by manual or automatic device or process, for any purpose.
This license is expressly conditioned on your preexisting agreement to comply with, and your actual compliance with, each of the provisions described in this Ownership of Content and Grant of Conditional License section. This license exists only so long as you strictly comply with each of the provisions described in this section. Any use of the Site or Content by you or anyone acting on your behalf that does not strictly comply with each and every provision in this section exceeds the scope of the license granted to you herein, constitutes unauthorized reproduction, display, or creation of unauthorized derivative versions of the Site and Content, and infringes our copyrights, trademarks, patents and other rights in the Site and Content. You will not acquire any ownership rights by using the Site or the Content.
The registered and unregistered trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on the Site are owned by us, Vancouver Whitecaps FC or our licensors. You may not use our or Vancouver Whitecaps FC trademarks, logos and service marks in any way without our prior written permission.
Links
The Site contains links to other websites that may not be owned or operated by us. The fact that we may link to those websites does not indicate any approval or endorsement of those websites. We have no control over those websites. We are not responsible for the content of those websites, or the privacy practices of those websites. We strongly encourage you to become familiar with the terms of use and practices of any linked website. Your use of other websites is at your own risk and is subject to the terms of those websites. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from the Site or other sites) is free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, defects, date bombs, time bombs and other items of a destructive nature.
Access from Outside Canada
The Site is directed to people residing in Canada. We do not represent that Content available on or through the Site is appropriate or available in other locations. We may limit the availability of the Site or any service or product described on the Site to any person or geographic area at any time. If you choose to access the Site from outside Canada, you do so at your own risk.
Purchasing Tickets
The Advanced Services offer you the ability to purchase tickets from individuals and businesses that hold tickets purchased from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. These individuals and businesses are the sellers of the tickets, not us or Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Although we or Vancouver Whitecaps FC may process your payment, or may be the name that you see on your credit card statement, neither we nor Vancouver Whitecaps FC is the seller of the ticket. When you purchase a ticket from a third party via the Advanced Services, the original ticket will automatically be cancelled and invalidated, your credit card will be charged the ticket price and all applicable fees, and you will be issued a new ticket. You will not be able to obtain a refund or exchange after a ticket has been purchased, unless required by law or otherwise permitted by Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC may require you to pay a fee, to be a season ticket holder, to be on the waiting list to be a season ticket holder or to comply with a registration or other requirement, in order to view listings of, or to purchase, some or all of the tickets posted for sale. We and Vancouver Whitecaps FC make no warranty or guarantee about the quantity or quality of tickets that will be available for purchase if you pay such a fee, are a season ticket holder, are on the waiting list to be a season ticket holder or comply with registration or other requirements. Please see Vancouver Whitecaps FC website for further restrictions.
Orders are processed only after a billing address, and other billing information, has been verified. Occasionally, we receive incorrect billing or credit card account information for a ticket order that can delay processing and delivery. In these cases, we will attempt to contact you, using the information provided at the time of purchase. If we are unable to reach you after our initial attempt, we may cancel your order and may sell your tickets to another customer without further notice.
If you do not receive a confirmation number (in the form of a confirmation page or email) after submitting payment information, or if you experience an error message or service interruption after submitting payment information, it is your responsibility to confirm whether or not your order has been placed. Only you may be aware of any problems that may occur during the purchase process. We will not be responsible for losses (monetary or otherwise) if you assume that an order was not placed because you failed to receive confirmation.
Seat views displayed on the Site may not be an exact representation.
Opening acts or guests may sometimes tour with headlining performers. We are not always made aware of opening acts or the length of their performances. Opening acts, as well as festival performers, are subject to change or cancellation at any time without notice. No refund will be owed if an opening act or festival performer is changed or canceled.
You agree that you will not attempt to evade, avoid, or circumvent any refund prohibitions in any manner with regard to tickets you purchased. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you will not contact us to seek a refund or exchange from us when we are prohibited from providing one by its clients, and you will not dispute or otherwise seek a “chargeback” from the company whose credit card you used to purchase tickets from the Site. Should you do so, your tickets may be canceled, and we may, in its sole discretion, refuse to honor pending and future ticket purchases made from all credit card accounts or online accounts on which such chargebacks have been made, and may prohibit all persons in whose name the credit card accounts exist and any person who accesses any associated online account or credit card or who otherwise breaches this provision from using the Site.
If we issue you a refund for a ticket due to a canceled or postponed event, we will issue a refund of the ticket price paid and all service fees. In no event will delivery charges or any other amounts be refunded. If a refund is issued, it will be issued using the same method of payment that was used to purchase the tickets. We will not be liable for travel or any other expenses that you or anyone else incurs in connection with a canceled or postponed event.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC reserves the right, without refund of any amount paid, to refuse admission to, or eject, any person whose conduct management deems disorderly, who uses vulgar or abusive language or who fails to comply with Vancouver Whitecaps FC rules. Breach of terms or rules will terminate your license to attend the event without refund. A ticket is a revocable license and admission may be refused upon refunding the ticket’s face amount. A ticket is not redeemable for cash.
You agree that the event for which you purchase tickets is a public event, that your appearance and actions inside and outside the venue where the event occurs are public in nature, and that you have no expectation of privacy with regard to your actions or conduct at the event. You grant permission to us and the Event Provider(s) to utilize your name, image, likeness, acts, poses, plays, appearance, movements, and statements in any live or recorded audio, video, or photographic display or other transmission, exhibition, publication or reproduction made of, or at, the event (regardless of whether before, during or after play or performance) for any purpose, in any manner, in any medium or context now known or hereafter developed, without further authorization from, or compensation to, you or anyone acting on your behalf.
We are not responsible for providing transportation or reimbursement of travel-related expenses under any circumstances unless those items are specifically included as part of a package. We are not responsible for any delay causing you to arrive late or miss your event for any reason. If our actions result in you missing your event, we will not be liable for more than your total purchase price. We are not responsible for the conditions or the actions of the crowd at any event or for any changes made at the venue including without limitation seating arrangements, stage set-up or venue conditions.
Balls, pucks, and other objects may fly into the spectator area during an event. Despite spectator shielding, injury can occur. Stay alert at all times before, during and after play or performance. If struck, immediately ask an usher for directions to a medical station. You voluntarily assume all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring before, during or after the event, and you waive any claims for personal injury or death against us, management, facilities, leagues, artists, other participants, and all of our respective parents, affiliated entities, agents, officers, directors, owners and employees on behalf of yourself and any accompanying minor. You bear all risks of inclement weather. Event date and time are subject to change.
You and your belongings may be searched on entry to the event. You consent to such searches and waive any related claims that may arise. If you elect not to consent to such searches, you may be denied entry to the event without refund or other compensation. Under certain facility rules, certain items may not be brought into the premises, including without limitation, alcohol, drugs, controlled substances, cameras, recording devices, laser pointers, strobe lights, irritants (e.g., artificial noisemakers), bundles and containers.
Unlawful resale (or attempted resale), counterfeit or copy of tickets is grounds for seizure and cancellation without compensation. Certain maximum resale premiums and restrictions may apply in some states, provinces or territories and we cannot be responsible for providing legal advice regarding resale or pricing of tickets. You are responsible for complying with all applicable ticket resale laws.
Tickets may not be used for advertising, promotions, contests or sweepstakes, unless formal written authorization is given by us.
Posting Tickets for Sale
If you use the Advanced Services to sell a ticket, you will be the ticket’s seller, not us or Vancouver Whitecaps FC. We and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are only providing certain services that will facilitate your sale. Unlawful resale (or attempted resale), counterfeit or copy of tickets is grounds for seizure and cancellation without compensation. Certain maximum resale premiums and restrictions may apply in some states, provinces or territories and we cannot be responsible for providing legal advice regarding resale or pricing of tickets. You are responsible for complying with all applicable ticket resale laws, rules and regulations when listing your tickets on any resale platform owned or controlled by us.
Before posting a ticket for sale via the Advanced Services, please consult the website through which you will be posting your ticket for sale, which detail the prices at which you may post tickets for sale via the Advanced Services, the amounts that will be deducted, retained or charged from or over the sale price, the amounts that will be credited or remitted to you, the method by which you will receive such credit or remission and other terms applicable to the posting, sale and funds collection, retention, deduction and payment or crediting processes. Once a ticket has been ordered by a potential purchaser, you will not be able to modify or cancel your posting of that ticket, or to stop that ticket’s sale, even though title to that ticket may not pass to the purchaser until a later time. We or Vancouver Whitecaps FC will collect funds from the purchaser, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC will transmit to you a credit or payment as described elsewhere in these Terms.
By posting a ticket using the Advanced Services, you authorize us and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, upon purchase of the ticket by another person through the Advanced Services, to cancel and invalidate your right to use or convey the ticket, and you acknowledge that the posted ticket will thereafter be invalid for entry to the applicable event by you or anyone other than the person who acquires that ticket via the Advanced Services (or any person lawfully receiving the ticket from such acquirer). Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be responsible for all payments and credits to you, you will solely hold Vancouver Whitecaps FC responsible for such payment or credit and neither we nor any other person or organization will be liable therefor.
Please note that not all members of the public may be able to purchase, or view listings for, tickets that you post for sale, as Vancouver Whitecaps FC may require potential purchasers to pay a fee, be a season ticket holder, be on the waiting list to be a season ticket holder or comply with a registration or other requirement, in order to view listings of, or to purchase, some or all of the tickets posted for sale. You will not be entitled to receive any part of any payment made in connection with having access to ticket listings or ticket purchase capabilities, or in connection with wait list or season ticket holder status.
You agree that you will not sell, convey, give away, forward, otherwise distribute, try to use or take any action that directly or indirectly allows to be cancelled or invalidated: (a) any ticket before or during any time that it is posted for sale via the Advanced Services, (b) any sold, forwarded or otherwise cancelled or invalidated tickets, or (c) any ticket that you have already sold, conveyed, forwarded or otherwise distributed to another.
If an event for which you sell a ticket via the Advanced Services is cancelled, then you will be obligated to return, within five days of notice by Vancouver Whitecaps FC, the difference between the amount of payments you collected in connection with such sale and the amount of money that Vancouver Whitecaps FC would have refunded to you had you still been the holder of (i.e., as if you had not yet sold) such ticket when the event was cancelled. In such a case, if you did not receive a payment from Vancouver Whitecaps FC but instead received a credit, then the credit will be reduced so that it instead equals the amount of money that Vancouver Whitecaps FC would have refunded to you had you still been the holder of such ticket when the event was cancelled. If an event for which you sell a ticket via the Advanced Services is postponed and the purchaser of such ticket is given a refund of the amount that that purchaser has paid, then you will be obligated to return, within five days of notice by Vancouver Whitecaps FC, all of the payments you collected in connection with such sale, but Vancouver Whitecaps FC will return the ticket to you that you sold so that you can then use it to attend the event. In such a case, if you did not receive a payment from Vancouver Whitecaps FC but instead received a credit, then the credit will be entirely reversed (so that you will no longer have a credit), but Vancouver Whitecaps FC will return the ticket to you that you sold so that you can then use it to attend the event. Any failure by you to pay any amounts owed under this paragraph within such five days will constitute a material breach of these Terms.
The following applies only to resale tickets to Illinois events: If you purchase resale tickets to an event located in Illinois, you will receive a refund of the amount you paid for that resale ticket if (a) the ticketed event is canceled (in which case you will not receive a refund of any delivery fees), (b) that ticket does not allow you to enter the ticketed event for reasons that may include, without limitation, that the ticket is counterfeit or that the ticket has been canceled by the issuer due to non-payment, unless the ticket is canceled due to an act or omission by you, (c) that ticket fails to conform to its listing description, or (d) you failed to receive that ticket.
The following applies only to resale tickets to New York events: If you purchase a resale ticket to an event located in New York, you will receive a refund of the amount you paid for that resale ticket if: (a) the ticketed event is canceled (in which case you will not receive a refund of any order processing and delivery fees); (b) that ticket does not allow you to enter the ticketed event, unless the ticket is canceled due to an act or omission by you; or (c) that ticket fails to conform to its listing description unless you have pre-approved a substitution of tickets.
Sold Tickets
Before we can pay you, we will need to collect your taxpayer information in accordance with applicable laws. Ticketmaster is generally required to file a Form 1099-K report with the IRS if the gross amount of your transactions on our marketplaces is $600 or more in a calendar year. Ticketmaster will generally provide you a copy of the Form 1099-K by January 31 of the following year. Many states may also require Ticketmaster to report when you have made at least $600 in transactions on our marketplaces, although some states may require reporting based on different thresholds. When required, Ticketmaster will generally provide you a copy of any state forms. For more information, please go to our FAQ page 1099-K Form: Answer to Some Common Questions.
Other Purchases and Services
You may be able to access Advanced Services to:
- purchase or renew season tickets
- register for season ticket waiting lists
- purchase rights of refusal for post season event tickets
- purchase additional suite seats
- purchase parking
- purchase ticket packages or single event tickets
- pay ticket or waiting list deposits
- engage in other activities
If you elect to engage in any such transaction, then additional terms may apply. Please consult Vancouver Whitecaps FC for additional terms and requirements.
Group Tickets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC may allow a designated person (“Group Manager”) to distribute group tickets. If you are in the group ticket distribution, the Group Manager will send you an email to retrieve print-at-home tickets. You will be responsible for printing out and using your tickets. Either you or the Group Manager will be responsible for paying for the tickets, as applicable. If the Group Manager pays for a ticket, then the Group Manager may cancel ticket distribution at any time, even after you have already retrieved your ticket, in which case you will not be able to use it to attend the event. If you are responsible for paying for a ticket, then the Group Manager may only cancel ticket distribution before you pay for the ticket; once you pay for a ticket the Group Manager will not be able to cancel it. You will not be able to obtain a refund or exchange after a ticket has been purchased, unless required by law or otherwise permitted by Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Season Ticket Forwarding
The Advanced Services may permit you to forward your season tickets to another person. You can send an email invitation with a link to transfer your tickets and if the recipient accepts your offer, the tickets will be placed into the recipient’s Ticketmaster account. Once the recipient accepts your offer, you will not be able to cancel the tickets.
Tickets forwarded using the Advanced Services are subject to the ticket authentication and delivery fees as disclosed to you by us or Vancouver Whitecaps FC. You may be required to provide your credit card number and other information in order to pay such fees, which will be processed or collected by us or Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Such fees are not refundable under any circumstances.
If Vancouver Whitecaps FC offers a program that allows you to forward your tickets to a charity, you should read the rules posted relating to such program on Vancouver Whitecaps FC website. You should not assume that you will receive a tax deduction for forwarding tickets to a charity or any documents that can be used to support a tax deduction.
Violation of these Terms
We may investigate any violation of these Terms, including unauthorized use of the Site. We may provide law enforcement with information you provide to us related to your transactions to assist in any investigation or prosecution of you. We may take legal action that we feel is appropriate. You agree that monetary damages may not provide us a sufficient remedy and that we may pursue injunctive or other relief for your violation of these Terms. If we determine that you have violated these Terms or the law, or for any other reason or for no reason, we may cancel your account and prevent you from accessing the Site at any time without notice to you. If that happens, you may no longer use the Site or any Content. You will still be bound by your obligations under these Terms.
You agree that we will not be liable to you or any third party for termination of your access to the Site or to your account or any related information, and we will not be required to make the Site or your account or any related information available to you. If you violate these Terms, your transactions, distributions, deliveries, credit authorizations, payments, payment receipts, registrations, log-ins, ticket forwards, ticket postings, ticket sales, ticket purchases, ticket forwarding receptions, ticket orders, group management or participating or ticket management (any of the foregoing, or any other activities or transactions for which you use the Advanced Services, each an “Activity”), or season, package, group or other tickets, may be cancelled, set-offs and debits may be taken against your accounts and credits and payments that would otherwise be owed to you, and we may exercise any other remedy available to us.
Disclaimer of Warranties
WE PROVIDE THE SITE AND THE CONTENT TO YOU “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. WE TRY TO KEEP THE SITE UP, BUG-FREE AND SAFE, BUT YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW PERMITS THE DISCLAIMER OF EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SITE WILL ALWAYS BE SAFE, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SITE WILL ALWAYS FUNCTION WITHOUT DISRUPTIONS, DELAYS OR IMPERFECTIONS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OR INFORMATION OF THIRD PARTIES, AND YOU RELEASE US FROM ANY CLAIMS AND DAMAGES, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE AGAINST ANY SUCH THIRD PARTIES. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE §1542, WHICH SAYS: A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
Limitation of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL WE OR Vancouver Whitecaps FC, SUPPLIERS, ADVERTISERS AND SPONSORS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR, AND YOU HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE OTHER THAN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES, AND ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, THE CONTENT, OR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE PURCHASED THROUGH THE SITE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CLAIM IS BASED UPON ANY CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR (a) ANY FAILURE OF ANOTHER USER OF THE SITE TO CONFORM TO THE CODES OF CONDUCT, (b) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SITE, (c) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (d) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, DEFECTS, DATE BOMBS, TIME BOMBS OR OTHER ITEMS OF A DESTRUCTIVE NATURE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SITE, (e) ANY ERRORS, MISTAKES, INACCURACIES OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT, OR (f) ANY LOST, STOLEN OR DAMAGED TICKETS, OR THE FAILURE OF A VENUE TO HONOR A TICKET. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE IS TO STOP USING THE SITE. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN US IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN US. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OR THE USE OF THE SITE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS. IN NO EVENT WILL ATTORNEYS’ FEES BE AWARDED OR RECOVERABLE. OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW PERMITS THE RECOVERY OF DAMAGES, ATTORNEYS’ FEES OR COSTS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH THAT (A) PROHIBIT DAMAGES TO BE MULTIPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCREASED, (B) IMPOSE A DAMAGES LIMITATION OF THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS, AND (C) PROHIBIT THE RECOVERY OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS, DO NOT APPLY IN CERTAIN STATES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION NEW JERSEY, TO CLAIMS BROUGHT UNDER STATUTES PERMITTING SUCH RECOVERY.
Indemnification
If anyone brings a claim against us related to your use of the Site or the content, or your violation of these Terms, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our affiliated companies, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, suppliers, advertisers and sponsors, and each of our officers, directors, employees, and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs). We reserve the right to take exclusive control and defense of any claim, and you will cooperate fully with us in asserting any available defenses.
Disputes, Including Mandatory Arbitration and Class Action Waiver
Any dispute or claim relating in any way to your use of the Site, or to products or services sold or distributed by us or through us, will be resolved by binding arbitration rather than in court, with the following exceptions:
- You may assert claims in small claims court if your claims apply;
- If a claim involves the conditional license granted to you as described in the Ownership of Content and Grant of Conditional License section above, either of us may file a lawsuit in a court located within Toronto, Ontario, and we both consent to the jurisdiction of that court for such purposes; and
- In the event that the arbitration agreement in these Terms is for any reason held to be unenforceable, any litigation against us may be commenced only in a court located within Ontario, Toronto, and we both consent to the jurisdiction of that court for such purposes.
The arbitration agreement in these Terms is governed by the Canada Commercial Arbitration Act (CAA), including its procedural provisions, in all respects. This means that the CAA governs, among other things, the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration agreement and all of its provisions, including, without limitation, the class action waiver discussed below.
This arbitration agreement is intended to be broadly interpreted, and will survive termination of these Terms. The arbitrator, and not any court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to the extent permitted by law to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of this Agreement, including, but not limited to any claim that all or any part of this Agreement is void or voidable. There is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is limited. However, an arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court (including injunctive and declaratory relief or statutory damages), and must follow these Terms as a court would.
To begin an arbitration proceeding, you must send a letter requesting arbitration and describing your claim to: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 123 Front Street West, Suite 1100, Toronto, ON M5J 2M2, Attn: Legal. You may download the forms located at https://www.jamsadr.com. The arbitration will be conducted by JAMS under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures or, if applicable, its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, and any applicable supplemental rules including its Consumer Arbitration Standards of Minimum Fairness. The JAMS Rules are available online at https://www.jamsadr.com or by calling (416) 861-1084. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by JAMS's rules. We will reimburse those fees for claims totaling less than $10,000 unless the arbitrator determines the claims are frivolous, but in no event will we pay for attorneys' fees. You may choose to have the arbitration conducted by telephone, based on written submissions, or in person in the county where you live or at another mutually agreed location
We each agree that the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding, and that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated or representative action. You agree to waive any right to a jury trial or to participate in a class action. If this specific provision is found to be unenforceable, then the entirety of this arbitration section will be null and void and neither of us will be entitled to arbitrate our dispute.
You agree that these Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with Ontario law to the fullest extent possible. However, if your dispute is regarding the re-sale of a ticket for any event located in Illinois, then these Terms will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Illinois, without regard to conflict or choice of law rules, and you consent to personal jurisdiction, and agree to bring all actions, exclusively in Chicago, Illinois. If you have an inquiry regarding a ticket re-sale transaction made for any event located in Illinois, please contact us at 550 W. Van Buren Street, 13th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60607 or (877) 446-9450 or ticketexchange@ticketmaster.com.
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TICKETING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The following terms and conditions (the “Agreement”) apply to all Whitecaps FC (defined below) tickets to an Event (defined below) (each, a “Ticket”), however obtained, including (without limitation) through a Whitecaps FC Partial Season Plan (defined below), Group Ticket Plan (defined below), Set Match Plan (defined below), Season Ticket Membership Plan (defined below), Single Match Plan (defined below) or other any other ticket package plan that is implemented by Whitecaps FC from time to time (each, a “Ticket Package”). Each Ticket is a revocable license that only grants the ticketholder a one-time entry to BC Place Stadium or other applicable Event venue (if any) and a spectator seat (or standing room), as applicable, for the Event, which license may be withdrawn and admission may be refused to the stadium and/or the Event in respect of which the Ticket has been issued at any time, in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion. Dates and times of any Event in respect of which any Ticket has been issued are subject to change or cancellation. If the date and/or time of an Event is changed, the term “Event” as used herein shall mean the match played at the new date and/or time specified by Whitecaps FC. The breach by a Whitecaps FC ticketholder of any of the terms and conditions contained herein will automatically terminate the grant of license evidenced by the Ticket.
1. Definitions.
(a) “Event” means a specified Whitecaps FC match (and “Events” being a group of such specified Whitecaps FC matches), where a Ticket or Tickets are required for entry including, but not limited to, regular season, playoff, exhibition, international friendly, or other competitions hosted and ticketed by Whitecaps FC or in partnership with any organizing entity including Major League Soccer, LLC, the division 1 professional soccer league in the United States and Canada known as Major League Soccer (“MLS”), Canada Soccer, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), or the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) or their agents, subsidiaries and designee(s).
(b) “Partial Season Plan” means a customizable Ticket purchase option offered by Whitecaps FC which allows a Ticket purchaser to select a predetermined number of Events they wish to attend during the season, with certain flexibility to choose Event and seat locations based on their preferences and availability (subject to any Event minimums and/or maximums as determined by Whitecaps FC in its sole discretion). Partial Season Plans may include, in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion, Ticketholder Privileges (defined below), as may be outlined at whitecapsfc.com/tickets/partialseason-tickets, which are supplemental to any Tickets purchased under a Partial Season Plan. Partial Season Plans are designated and confirmed by Whitecaps FC at the time of sale.
(c) “Group Ticket Plan” means a Ticket option offered by Whitecaps FC to the purchaser, or qualifying group of purchasers (designated by Whitecaps FC, in its sole discretion, at the time of sale as a Group Ticket Plan or purchase), of ten (10) or more Tickets for a single Event. Group Ticket Plans may include, in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion, Ticketholder Privileges, as may be outlined at whitecapsfc.com/tickets/groups, which are supplemental to any Tickets purchased under a Group Ticket Plan. Group Ticket Plans are designated and confirmed by Whitecaps FC at the time of sale.
(d) “Set Match Plan” means a Ticket purchase option offered by Whitecaps FC which allows a Ticket purchaser to select a set grouping of Events offered as a multi-Event package which must include more than one (1) Event but less than all Events. Set Match Plans may include, in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion, Ticketholder Privileges, as may be outlined at whitecapsfc.com/tickets/matchpack, which are supplemental to any Tickets purchased under a Set Match Plan. Set Match Plans are designated and confirmed by Whitecaps FC at the time of sale.
(e) “Season Ticket Membership Plan” or “Membership” means a membership plan which, once purchased and enrolled in by a Ticket purchaser, includes Tickets for all Events in the then current Whitecaps FC season, as designated in advance by Whitecaps FC and as more particularly set forth in the Whitecaps FC Membership Agreement (defined below). Season Ticket Membership Plans may include Ticketholder Privileges, as outlined in the Membership Agreement and as may be outlined at whitecapsfc.com/tickets/season-tickets and WFC25 Additional Privileges, which are supplemental to any Tickets purchased under a Season Ticket Membership Plan. Season Ticket Membership Plans are designated and confirmed by Whitecaps FC at the time of sale and are governed by the Membership Agreement.
(f) “Single Match Plan” means a Ticket purchase option offered by Whitecaps FC which allows a Ticket purchaser to purchase a Ticket for an individual Event to be held during the then current Whitecaps FC season. Single Match Plans may include Ticketholder Privileges, experiences or other features and benefits as may be outlined at whitecapsfc.com/tickets/single-tickets and determined by Whitecaps FC in its sole discretion from time to time, which are supplemental to any Tickets purchased under a Single Match Plan. Single Match Plans are designated and confirmed by Whitecaps FC at the time of sale.
(g) “Whitecaps FC” means (i) VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC, a first team member of MLS, operated by the entity Vancouver Whitecaps FC L.P (“VWFCLP”); and/or (ii) VWFCLP; as applicable.
2. Admission Terms. The ticketholder of Whitecaps FC Tickets hereunder is admitted to Whitecaps FC Events on the condition that by using that Ticket, the ticketholder:
(a) confirms that the ticketholder is not experiencing symptoms of any Communicable Disease, nor has the ticketholder been advised, to isolate or quarantine based on test results, symptoms of any Communicable Disease, close contact exposure, or a travel advisory under any local, state/provincial, or federal (including, without limitation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or Public Health Agency of Canada) regulations. “Communicable Disease” means COVID-19 and/or any other airborne, aerosolized or surface transmissible communicable and/or infectious diseases, viruses, bacteria or illnesses or the causes thereof;
(b) agrees to submit to, and honestly answer, any screening questions and protocols, including with respect to any Communicable Disease;
(c) agrees to comply with any requirements and policies introduced by Whitecaps FC from time to time including, without limitation, any health and safety requirements and policies;
(d) agrees that the ticketholder will not: (i) create, transmit, display, distribute, exploit, misappropriate or sell (or aid in such activity) any description or account (in any form, whether text, data or visual, and including, without limitation, play-by-play data) of the event for any commercial, non-personal, purpose; or (ii) create, transmit, display, distribute, exploit or sell (or aid in such activity) any photographs, images, videos, livestreams, audio or other form of display or public performance or reproduction of any portion of the event (collectively, the “Works”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the ticketholder agrees that by using a Ticket to enter BC Place Stadium or other Event venue, the ticketholder shall be deemed to have granted MLS and Whitecaps FC an exclusive worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, sub-licensable, royalty-free license to all rights associated with the Works; and
(e) agrees to and does hereby grant the perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and sub-licensable right, permission and license to Whitecaps FC, all MLS clubs, MLS, and Soccer United Marketing LLC (and each of their respective affiliates, sponsors, licensees, advertisers, broadcasters, designees, and agents) to use, publish, distribute, edit, modify and/or alter the ticketholder’s image, likeness, voice, actions, and statements in any medium (including, without limitation, any audio, video, film, photographs, social media, exhibition, transmission, publication, or reproduction of the Event to which such individual is admitted), in whole or in part, for any purpose (including, without limitation, the advertising or promotion of Whitecaps FC, MLS, the sport of soccer, future MLS matches, or other services provided by the MLS or Whitecaps FC), without further authorization or compensation, and waives all claims and potential claims relating to such use unless prohibited by law.
3. Advertising and Promotion Prohibition. Tickets and/or any Ticketholder Privileges may not be used for advertising, promotion (including contests and sweepstakes) or other trade purposes without Whitecaps FC’s advance express written consent.
4. Ticketholder Accounts. Whitecaps FC’s acceptance of payment for a Ticket (individually, or as part of a Ticket Package) from any individual or entity who is not the account holder for such Ticket does not grant any rights to such Tickets to such individual or entity. Any rights or privileges associated with:
(a) a Ticket; and
(b) any tiered (or differing levels of) perks, experiences or other features and benefits made part of a ticketholder’s Ticket Package;
(each, a “Ticketholder Privilege” and collectively, the “Ticketholder Privileges”), belong only to the account holder of record as entered on Whitecaps FC’s records. Whitecaps FC reserves the right to require that any transaction pertaining to a Ticket or Ticket Package held in a corporate name be supported by appropriate corporate resolutions or other documents.
5. Ticketholder Privileges. The ticketholder acknowledges and agrees that all matters regarding Ticketholder Privileges shall be determined by Whitecaps FC in its sole discretion, including whether any Ticketholder Privileges are offered, in whole or in part, as well as the nature, details and conditions of any Ticketholder Privileges that are offered (including whether offered on a per account, per Ticket Package, per Ticket or other basis). The ticketholder further acknowledges and agrees that it is also within Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion to determine whether any additional documents are required to be executed by the ticketholder (such as an additional release and waiver of liability or other rights) prior to a ticketholder participating in any experience or other similar Ticketholder Privilege. Further details regarding specific Ticketholder Privileges that may be offered by Whitecaps FC as part of a relevant Ticket Package (which should be reviewed in conjunction with any additional information provided in the associated Ticket Package link(s) set forth in Sub-section(s) 1(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), as applicable), are outlined below:
(a) Resale, Donate and Transfer Tickets. A ticketholder (other than a ticketholder under a Season Ticket Membership Plan) may resell or transfer their Tickets only in accordance with Section 11 of this Agreement. A ticketholder under a Season Ticket Membership Plan may resell or transfer their Tickets only in accordance with Sections D.5 and D.7 of the Membership Agreement. Notwithstanding the forgoing, a ticketholder may donate their Tickets to Whitecaps FC’s authorized charity partner as directed by Whitecaps FC, provided that donations of any Tickets can only be made up to 48 hours prior to the applicable Event.
(b) Player Signings. Where a ticketholder is permitted to access player signings, any player signing activations will take place on a date chosen by Whitecaps FC and Whitecaps FC makes no guarantees on the player(s) involved in the player signing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, player signing activations will be on a first come first serve basis and will have limited availability. No make-up dates will be scheduled. Whitecaps FC reserves the right to change any players designated for player signings at any time, in its sole discretion.
(c) Add-on Tickets. Where a ticketholder is permitted access to discounted additional Tickets to Events over and above Tickets purchased under their applicable Ticket Package, Whitecaps FC may, in its sole discretion, restrict the number of add-on Tickets to specific Events. The seats for any add-on Events are not guaranteed to be near, or equivalent in value or quality to, the ticketholder’s seats under their Ticket Package. Tickets are subject to availability per Event and their location is also subject to availability.
(d) Pre-sale Access to B.C. Pavilion Corporation Events. Where B.C. Pavilion Corporation is permitted to offer tickets to sporting events, entertainment shows and other productions held at BC Place Stadium in respect of which tickets of admission are made available to the general public (other than Events and other professional soccer games hosted at BC Place Stadium for which Whitecaps FC has the right to offer tickets (and Whitecaps FC does make said Tickets available)) (“Other Stadium Events”) and B.C. Pavilion Corporation confirms with Whitecaps FC that Whitecaps FC ticketholders may be offered pre-sale access to such Other Stadium Events, then a ticketholder shall be entitled on a ‘first come first served’ basis to certain priority rights, as determined by B.C. Pavilion Corporation from time to time, to purchase tickets for such Other Stadium Events ahead of the general public, on terms and conditions specified by B.C. Pavilion Corporation.
Ticketholder acknowledges and agrees that such pre-sale access does not guarantee the availability of tickets, nor does it guarantee the priority rights offered by B.C. Pavilion Corporation with respect to any Other Stadium Events or the terms and conditions on which tickets may be offered by B.C. Pavilion Corporation to ticketholder for such Other Stadium Events. Whitecaps FC does not assume any liability for the availability of tickets, or any changes made by B.C. Pavillion Corporation regarding ticket sales, pricing or details for such Other Stadium Events. All offers and access to pre-sale tickets are subject to change without notice and may be limited to specific events as determined by B.C. Pavilion Corporation.
All Ticketholder Privileges are subject to availability and change and may be offered exclusively to participants of certain Ticket Packages in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion. For certainty, all Ticketholder Privileges apply only to the applicable season and may not be carried-over to any subsequent season(s).
6. Prohibited Transfers. Other than in accordance with Section 7 or Section 11 of this Agreement (in the case of a ticketholder, other than a ticketholder under a Season Ticket Membership Plan) or Sections D.5 and D.7 of the Membership Agreement (in the case of a ticketholder under a Season Ticket Membership Plan), Ticketholders have no right to transfer the seat locations designated by their Ticket, Ticket Package or, for clarity, their Season Ticket Membership Plan to any person or entity, whether by a request to transfer the account into another name, or by an attempt to transfer the seat locations by sale, gift, transfer by will or trust, property settlement, transfer to creditors or any other means. Any attempt to sell or otherwise transfer any Ticket and/or Ticketholder Privileges may result in the cancellation of all Ticketholder Privileges including cancellation of the Ticket.
7. Requested Transfers. Whitecaps FC may allow an individual ticketholder to request a transfer of all Ticketholder Privileges to that ticketholder’s immediate family, and if the ticketholder is a business, will allow a change in the name of the contact person for its account. A request to transfer a ticketholder’s Ticketholder Privileges to a family member or to change the contact person must be submitted to the Whitecaps FC Fan Services department in writing (via certified mail, return receipt requested), and must be supported by appropriate documentation (proof of relationship, official letterhead, signature of authorized company officer, etc.) satisfactory to Whitecaps FC. Whitecaps FC reserve the right to approve or reject any such requests for any reason in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion.
8. Stadium/Event Venue. Each ticketholder’s use of Whitecaps FC Tickets is subject to compliance with the provisions of any bylaws or regulations of BC Place Stadium (or other Event venue) and/or the City of Vancouver and all terms and conditions of Whitecaps FC applicable to such Tickets including, without limitation, the following:
(a) ticketholders are prohibited from bringing cans, bottles and containers for ice or beverages in the Event venue;
(b) ticketholders are prohibited from throwing objects in the stands or onto the playing area;
(c) ticketholders shall comply with any request by Event venue security to display the contents of bags, boxes, packages, etc., and prohibited items may be confiscated by Event venue security;
(d) ticketholders shall comply with all public health orders and guidelines; and
(e) ticketholders shall retain the stub of their Ticket on their person at all times while in the Event venue pursuant to the right of admission evidenced by the Ticket and shall produce the stub upon request by any Event venue representative.
9. Objectionable Conduct. Ticketholders engaging in disorderly or objectionable conduct in violation of Whitecaps FC, BC Place Stadium, and Event venue policies may, in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion, be ejected from the Event in respect of which the Ticket has been issued without refund of the ticket price. Whitecaps FC also reserve the right, in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion, to revoke the remaining tickets in a multi-Event Ticket Package or Season Ticket Membership Plan of any ticketholder who has been ejected from a single Whitecaps FC Event for any reason, or whose Tickets were used by another person who was ejected from an Event for any reason. For certainty, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a ticketholder is ejected from an Event in respect of which a Ticket has been issued and is deemed to have committed a Level One offense under the Whitecaps FC “Fan Code of Conduct” (https://www.whitecapsfc.com/matchday/code-of-conduct), as may be amended from time to time, such ticketholder may, in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion, have their right to attend future Whitecaps FC Events immediately revoked without refund or any reimbursement of any kind.
10. Assumed Risks and Release of Liability.
(a) THE TICKETHOLDER:
(i) VOLUNTARILY ASSUMES ALL RISKS AND DANGERS arising from or related in any way to attendance at the Event in respect of which a Ticket has been issued, whether occurring prior to, during or after such an Event, including, without limitation, (A) the risk of contracting or spreading a communicable disease or illness (including exposure to a bacteria, virus, or other pathogen capable of causing disease or illness), (B) the risk of physical injury, disability, or death, however caused, whether by players, by other people (including, without limitation, other spectators), or by objects (such as balls entering the spectator area), and (C) the risk of lost, stolen or damaged property ((A), (B), and (C), collectively, the “Assumed Risks”); and
(ii) VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, NOT TO SUE, TO WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST, TO DEFEND, AND TO HOLD HARMLESS, RELEASE, AND INDEMNIFY THE RELEASEES (AS DEFINED BELOW) FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS, DAMAGE (INCLUDING INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE) OR INJURY RESULTING FROM: (A) THE ASSUMED RISKS AND ANY OTHER RISKS AND DANGERS, WHETHER PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE, AND KNOWN OR UNKNOWN; AND (B) THE TICKETHOLDER’S NEGLIGENCE, MISCONDUCT, OR VIOLATION OR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT ((A) and (B), collectively, the “Losses”).
THE TICKETHOLDER AGREES THAT THE RELEASEES ARE EXPRESSLY RELEASED FROM RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR THE LOSSES. THE TICKETHOLDER ALSO AGREES THAT VWFCLP WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE EXERCISE OF VWFCLP’S DISCRETION AS CONTEMPLATED IN THIS AGREEMENT. THE TICKETHOLDER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THERE IS AN INHERENT RISK OF EXPOSURE TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND ILLNESSES IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE PRESENT AND THAT NO PRECAUTIONS OR PROTOCOLS CAN ELIMINATE THE RISK OF EXPOSURE TO ANY SUCH COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OR ILLNESS.
FOR THE PURPOSES HEREOF, THE “RELEASEES” ARE: (I) MLS AND ITS AFFILIATES (“MLS GROUP”), SOCCER UNITED MARKETING, LLC, THE MEMBERS OF MLS GROUP AND EACH OF THE MLS GROUP TEAMS OPERATED BY THEM (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WHITECAPS FC AND VWFCLP), AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECT AND INDIRECT AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIAIRIES, MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS, DESIGNEES, LICENSEES, AGENTS, OWNERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS, INVITEES, AND CONTRACTORS (AND ALL EMPLOYEES OF SUCH CONTRACTORS), AND OTHER PERSONNEL; (II) THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT OWNERS, LESSEES, AND SUBLESSEES OF BC PLACE STADIUM; (III) CONCESSIONAIRES, MERCHANDISERS, OTHER VENDORS, AND ALL OTHER CONTRACTORS PERFORMING SERVICES AT BC PLACE STADIUM; (IV) OTHER THIRD PARTIES PRESENT AT OR FROM TIME TO TIME BROUGHT TO BC PLACE STADIUM (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MEDICAL PERSONNEL); AND (V) ANY PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATED AND RELATED COMPANIES, AND OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OWNERS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, PARTNERS, EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, INSURERS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS, AND/OR ASSIGNS OF EACH OF THE FOREGOING ENTITIES AND PERSONS, WHETHER PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE, AND WHETHER IN THEIR INSTITUTIONAL OR PERSONAL CAPACITIES.
(b) If, notwithstanding the release of liability in Section 10(a), any or all Releasees are found liable for any Losses, the maximum aggregate liability of the Releasees to the ticketholder will, under no circumstances, exceed the amount such ticketholder paid for their Ticket to such Event, with the sole exception to the foregoing being for Season Ticket Membership Plan holders, to whom the Releasees’ maximum aggregate liability will, under no circumstances, exceed the amount such member paid for their Membership during the previous twelve (12) calendar months.
(c) FOR GREATER CERTAINTY, IF A TICKETHOLDER IS AGREEING TO THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THIS SECTION 10, ON BEHALF OF A MINOR (I.E., A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 19) FOR WHOM THE TICKETHOLDER IS THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN, THE TICKETHOLDER’S AGREEMENT HEREIN INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY THE RELEASEES IN RESPECT OF ANY LOSSES INCURRED, OR CLAIMS COMMENCED AGAINST THE RELEASEES, BY OR IN RESPECT OF SUCH MINOR, INCLUDING AFTER SUCH MINOR HAS REACHED THE AGE OF MAJORITY. THE TICKETHOLDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT: (I) THIS MEANS THE TICKETHOLDER IS AGREEING TO LET THE MINOR ENGAGE IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ACTIVITY; (II) EVEN IF THE RELEASEES USE REASONABLE CARE IN PROVIDING THIS ACTIVITY, THERE IS A CHANCE THE MINOR MAY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS ACTIVITY BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN DANGERS INHERENT IN THE ACTIVITY WHICH CANNOT BE AVOIDED OR ELIMINATED; AND (III) THE TICKETHOLDER IS GIVING UP THE MINOR’S RIGHT AND THE TICKETHOLDER’S RIGHT TO RECOVER FROM THE RELEASEES IN A LAWSUIT FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, TO THE MINOR OR ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE THAT RESULTS FROM THE RISKS THAT ARE A NATURAL PART OF THE ACTIVITY.
11. Resale Restricted. Where permitted by Whitecaps FC, a ticketholder may sell or transfer their Tickets to any person for non-commercial purposes, provided that such ticketholder: (a) is in compliance with all applicable laws and the terms of this Agreement in doing so; (b) shall be responsible for ensuring that any person using a resold or transferred Ticket (regardless of whether that person is the initial transferee or a subsequent transferee, each a “Ticket User”) complies with all applicable terms of this Agreement and the 2025 Ticket Terms (defined below); and (c) will be responsible for all acts and omissions of each Ticket User as if such act or omission was that of the original ticketholder. The ticketholder acknowledges and agrees that Tickets are intended for personal use by the original ticketholder only and are not intended for commercial resale of any kind unless transferred in accordance with the then applicable membership agreement governing tickets purchased under a Season Ticket Membership Plan (the “Membership Agreement”) or otherwise as allowed by Whitecaps FC. Unless permitted under this Agreement, the Membership Agreement (in the case of Tickets purchased under a Membership) or otherwise authorized by Whitecaps FC, resale or attempted resale of any Ticket for any reason (commercial or non-commercial) is grounds for seizure or cancellation without refund or other compensation.
12. Lost, Stolen or Unauthorized Tickets. The Releasees are not responsible for, and may refuse to honor, any duplicate or duplicated, lost, stolen, destroyed or counterfeit Tickets. Any sale, resale, assignment or transfer of any Ticket, or any of the rights or Ticketholder Privileges evidenced thereby, in any manner contrary to this Agreement, the Membership Agreement (if applicable) or applicable law or regulation, as well as any attempt at any of the foregoing, is strictly prohibited and will result in seizure, revocation and/or forfeiture of the Ticket without refund or compensation. Tickets obtained from unauthorized sources may be lost, stolen or counterfeit and may not be honoured.
13. Force Majeure. Whitecaps FC shall not be in breach of this Agreement if the performance of any of its obligations hereunder is prevented or pre-empted because of acts of God, civil or military authority, acts of public enemy, war, accidents, epidemic, pandemic, outbreak of communicable disease or illness, public health crisis or order, fires, explosions, earthquakes, floods, the elements, strikes or labor disputes, or any cause beyond Whitecaps FC’s reasonable control for such period of time as such event continues, provided that Whitecaps FC uses all reasonable efforts to perform such obligations once such event has ceased. In the event of the cancellation, postponement or rescheduling of one or more Whitecaps FC events as a result of any such causes (each, a “Force Majeure Stoppage”), Whitecaps FC shall use commercially reasonable efforts, based on the size and scope of the Force Majeure Stoppage, to keep ticketholders apprised by way of policy statement regarding how Whitecaps FC proposes to address such Force Majeure Stoppage, but Whitecaps FC shall not be obliged to perform any resolution or work-around for any Force Majeure Stoppage.
14. Agreement Modification. Whitecaps FC reserves the right to amend this Agreement in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion by posting such amendments to https://www.whitecapsfc.com/ticket-terms-conditions.
15. Seat Relocation for Broadcast/Security Requirements. Whitecaps FC reserves the right to relocate ticketholders during the regular season and at any time during the playoffs to accommodate broadcast or security requirements, or for any other reasonable purpose in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion.
16. The invalidity of any provision of this Agreement shall in no way affect the validity of any other provision hereof.
17. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the terms printed on the back of each Whitecaps FC Ticket (the “2025 Ticket Terms” or “Ticket Back Terms”), any Membership Agreement (applicable only to ticketholders under the Season Ticket Membership Plan), the Fan Code of Conduct, and any policies introduced by Whitecaps FC from time to time, forms and contains the entire agreement between Whitecaps FC and the ticketholder (including any person using any ticketholder’s Tickets) with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement is wholly governed by the laws of British Columbia, Canada. The ticketholder and Whitecaps FC attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of British Columbia and all courts having appellate jurisdiction thereover in relation to the interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement.
18. Deposits and Payments Non-Refundable. Where permitted by law, all deposits and/or payments made are non-refundable. Deposits made by a ticket purchaser to secure a place on a priority list to purchase a Ticket or Ticket Package, will be prioritized by deposit date receipt. As ticket inventory for the applicable Ticket or Ticket Package becomes available (as determined in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion and subject to availability), Whitecaps FC will contact the list participant in priority sequence based on their respective priority position or listing. Contact may be made by way of telephone or email from the contact information provided by the ticketholder on any enrolment form. List participants will have such period of time as Whitecaps FC may allow, in Whitecaps FC’s sole discretion, from the first attempt of contact by Whitecaps FC (whether by phone or email) to respond regarding the ticketholder’s intention to purchase the Ticket or Ticket Package offered. If and when a Ticket and/or Ticket Package becomes available and the list participant does not respond within the stipulated time frame or decides not to purchase the offered Ticket or Ticket Package, the deposit money can be moved to an account credit which can be used towards the future purchase of other Whitecaps FC ticket products. Ticketholder acknowledges and agrees that Whitecaps FC reserves the right to amend, modify or cancel the priority list to purchase a Ticket or Ticket Package at any time and at its sole discretion.
19. In the case of conflict between this Agreement and (i) the 2025 Ticket Terms or (ii) the terms of the Membership Agreement, the terms of this Agreement will govern.
20. Minor(s). If the ticketholder is a minor: (a) the minor agrees that their parent or guardian is agreeing to this Agreement for themselves and on the minor ticketholder’s behalf; and (b) the minor’s parent or guardian agrees that they are agreeing to this Agreement for themselves and on the minor ticketholder’s behalf.
21. Electronic Communications. From time to time, Whitecaps FC will send the ticketholder electronic messages, including SMS messages, with information pertaining to the ticketholder’s Ticket Package including details on any Ticketholder Privileges. Whitecaps may also send the ticketholder other types of electronic messages, provided Whitecaps FC has the ticketholder’s consent do so in accordance with applicable law.
*TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE