Why is it so hard to find accessible seating at concerts and shows?

Perhaps one way to get accessible seat is to buy general admission and crowd-surf your way.

Perhaps one way to get accessible seat is to buy general admission and crowd-surf your way.

It is one of the most baffling and frustrating challenges for a wheelchair user and it involves figuring out how a venue that seats 18,000 people could only have 30 wheelchair accessible seats. Or, better yet, you’re online or on the phone right at the time ticket sales begin and as soon as it’s your turn, sorry, all wheelchair accessible seats are sold out. UGH!

Our friends at Push Living attempted to answer that question in this article featured recently and while it may not solve this problem, it might give you some comfort on how to try and address it with your local venues.

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