Tickets & Events
Buy and sell tickets and events in Costa Rica.
A pair of gramilla tickets for a stadium show in La Sabana that a friend can no longer use, two seats in the galería of the Teatro Nacional, a ticket for the clásico at the Morera Soto: tickets change hands here when plans change, next to events posted by the people running them, from a weekend festival to a turno in the parish grounds. Some are resales, others new tickets from organisers with places to fill. Whatever the event, the localidad and the date printed on the ticket decide what it is worth, and the handover is agreed directly with whoever posted it.
From gramilla to galería, where a ticket puts you:
matters more than the name of the act, because every venue sells by zone. A stadium show at the Estadio Nacional in La Sabana is split into localidades, with gramilla on the pitch and then platea, sombra, balcón and the north and south stands, while Parque Viva in La Guácima has its own standing lawn and front sections. Football is sold by stand, and for a clásico at the Saprissa or the Morera Soto the tickets on general sale are few and go fast. The Teatro Nacional and the Melico Salazar sell numbered seats, from butaca and luneta down to the galería. Organisers advertise their own events too, from a dance to a turno with a cimarrona. Hiring the sound system or the catering for one of those is a job for services, and a signed shirt or a tour poster kept after the night belongs with the collectables in hobby.
The zone, the age limit and the function time on a resale ticket:
tell you whether it suits you, so read all three before you agree a price. Standing gramilla gets you nearest the stage and on your feet for hours; a numbered seat in sombra or platea lets you arrive late without losing your place. Many concerts set the age limit by zone, and the front standing areas are sometimes over-18 only, so a ticket for a teenager has to be for a zone that admits them. At the theatre, student and ciudadano de oro prices are checked at the door against a card, so a discounted seat only works for someone who holds one.
A standing ticket at Parque Viva against the front zones:
shows how wide the spread is. For an international act the cheapest standing lawn starts around ₡35,000, and the front zones of the big stadium shows go past ₡100,000; a league semifinal at the Morera Soto runs from about ₡9,000 to ₡25,000 depending on the stand. Resale follows demand rather than the printed price. A sold-out stadium show trades above face value near the date; a seat for a show the box office is still selling loses value every day, because anyone can still buy one new. Ask what the seller paid with the service charge included and work from there.
A QR code that has already been scanned:
is how most ticket fraud ends, at the turnstile, with someone else already inside. A screenshot or a PDF can be sold to ten people and only the first through the gate gets in. Where the ticketing system offers a transfer, use it: the seller sends the ticket to your account, their code is cancelled and a new one is issued in your name, and you can see it in your own app before any money moves. With a printed ticket or a festival wristband, meet in person and check every detail against the official listing. Be wary of anyone holding a dozen tickets for a sold-out show who cannot say which ticketer they came from.
Seat numbers, the ticketer and the age rule in your listing:
answer what a buyer asks before agreeing anything. Give the event, venue, date and time, the localidad, row and seat if numbered, how many tickets and whether they sit together, and what you paid. Say whether the ticket is digital and transferable, printed or a wristband, and state any age limit or discount category on it. Listing your own event, give the place with a landmark, the entry price and whether there is parking. When the buyer is coming down from Tilarán for a show at La Guácima, send the transfer as soon as you agree, because nobody makes that trip on the strength of a photo of a QR.