New York Consolidated Laws, Arts and Cultural Affairs Law - ACA § 25.11. Resales of tickets within buffer zone

1. No person, firm, corporation or not-for-profit organization, whether or not domiciled, licensed or registered within the state, shall resell, offer to resell or solicit the resale of any ticket to any place of entertainment having a permanent seating capacity in excess of five thousand persons within one thousand five hundred feet from the physical structure of such place of entertainment, or a ticket office.

2. No person, firm, corporation or not-for-profit organization, whether or not domiciled, licensed or registered within the state, shall resell, offer to resell or solicit the resale of any ticket to any place of entertainment having a permanent seating capacity of five thousand or fewer persons within five hundred feet from the physical structure or ticket office of such place of entertainment, provided however that current licensees and those seeking a license under this article are exempt from such buffer zone when operating out of a permanent physical structure.

3. Notwithstanding subdivisions one and two of this section, an operator may designate an area within the property line of such place of entertainment for the lawful resale of tickets only to events at such place of entertainment by any person, firm, corporation or not-for-profit organization, whether or not domiciled, licensed or registered with-in the state.

4. For purposes of this section, “ticket office” means a building or other structure located other than at the place of entertainment, at which the operator or the operator's agent offers tickets for first sale to the public.