PITTSBURGH STEELERS LLC EVENT TICKET TERMS
These Terms apply to any event (each, an "Event") for which tickets are sold through the Pittsburgh Steelers' Universe ticketing platform, and that is sponsored or presented by Pittsburgh Steelers LLC (the "Steelers").
All Event tickets, wristbands, passes, permissions, authorizations and entry methods (whether physical or digital and whether for a patron or their vehicle) (collectively, "Tickets") are subject to these Terms. By accepting possession or by using any Ticket or by entering the Event, User (as defined below) agrees to all Terms and is legally bound to comply with these Terms. The original Authorized Ticketholder and any Authorized Recipient (defined below) agrees to inform all of their respective guests of these Terms with due diligence. The Steelers reserve the right, at their discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms at any time. Please check back periodically for any changes.
User understands that the Event shall be presented in accordance with applicable venue policies, public health, safety and security policies, including local public health and safety policies and CDC guidelines, as of the date of such Event and which may change at any time as determined by Federal, state or local government agencies or instrumentalities, the venue operator, artists and/or the Steelers. Such requirements may include, without limitation, changes to capacity, attendance procedures and entry requirements, and other protective measures. If User does not comply with any laws, mandates, health orders or directives, promoter or Event and venue terms, conditions or rules, then the Steelers or venue operator may refuse admission or require User to leave the Event and User will not be entitled to a refund. Please visit the Event website at [URL] for the most up-to-date Event policies, protocols and procedures.
Tickets evidence a revocable license to enter the Event property. Violation of these Terms of use may result in revocation of the license without prior notice.
UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS PROHIBITED
All publicly sold Tickets or Tickets acquired at no charge through the Steelers' authorized ticketing platform are for use by the original authorized purchaser/acquirer and their invited guest(s) only (each an "Authorized Ticketholder"), and are not transferable by the Authorized Ticketholder, any of their invited guests, or any other person. Likewise, all Tickets provided to performing artists, production personnel, vendors, sponsors, and other guests of the Steelers (each an "Authorized Recipient"), are for use by the Authorized Recipient and his or her invited guest(s) only, and are not transferable by the Authorized Recipient, his or her invited guest(s), or any other person. Authorized Ticketholders and Authorized Recipients are referred to individually as a "User." Tickets obtained from unauthorized sources may be counterfeit and are worthless.
Except as provided herein, Tickets may not be sold, transferred, or used for any form of commercial or trade purposes, including but not limited to promotions, contests, commercial or advertising purposes, housing, hotels, vacation rentals, sweepstakes, charitable giveaways, or other activities absent the Steelers' prior written consent. No sponsorship, on site marketing, sampling, vending, coupon/product distribution, or other promotional activity may be conducted at the Event (inclusive of parking lots), absent the Steelers' prior written approval in each instance. Any Tickets used in violation of this provision shall be deemed revoked and void, and their bearers deemed trespassers at the Event.
The sale, attempted sale, resale or attempted resale of Tickets is grounds for termination of the license and cancellation of the Ticket.
AUTHORIZATION OF USER'S IMAGE AND LIKENESS
User grants the Steelers (and their designees) the right to include User's name, image, likeness, voice likeness, actions, and statements in any live or recorded audio, video, film, webcast, stream, or other transmission, exhibition, simulcast, or reproduction made of, or at, the Event in any medium or context for any purpose, including commercial or promotional purposes, without further authorization or otherwise.
OWNERSHIP AND USE OF EVENT'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Steelers own the trademarks, imagery, name, likeness, and trade dress of the Event (collectively, the "Event Intellectual Property"). User agrees not to make use of the Event Intellectual Property except for nominative fair use or with prior written permission from the Steelers.
NO LIVE AUDIO, VIDEO STREAMING OR BROADCASTS
The Steelers retain all broadcast/telecast/webcast/Internet rights to the Event. Any live streams or broadcasts, whether for Internet or otherwise, from the Event must be specifically agreed to in advance with the Steelers. No one is permitted to transmit, broadcast, or communicate any live audio or audiovisual images from the Event site without the Steelers' prior written permission. As an example, this prohibition includes, but is not limited to, use of any service which broadcasts to the Internet. Even if User is a performer or sponsor, the broadcasting, displaying, or communicating of any live audio or audiovisual images (whether for personal, commercial, or other use) is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of the Steelers.
AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO RECORDINGS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT
Without the express prior written permission of the Steelers, User may not bring any audio or video recording devices (except for personal cell phones) into the Event.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO / EQUIPMENT
User may bring personal, non-commercial, photography devices into the Event and may use these devices to obtain short-form video and still photographs (collectively "Personal Content"). By way of example, personal, non-commercial, photography and video devices include, but are not limited to, cell phones, small digital or film cameras (without a detachable lens).
Without the express prior written permission of the Steelers, User may not bring any of the following devices into the Event: Any photography device which is designed for, or suitable for, any commercial purpose, selfie sticks, tripods, monopods, boom arms, any device which could be used to mount or hold a photography device or could be used to extend User's reach. Steelers reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to prohibit any device they believe may be used in violation of these Terms, which it believes poses a safety risk, or which it believes may lessen the enjoyment of the Event by others.
USER MAY NOT MAKE ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF ANY PERSONAL CONTENT WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE STEELERS. By way of example, commercial use may include, but is not limited to, posting Personal Content on a website or social media channel that sells a product or service, or displays any ads or sponsored links; using or causing Personal Content to appear in any publication, magazine, serial, or book; using Personal Content to sell, sponsor, or endorse a product or service; or using Personal Content on any website that is or appears to be affiliated or associated with, or sponsored by the Event or the Steelers. Steelers reserve the right to prohibit any use of Personal Content which they believe is in violation of the Terms. Steelers, in their sole discretion, may determine what constitutes a commercial use not permitted by the Terms.
User may use Personal Content for User's own direct, noncommercial, use. Examples of direct, noncommercial use include, but are not limited to, posting Personal Content on User's own personal social media account (e.g., TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter); posting Personal Content to personal website or personal content sharing site (unless the account, personal website or personal content sharing site is affiliated or associated with a commercial use); and sharing Personal Content with User's personal friends or family (whether in electronic or physical media). Direct, noncommercial, use never involves posting of Personal Content on any website or server, or in any other media whether electronic or physical, which sells any product or service, or features or contains any advertisements or sponsored links, or which purports or appears in any way, to be an official or affiliated website of the Event or the Steelers. Without the express prior written permission of the Steelers, User may not sell, transfer, license, sublicense, give or otherwise transfer any Personal Content or ownership therein.
ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHTS
Unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by the Steelers and subject to the Personal Content Usage guidelines set forth in these Terms, User assigns to the Steelers the exclusive ownership to User's Personal Content and to any audio recordings taken at the Event by User. Steelers may execute any assignment documents on User's behalf as necessary to perfect Steelers' ownership, and User appoints Steelers as User's attorney-in-fact to execute any such documents for User. User further acknowledges, agrees to, and consents to Steelers registering the copyright with one or more copyright authorities, including but not limited to the United States Copyright Office, and listing the User's contribution as anonymous.
Steelers, as the copyright owner, have the right, but not the obligation, and at their sole discretion, to enforce their copyright rights in any Personal Content or audio or video recordings taken at the Event not permitted by the Terms.
Steelers grant to User the non-exclusive right and license to use User's Personal Content for User's own direct, noncommercial, use as permitted in the Terms. All other rights not granted by Steelers to User are retained by Steelers. Any violation of the Terms shall be grounds for Steelers to terminate the foregoing license.
EVENT TIMES AND DETAILS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Event times and the particular details of the Event (including the appearance at the Event of players, former players or other celebrities) are subject to change without notice.
CONSENT TO SEARCH/REFUSAL/EJECTION
User, User's vehicle, and User's belongings may be searched upon entry into the Event, and User consents to such searches and waives any related claims that might arise against the Steelers and their agent(s). If User elects not to consent to such searches, User may be denied entry into the Event.
ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED ITEMS
In addition to those items prohibited elsewhere in these Terms or on the Event website, without the express prior written permission of the Steelers, User may not bring any of the following items into the Event (or cause any of items to enter the Event): glass bottles, aluminum bottles, knives, explosives, sling shots, weapons of any other kind, Frisbees, flags, skateboards, roller skates, hover boards, laser pointers, drones of any kind, remote controlled devices or remote controlled toys, large backpacks, and other items as designated by Steelers. Steelers reserve the right to refuse admission to or eject any person, at Steelers' sole discretion, whose conduct is disorderly, disruptive, or who fails to follow the Event's rules or directions, or whose language is vulgar or abusive.
OTHER RIGHTS / RESTRICTIONS
No sponsorship, on site marketing, sampling, vending, coupon/product distribution, or other promotional/advertising activity may be conducted at the Event (inclusive of parking lots), absent the Steelers' prior written approval in each instance.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK; WAIVER & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; INDEMNITY
Assumption of Risk. User understands and agrees that there are certain risks of personal or property injury, illness and/or death associated with attending the Event, including, without limitation, risks related to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and any resulting disease (together with any mutation, adaptation or variation thereof, "COVID-19"). User understands and agrees (a) that the risk of exposure to COVID-19 and/or any other virus cannot be fully eliminated and is increased by proximity to other people, (b) that an inherent and elevated risk of exposure to COVID-19 and/or any other virus exists in any public place or place where people are gathered, (c) that attending the Event may involve coming into close contact with other people, (d) that there is no guarantee, express or implied, that User will not be exposed to COVID-19 and/or any other virus and (e) that exposure to COVID-19 and/or any other virus can result in being subject to quarantine requirements, illness, disability, and other short-term and long-term health effects, including death.
Despite these risks, User voluntarily assumes ALL known and potential risk and danger of injury and/or death from any cause, resulting from, in connection with, or incidental to the Event, including exposure to COVID-19 and/or any other virus. By accepting possession or by using any Ticket, User expressly assumes all risks and dangers arising from or incidental to the Event, whether such risks occur before, during, or after the Event and agrees that the Released Parties are not responsible for any such risks and dangers.
Medical Treatment. User consents to have medical treatment that may be deemed advisable in the event of an injury, accident, or illness during the Event and affirmatively releases the Steelers, the National Football League ("NFL"), all NFL member teams, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, and affiliate companies ("Released Parties") and all persons participating in such medical treatment from all responsibility for any such actions.
Waiver. User forever releases, waives, discharges and agrees not to sue any of the Released Parties and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, owners, members, managers, officers, directors, past and present employees, volunteers, agents, representatives, successors, trustees, successors and assigns from any known or unknown claims, losses, damages, liability, demands, actions, injury or death, including those relating to COVID-19 or any other illness or injury that User may sustain while at the Event, regardless of whether caused by the negligence or other fault of the RELEASED PARTIES or any third party (collectively, "Claims" or, as used individually, a "Claim").
For California residents: I understand that this Waiver applies to Claims which I may not know or suspect to exist and I knowingly and voluntarily waive such rights, including those under California Civil Code Section 1542, which provides: "A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, and that if known by him or her would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party."
Indemnity. User further agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all claims, demands, liabilities and/or damages arising from all Claims and User's conduct, acts or omissions during the Event.
Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, none of the Released Parties are or will be responsible or liable to User or to any third party for, and User expressly waives all rights to seek any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive or other damages under any theory of liability, arising out of or relating in any way to the Terms, the Ticket and/or the Event (even if we have been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages, or such loss or damages were reasonably foreseeable).
INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER ("ARBITRATION AGREEMENT")
User and the Released Parties (the "Parties" or, individually, a "Party") agree to arbitrate any and all Claims through BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION. This Arbitration Agreement involves interstate commerce and shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16 ("FAA"), and not by state law.
In any claim or dispute to be resolved by arbitration, neither Party will be able to have a court or jury trial or participate in a class action or class arbitration. Other rights that the Parties would have if the Parties went to court will not be available or will be more limited in arbitration, including the right to appeal. Each Party understands and agrees that by requiring each other to resolve all disputes through individual arbitration, WE ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A COURT OR JURY TRIAL. ALL DISPUTES SHALL BE ARBITRATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND NOT AS A CLASS ACTION, REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION OR ANY SIMILAR PROCEEDING. The arbitrator(s) may not consolidate the claims of multiple parties.
Arbitrations shall be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") pursuant to the applicable AAA rules in effect at the time the arbitration is initiated. User may obtain information about arbitration, arbitration procedures and fees from AAA by calling 800-778-7879 or visiting www.adr.org. If AAA is unable or unwilling to arbitrate a dispute, then the dispute may be referred to any other arbitration organization or arbitrator the Parties both agree upon in writing or that is appointed pursuant to Section 5 of the FAA. The arbitration shall take place in the federal judicial district where the Event took place. The arbitrator shall be authorized to award any relief that would have been available in court, provided that the arbitrator's authority is limited to the Parties alone, except as otherwise specifically stated herein. No arbitration decision will have any preclusive effect as to non-parties. The arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding. The Parties agree that this Arbitration Agreement extends to any other parties involved in any Claims, including but not limited to anyone for whom User purchases Tickets and Released Parties' employees, affiliated companies and vendors. This Arbitration Agreement shall take precedence over the rules of the arbitration organization or arbitrator in the event of any conflict.
The Parties each may exercise any lawful rights to seek provisional remedies or self-help, without waiving the right to arbitrate by doing so. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the foregoing class action waiver and prohibition against class arbitration is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, then this entire Arbitration Agreement shall be void. If a claim is brought seeking public injunctive relief and a court determines that the restrictions in the Arbitration Agreement prohibiting the arbitrator from awarding relief on behalf of third parties are unenforceable with respect to such claim (and that determination becomes final after all appeals have been exhausted), the claim for public injunctive relief will be determined in court and any individual claims will be arbitrated. In such a case, the court shall stay the claim for public injunctive relief until the arbitration pertaining to individual relief has been entered in court. In no event will a claim for public injunctive relief be arbitrated. If any portion of this Arbitration Agreement other than the class action waiver and prohibition against class arbitration is deemed invalid or unenforceable, it shall not invalidate the remaining portions of this Arbitration Agreement. This Arbitration Agreement will survive the termination of this Agreement, your fulfillment or default of your obligations under this Agreement, and/or the Parties' bankruptcy or insolvency (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
IRREPARABLE INJURY AND CONSENT TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
Any breach of these Terms by the User will cause irreparable injury to Steelers and User consents to injunctive relief to prevent or mitigate any irreparable injury.
GOVERNING LAW
Except as otherwise stated in the Arbitration Agreement above, any Claim arising from or relating to these Terms, the Event, or our dealings with one another, whether based in contract, tort, fraud or otherwise and regardless of the place of User's residence, is governed by, and construed in accordance with, United States Federal law (for Federal law issues such as copyright) and the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
The Steelers reserve all rights not expressly granted to User. The terms and restrictions noted on the website of the Steelers' designated ticketing company, the Steelers' Privacy Policy at: https://www.steelers.com/legal/privacy-policy/ and its website Terms of Use at: https://www.steelers.com/legal/terms-of-use/ are also incorporated herein by reference.