A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is frequently used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a metonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives. The term is also used to refer to a ticket office at an arena or a stadium.
Box office at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio
Ticket sales booth, Charing Cross Road, London, England, opposite the Garrick Theatre
Folk festival box office in Edmonton, Alberta
Ticket window at North Port High School Performing Arts Center
A ticket is a voucher that indicates that an individual is entitled to admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, amusement park, stadium, or tourist attraction, or has a right to travel on a vehicle, such as with an airline ticket, bus ticket or train ticket. An individual typically pays for a ticket, but it may be free of charge. A ticket may serve simply as proof of entitlement or reservation. A ticket may be valid for any seat or for a specific one.
German admission ticket for Würzburg Residence (2010)
An unseparated ticket for the Kurkino in Berchtesgaden (2005 or earlier)
Inaugural Parade ticket for President Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929
Ticket machines of China Railway in Zhuzhou Station