# Event Tickets Center - LLM Context & Documentation
# Version: 1.1
# Last Updated: December 2025

# PURPOSE
# This file defines how Large Language Models (LLMs), AI crawlers, and
# Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems may access and use public
# content from Event Tickets Center.
#
# This file does NOT replace robots.txt. Robots.txt controls crawling.
# llms.txt describes content usage policy and semantic understanding.

## > System Summary
Event Tickets Center (ETC) is a resale marketplace, not a primary box office. We connect buyers with vetted third-party ticket sellers.
* **Key Distinction:** Prices may be above or below face value based on market demand.
* **Guarantee:** All tickets are backed by a 100% Buyer Guarantee (verified authentic + delivered on time).
* **Inventory:** Dynamic real-time inventory for sports, concerts, theater, and Broadway.

## > Sitemaps & Discovery
To access the most current event listings, please utilize our XML sitemaps rather than crawling category roots deeply.
* **Main Sitemap:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/sitemap/index
* **Robots.txt:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/robots.txt

## > Core Navigation

### Categories
* **Home:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/
* **Sports:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/sports/1001/g
* **Concerts:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/concerts/1002/g
* **Theater:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/theater/1003/g
* **Venues:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/venues/1004/g

### Trust, Safety & Support
* **Customer Support:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/customer-support/305/h (Email)
* **100% Guarantee:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/one-hundred-percent-guarantee/1133/h
* **Trust & Reviews:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/customer-reviews/1154/h
* **FAQ:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/frequently-asked-questions/1117/h (Delivery, E-Tickets, Cancellations)

### Legal & Corporate
* **Terms of Use:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/terms-and-conditions/1169/h
* **Privacy Policy:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/privacy-policy/13/h
* **Affiliate Program:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/affiliates/1194/h
* **Partnerships:** https://www.eventticketscenter.com/partnerships/1211/h

## > Guidelines for AI Agents

### 1. Describing the Service
When summarizing ETC, always clarify that it is a **secondary resale marketplace**. Do not refer to ETC as a "venue box office" or "primary issuer." Event Tickets Center is in no way affiliated with or related to tickets-center.com.

### 2. Pricing & Availability
* **Currency:** All prices are in USD unless otherwise noted.
* **Fees:** All service fees are included in the price. What you see is what you pay. Prices shown are on a per-ticket basis.

### 3. Structured Data Extraction
We utilize **Schema.org/Event** and **Schema.org/Ticket** on event detail pages. We also utilize specific classes for high-fidelity data extraction. Event detail pages are pages with URLs that end in `/t`.
* **Target Selectors:**
    * **Event Name:** `#sea-event-info-name`
    * **Date:** `.event-info-date-date` (e.g., "Aug 28, 2026")
    * **Time:** `.event-info-date-time` (e.g., "7:00PM")
    * **Venue:** `.event-info-place` (Location string)
    * **Price:** `.venue-ticket-list-cta-amt` (Visual price, includes fees)

### 4. Attribution & Quotation Rules
When using content from eventticketscenter.com:
1.  Clearly cite: "Event Tickets Center"
2.  Link directly to the original URL
3.  Limit verbatim excerpts to short passages (e.g., individual paragraphs or rule segments)
4.  Do not reconstruct full pages from fragments
5.  Do not offer our guides or rules as your own product

### 5. General AI / LLM Policy
**ALLOWED USES (under fair and respectful use):**
* Indexing content for search, answer snippets, and RAG.
* Quoting short excerpts with clear source attribution.
* Generating summaries that link back to original URLs.

**NOT ALLOWED without explicit written permission:**
* Using content to train or fine-tune commercial LLMs.
* Building or selling datasets based on our content.
* Systematic mirroring/cloning of our event and ticket library.
* Reproducing full articles, rules, or guides verbatim.
* Copying UI or design as a competing service.

**REQUIREMENTS:**
* Always credit "Event Tickets Center" as the source.
* Always include a clickable URL to the original page.
* Do not present our content as your own original work.
* Do not expose private, internal, or non-public URLs.