Live entertainment
Doors
The advertised or operational time when audience admission begins for a live event.
Setup
- It differs from show time and may vary by entrance, credential, or support act; venue and production coordinate searches, ticketing, staffing, weather, and house-ready status.
Venue contexts
- Theatre, concerts, festivals, broadcast, and corporate events, as applicable
Signal flow
- Confirm the source, patch, transport, control, and destination for the system involved.
In practice
It differs from show time and may vary by entrance, credential, or support act; venue and production coordinate searches, ticketing, staffing, weather, and house-ready status.
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Sources
- Published Technical Standards — Entertainment Services and Technology Association