Contracts

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or penalties for non-compliance, leaving this information uncertain.

Law to Protect Seat License Prices

This bill requires contracts between professional sports franchises and long-term personal seat license holders for upgraded seats to include a clause that allows PSL holders to buy an improved or upgraded seat at the same price they paid before.

What This Bill Does

• Requires contracts between professional sports franchises and personal seat license (PSL) holders of at least ten years to include a clause that enables PSL holders to purchase subsequent PSLs with upgraded seating for the same price as their previous PSL.
• Applies this requirement to stadiums with over 65,000 seats in counties where more than 500,000 people live according to recent census data.

Who It Names or Affects

• Professional sports franchises
• Personal seat license holders who have held their licenses for at least ten years
• Stadiums with over 65,000 seats in large counties

Terms To Know

Personal Seat License (PSL)

A special ticket that allows a fan to buy the same seat at a sports stadium every year.

Professional Sports Franchise

The business that owns and runs a professional sports team, like an NFL or NBA team.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if the PSL holder does not want to buy the upgraded seat.
• It is unclear how this law will be enforced or what penalties might apply for non-compliance.
• The bill only applies to certain large stadiums and counties.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 1120
By Lamar

HOUSE BILL 1151
By Miller

HB1151
003222
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7;
Title 9; Title 16; Title 47 and Title 67, relative to
personal seat licenses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 50, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
(a) All contracts entered into between an existing personal seat license (PSL)
holder of ten (10) or more years and a professional sports franchise for the purchase of
a subsequent PSL with an upgraded or improved seating classification must include a
provision that enables the PSL holder to purchase the subsequent PSL for the same
price as the previous PSL.
(b) Subsection (a) applies to:
(1) Contracts for PSL's in stadiums with a seating capacity of at least
sixty-five thousand (65,000) located in any county having a metropolitan form of
government with a population of more than five hundred thousand (500,000),
according to the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and
(2) All contracts for subsequent PSL purchases entered into on or after
the effective date of this act.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.