Tickets may only be sold to contests approved by the Commission. Tickets may not be sold for a contest before the Commission has issued a sanction for the contest. Each ticket shall bear the following information: The price; The name of the club or promoter; and The date and location of the contest. The number of tickets printed may not exceed the actual seating capacity of the arena where the event is being held. Tickets for different prices may be printed on a paper stock of different colors. Each ticket in each ticket category shall bear a serial or seat location number. The promoter shall immediately provide to the Commission a notarized manifest from the printer of the tickets. The manifest shall list the total number of tickets printed and number of tickets in each price category. Tickets sold for less than the printed price shall be plainly overstamped with the actual price charged on the printed face of the ticket, including the stub that is retained by the ticket holder. The total number of complimentary tickets, excluding press tickets, shall be: Not more than 100 for professional boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts events in venues with under 3,000 total seats; Not more than 300 for professional boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts events in venues with 3,000 total seats or more; Not more than 100 for professional wrestling events in venues with under 3,000 total seats; and Unlimited for professional wrestling events in venues with 3,000 seats or more. Complimentary tickets shall be stamped “complimentary” or punched. Members of the press assigned to report on a contest by their employers shall be issued a pass to attend a contest. Members of the press shall be issued credentials that clearly designate them as working press. Two opposing rows of ringside seats designated as Commission rows shall be reserved for use by the Commission at each contest. The tickets in §A of this regulation shall be stamped with the word “Commission” or punched. Employees of the Commission who are assigned to work at an event shall be issued identification badges. The Commission shall provide a list of employees who are assigned to work at a particular contest. Only those employees who are listed and present their identification at the pass gate shall be admitted without a ticket. The promoter shall issue a refund to a purchaser, upon request of the purchaser, if the advertised main event or specially added attraction does not take place at the time and date shown on the ticket. If any of the contestants featured in the main event or specially added attraction are not present in the arena or are determined to be unable to participate in the event at the time immediately preceding the first contest, the promoter shall promptly inform the Commission. The Commission's senior official shall instruct the announcer to announce the absence and inform the audience of its right to receive a refund as provided for in §D of this regulation. Refunds may not be granted more than 1 hour after the refund announcement is made. Representatives of the promoters, ticket agent, and Commission shall meet after the ticket windows have closed to account for all tickets sold for the contest. The promoter and ticket agent shall then submit to the Commission representative a financial report on a form provided by the Commission indicating: The amount of tax; and Other charges due as specified by the Commission. The promoter shall submit a check in the amount due to the Commission within 72 hours after the contest. Business Regulation Article, §4-205, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: October 1, 1965 Subtitle revised effective August 26, 1985 (12:17 Md. R. 1705) Chapter revised effective September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2079) Regulation .02D adopted effective June 10, 1991 (18:11 Md. R. 1187) Regulation .03A amended effective June 10, 1991 (18:11 Md. R. 1187) Regulation .05 amended as an emergency provision effective June 7, 1999 (26:13 Md. R. 1016); emergency status expired December 6, 1999; amended permanently effective January 24, 2000 (27:2 Md. R. 75) Regulation .05A amended effective July 6, 2009 (36:13 Md. R. 898)