Methods and systems for access control using a networked turnstile

A networked access control system comprising:

• an entry control device;
• a network interface configured to receive user communications over a network and to receive ticket data read from tickets via a ticket reader located at an event venue;
• instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, configured to cause a computing system including one or more computing devices to perform operations, comprising:
• receive a request for a first plurality of admissions, each of which grants access to at least one seat to a first event, from a user;
• cause, a user interface to be presented configured to enable a user to instruct the networked access control system to associate a second plurality of admissions to the first event, wherein the second plurality of admissions is a first subset of the first plurality of admissions to the first event, with a first ticket, and associate a second subset of the first plurality of admissions to the first event with a second ticket, wherein each admission associated with the first subset and the second subset grants access to at least one seat to the first event;
• in response to receiving a user instruction provided via the user interface, associate a first number of admissions with the first ticket and store the association of the first number of admissions with the first ticket in memory, wherein the first number of admissions corresponds to the first subset of the first plurality of admissions to the first event, and associate a second number of admissions with the second ticket and store the association of the second number of admissions with the second ticket in memory,
• wherein the second number of admissions corresponds to the second subset of the first plurality of admissions to the first event;
• receive data from the ticket reader corresponding to the first ticket;
• and use the first ticket data read from the first ticket and the stored association of the first number of admissions with the first ticket to determine how many admissions to the first event are associated with the first ticket;
• and
• an entry control device interface configured to, in response to the determination, enable the system to enable the entry control device to admit a number of people to the first event corresponding to the determination as to how many admissions to the first event are associated with the first ticket.