Then just sell only to the people what went last year first if this is your explicit goal? You could also use some sort of sponsor system if you want to preserv

Then just sell only to the people what went last year first if this is your explicit goal? You could also use some sort of sponsor system if you want to preserve some sort nerd purity; it just seems more honest than using an onerous ticket buying process to reach that same goal of preserving the visitor mix.