How do I set up a seated event with assigned seating?

Setting up a seated event requires these steps in order:

1. Create your venue layout — Go to Tools → Venue Designer. You can start from a Global venue template or create one from scratch. Add sectors, rows, seats, and elements (stage, stairs, exits, pillars).
2. Save the venue as your own — After editing, click Save Venue. This saves it to your business venues (My Venues). You must save it as your own venue before using it in an event.
3. Create your event — Go to Events → Add New Event and fill in the event details as usual.
4. Create ticket products — Go to Sales & Products → E-Tickets and create one product per zone/sector (e.g., "VIP Tickets", "Standard Tickets"). Set prices for each.
5. Configure seating — Go to Sales & Products → Seating. Select "Seated — Customer chooses" mode. Choose your venue from the dropdown. Map each sector to the corresponding ticket product.
6. Publish your event — Once seating is configured, publish. Customers will see the interactive seat map and can choose their seats.

Important: Create ticket products before configuring seating — you need them to map sectors to products.