Ghost Seat Hold Release Receipt

A dead fan club row, sponsor courtesy block, or memorial hold can keep a seat reserved after the named holder is absent. Releasing that seat is playable pressure: the producer can free capacity for a later route, but the release must show the holder chain, the displaced waiting reader, and the future route that will inherit any bad claim.

The point is not raw capacity optimization. The seat is a route asset with custody residue. A clean release may help audience stability, while a false clean release can become proof that the broadcast converted a ghost audience member into capacity without notice.

Related: Broadcast Schedule, route-assets-and-custody, seat-substitution-afteruse-receipt.