The new idea on the table isn't renting chairs. It's buying a reservation. In other words - you don't have to rent a chair, to get a seat. ANYONE can sit at ANY available seat, for free. That wouldn't change.
However, a specific section of limited seating would be made available for people who want to reserve their seats in advance. People who want to be guaranteed not "a" seat - but "that" seat.
They can reserve "that" seat in advance, but they'd have to pay for the privilege of doing so. Currently, they do it anyway, and don't pay anything. So they have nothing to lose if they don't show up, or get there late.
Meanwhile, everyone else who just wants the opportunity to sit down, can sit wherever there are seats, and not pay a dime, because they're not "claiming" seats in advance.
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