The Company considers all highly liquid financial instruments, including bank deposits, money market funds and U.S. Treasury securities with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Due to the short-term nature of the instruments, the carrying amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets approximate their fair value.

Cash and cash equivalents balances include the face value of tickets sold on behalf of creators and their share of service charges, which are to be remitted to the creators. Such balances were $288.5 million and $259.2 million as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. These ticketing proceeds are legally unrestricted, and the Company invests a portion of ticketing proceeds in U.S. Treasury bills with original maturities less than one year. These amounts due to creators are included in accounts payable, creators on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

During 2023, the Company issued letters of credit relating to contracts entered into with other parties under lease agreements and other agreements which were collateralized with cash. This cash was classified as noncurrent restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands):


	June 30, 2024		December 31, 2023		June 30, 2023
Cash and cash equivalents	$	575,499	$	489,200	$	519,598
Restricted cash	—		—		889
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	575,499	$	489,200	$	520,487