Hi!
So this does sound like something where our ticketing addons – WooCommerce Tickets in particular – would be a useful tool for you guys. You can get a really good feel for how it all works by taking a look at our new user primer for that plugin: the videos in particular are pretty insightful.
They want to be able to add information like Location and Date to the product so when a purchase is made, they know which event the person bought a ticket to, and when, as often their Events are at the same location (2-3 day running shows) but need to know when the person’s ticket is for.
The first thing to highlight is that everything is built with easy customization in mind – so if you need to tweak things to really mesh with your client’s wishes you can. That said, each individual event already has its own attendee list and so checking how many people will be attending and who made the purchases for a given event is as easy as going to that list. Plus, as this is handled independently of the actual venue, there should be no risk of confusion on that front.
Does that help? Please do let me know if you’ve got any further questions and I’ll do my best to help out 🙂