hot ticket

plural hot tickets

1. Admission to an event, when particularly desirable or hard to obtain.

   “The openings were a hot ticket. But only on the opening night. Only on the private-screening nights. Only on a specific party night. That was it. And you went to see the stars,” says ex–gossip columnist Hay.

   2021 June 9, Kate Storey, quoting R. Couri Hay, “The Rise and Fall of Planet Hollywood”, in Esquire

2. broadlyA thing that is currently enjoying great popularity.

   In a subculture that idealizes youth, being gay and gray does not exactly make one a hot ticket. Older gays and lesbians often relegate themselves to separate and unequal meeting places.

   2004, Betty Berzon, Permanent Partners: Building Gay & Lesbian Relationships That Last, page 20