I think the seating should be the ones who own islands/cities in the front row seats, will not allow sharing of islands as it can be abused in a way saying 20 of us share one island. two seats per island/city owner to bring their date and if any case they don't have a date they can bring theyre island partner but that is only if no one will accompany them or their wife/date doesn't accompany them or they don't have. Since island are a rare it would limit the amount of people in the fron row seats let's say you got 2 islands, then 4 seats you may give the other seats to your friends so it would be fair and easier to count through the island counting. The second row would be the millionaires. Oh wait in the front row would be the POTM and one seat to accompany his friend/date.
Third row will be by rank from elite to rich to expatriate until citizen but all would need to pay for a seat besides the millionaires. And we can do a first 5 people who aren't VIP seats will get it free. And like real awarding ceremonies we can price the seats differently according to closeness to stage, all money will probs be given to builders and helpers who made it possible. We can add signs to seats for reservation, only VIP seats will not be open to anyone if ever the island owner doesn't come. I can help in building it cus I know all the islands so far that are regioned if I am correct but the thing is I know islands that the community didn't even know exist. Some secret some not but well yeah, plus I kinda wanna help build since pixel is leaving and jabu inactive I can help build