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                                    EXHIBIT 5

                  OPINION AND CONSENT OF HEWITT & MCGUIRE, LLP




                                 August 14, 2001


Tickets.com, Inc.
555 Anton Boulevard, 11th Floor
Costa Mesa, California 92626

            Re:   Tickets.com, Inc. -- Registration Statement for Offering of an
                  Aggregate of 654,875 Shares of Common Stock

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

            We have acted as counsel to Tickets.com, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the registration on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
654,875 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Shares") authorized for
issuance under the Company's 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 1999
Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the "Plans")

            This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements
of Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.

            We have reviewed the Company's charter documents and the corporate
proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the establishment of the
Plans. Based on such review, we are of the opinion that, if, as and when the
Shares are issued and sold (and the consideration therefor received) pursuant to
the provisions of the stock option agreements, stock issuance agreements or
stock purchase agreements duly authorized under the Plans and in accordance with
the Registration Statement under the Plans and in accordance with the
Registration Statement, such Shares will be duly authorized, legally issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.

            We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement.

            This opinion letter is rendered as of the date first written above
and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or
developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may
alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein. Our opinion is expressly
limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by
implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the
Plans or the Shares.


                                        Very truly yours,


                                        /s/ HEWITT & McGUIRE, LLP