1. A method for controlling access, the method comprising: receiving an entitlement access request at an access control system from a venue device within a venue and associated with the venue in response to the venue device retrieving ticket information from a first user device associated with a first user, the entitlement access request associated with access to a physical area within the venue for the first user; identifying at the access control system that a distance between a location of the first user device associated with the first user and a location of a second user device associated with a second user exceeds a previously specified distance; sending an authorization request message from the access control system to the second user device via a network connection in response to receipt of the entitlement access request at the access control system and in response to the identification that the distance between the location of the first user device and the location of the second user device exceeds the previously specified distance; receiving an entitlement access authorization at the access control system from the second user device via the network connection following transmission of the authorization request message to the second user device; and permitting the first user to access the physical area within the venue in response to receipt of the entitlement access authorization at the access control system.