I had hoped the "Show Event on Site" might allow me to use a shortcode to reveal it but it seems not to. Is there any way to keep an event off the calendar display, but view via a shortcode.

The thing I'm trying to do here is do a pre-sale where people with a direct link (to a page with the shortcode on it) can book the event. But the public (who see the event calendar) can not (yet).

Hi Stefan, 

Hrm, it's possible I didn't articulate the problem well. Let me try again.

I want to offer a pre-sale. This is access to register for an event, prior to the general public. 

The general public has access to the events calendar [ameliaevents type=calendar]. 

Now to attempt to meet this need on my end, I had hoped I could uncheck the "Show Event on Site" checkbox but still provide access to it via a "private" page (direct link to people qualifying for the presale) using the [ameliaeventslistbooking event=<#id>]. However (probably as designed) it will not show that event if that "Show Event on Site" box isn't checked. But if I leave that on, the event will show in the calendar (thus the general public can register during the presale period, which is not what I want) and I'm not aware of any other way to restrict registration. 

Is there another way to restrict registration for specific events?