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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Mar 9, 2023 10:11:58 GMT -5
My son and I went to see the Kings at Staples Center (or whatever they call that place now). We had seats in the absolute top row of the stadium and still had a great view of the game. Yeah Staples is built straight up, the incline is crazy. But! This means good viewing
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 9, 2023 10:18:59 GMT -5
A lot depends on the venue, but not just for sightlines (though those are very important!) - a lot also comes down to what kind of atmosphere you have around you while watching.
Like, I regularly go to Citi Field in Queens for Mets games, and to Prudential Center in Newark for Devils hockey games as well as the AEW events that have been there - with Mets games, I'm totally fine getting the cheapest seats in the house, but part of that is because Citi is one of those parks where you can walk around the lower level of the stadium and just stand and watch the game from a bunch of different angles. Plus, if I do sit in my nosebleed seats I still get a solid view, and baseball is a game where I don't mind a nice midseason game where it's just a chill atmosphere; sitting back and having a drink and a snack outdoors is great, and I don't need to be up close to enjoy it. Even with tenser games, I went to a few playoff games in 2015 and sat up in the upper level and still had a great time, but again, that's because everybody there was super into the game.
Hockey can be similar, though it's a game where crowd involvement can be a bigger deal. Back when I first started going to Devils games regularly, circa 2008, there were groups that would sit in the upper levels and do all kinds of fun chants and things that made going an absolute blast, so I willingly would go and get the absolute cheapest seat I could get so I could be in those sections (helped that when the arena opened they'd have a small number of $10 seats for every game if you lined up for them early enough!). That said, I've found the lower level can be important for hockey, given how fast the game is and how much more intense that can make the action, but again it comes down to the venue - like, the lower level of Madison Square Garden would kind of suck for me, since a lot of that crowd is made up of business people taking clients to a game.
For pro wrestling? In that case, I have to admit that I think getting a bit closer is important. I sat nosebleeds for the NJPW/ROH show at MSG, plus for Full Gear at Prudential Center and the AEW Grand Slam shows at Arthur Ashe stadium; I had a good time with each, but when I went to the first episode of Dynamite in Newark I got seats a bit closer to the floor and I can't lie, it made the experience more interesting since it was easier to pick up on every wrestler's smaller details and things like facial expressions and whatnot, plus you could hear things better and there wasn't a bit of a delay in sounds from the ring reaching you. It wasn't bad in the nosebleeds, but you could tell there was just a feeling of separation there that I don't normally get with regular sports, and it showed in the fans in the upper levels just not seeming quite as loud or intense as the rest of the arena.
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