Stadium seating or theater seating is a seating arrangement where most or all seats are placed higher than the seats immediately in front of them so that the occupants of further-back seats have less of their views blocked by those ahead of them. It is most commonly associated with sports
stadium
A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
s and
performing-arts venues, which have used it since ancient times. Other venues that use such seating include certain religious institutions, lecture halls, and
movie theater
A movie theater (American English) or cinema (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), also known as a movie house, cinema hall, picture house, picture theater, the movies, the pictures, or simply theater, is a business ...
s. An alternative to stadium seating is a raised stage.
See also
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Theater (structure)#Seating and audience
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Auditorium#Auditorium structure
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Festival seating
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