Apr 29, 2005 21:45
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audience area
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Context: The National Stadium, dubbed the "Bird's Nest" for its giant latticework structure of radiating steel girders revolving around a bowl-shaped audience area, was designed by top Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron on basis of the collaboration of their firm with China Architecture Design & Research Institute. The structure is scientifically compact with a novel and unique design and an internationally famous feature.
Question: What is called in English for the area in a stadium with a lot of seats for audience? Audience area?
TIA
Question: What is called in English for the area in a stadium with a lot of seats for audience? Audience area?
TIA
Responses
| 4 +9 | seating area |
Robert Donahue (X)
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| 3 +2 | stands or arena |
Charlie Bavington
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| 4 | (spectator) seating area |
Elena Petelos
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| 4 -1 | grandstand |
npis
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Change log
Jul 3, 2005 13:35: Robert Donahue (X) changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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seating area
for a stadium
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-04-29 21:50:23 GMT)
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Good picture of a stadium under construction
http://www.stadium.org/photoGallery.asp?gallery=Construction...
Qwest Field is designed with a 67,000 seat capacity, with 5,000 additional seats available for special events, and 1,400 seats for fans with disabilities. With a roof covering 70 percent of the seating area, fans will enjoy wide, comfortable seats with sideline seating a mere 52 feet from the playing field and end-zone seats just 40 feet from the action. The facility also features a dozen elevators and expansive concourses with an ample provision of concessions stands and restrooms.
http://www.seahawks.com/stadium.aspx?SecID=31
The seating area is all metal bleachers, some with backs, some without. Sightlines are not that good here, as a 10 foot high screen extends around the entire seating area - not just behind home plate as is usually the case. It\'s a shame that such a recently built park will be without a team for the forseeable future.
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/welland/welland.htm
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-29 21:53:03 GMT)
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Good picture of a stadium under construction
http://www.stadium.org/photoGallery.asp?gallery=Construction...
Qwest Field is designed with a 67,000 seat capacity, with 5,000 additional seats available for special events, and 1,400 seats for fans with disabilities. With a roof covering 70 percent of the seating area, fans will enjoy wide, comfortable seats with sideline seating a mere 52 feet from the playing field and end-zone seats just 40 feet from the action. The facility also features a dozen elevators and expansive concourses with an ample provision of concessions stands and restrooms.
http://www.seahawks.com/stadium.aspx?SecID=31
The seating area is all metal bleachers, some with backs, some without. Sightlines are not that good here, as a 10 foot high screen extends around the entire seating area - not just behind home plate as is usually the case. It\'s a shame that such a recently built park will be without a team for the forseeable future.
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/welland/welland.htm
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Note added at 9 mins (2005-04-29 21:54:53 GMT)
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It\'s going to be a beautiful stadium when it gets finished.
http://www.nai.nl/e/extras_e/webfile_hdm/proj_226.html
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-04-29 21:50:23 GMT)
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Good picture of a stadium under construction
http://www.stadium.org/photoGallery.asp?gallery=Construction...
Qwest Field is designed with a 67,000 seat capacity, with 5,000 additional seats available for special events, and 1,400 seats for fans with disabilities. With a roof covering 70 percent of the seating area, fans will enjoy wide, comfortable seats with sideline seating a mere 52 feet from the playing field and end-zone seats just 40 feet from the action. The facility also features a dozen elevators and expansive concourses with an ample provision of concessions stands and restrooms.
http://www.seahawks.com/stadium.aspx?SecID=31
The seating area is all metal bleachers, some with backs, some without. Sightlines are not that good here, as a 10 foot high screen extends around the entire seating area - not just behind home plate as is usually the case. It\'s a shame that such a recently built park will be without a team for the forseeable future.
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/welland/welland.htm
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-29 21:53:03 GMT)
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Good picture of a stadium under construction
http://www.stadium.org/photoGallery.asp?gallery=Construction...
Qwest Field is designed with a 67,000 seat capacity, with 5,000 additional seats available for special events, and 1,400 seats for fans with disabilities. With a roof covering 70 percent of the seating area, fans will enjoy wide, comfortable seats with sideline seating a mere 52 feet from the playing field and end-zone seats just 40 feet from the action. The facility also features a dozen elevators and expansive concourses with an ample provision of concessions stands and restrooms.
http://www.seahawks.com/stadium.aspx?SecID=31
The seating area is all metal bleachers, some with backs, some without. Sightlines are not that good here, as a 10 foot high screen extends around the entire seating area - not just behind home plate as is usually the case. It\'s a shame that such a recently built park will be without a team for the forseeable future.
http://www.ballparkreviews.com/welland/welland.htm
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Note added at 9 mins (2005-04-29 21:54:53 GMT)
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It\'s going to be a beautiful stadium when it gets finished.
http://www.nai.nl/e/extras_e/webfile_hdm/proj_226.html
Peer comment(s):
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Elena Petelos
: ....faster!! :-)
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Thanks Elena
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Elizabeth Lyons
: or stadium seating
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Right, also works.
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Chutzpahtic (X)
: oooh, it's a stadium. Need to go to bed...
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: ) Happens to the best of us. Thank you Lupita
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Laurens Landkroon
: yep! (again, you beat me to it, Robert.........).
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Thanks Somerset
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bigedsenior
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Thanks Big Ed : )
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juvera
34 mins
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Thanks Juvera
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humbird
1 hr
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Thanks Humbird
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Refugio
: yes, and best not to say spectator seating because stadiums are sometimes used for concerts or rallies etc.
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Thank you Ruth
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Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 12 hrs
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Thank you Marju
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Comment: "Thanks you all for help!
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Elena Petelos
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Medical, Legal, Technical
Native in: Greek
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English, French to English, and 3 more.
(spectator) seating area
Normally I would say auditorium, but in this context probably just "audience seating area", or "spectator seating area".
The building or the portion of the building consisting of: the audience seating area, orchestra pit, lighting and sound booths, stage, wings, dressing rooms, set construction area, greenroom, and rehearsal areas.
www.opendoorproductions.ca/saultopera/glossary.html
the new stadium's white 720-foot roof and modern architecture stand out ... A roof covers 70 percent of the seating area, allowing some protection from ...
http://www.msfc.com/nextgen_football_seahawks.cfm
the perimeter 'wall building' and the gates for the spectator seating area is designed ... architecture is a stadium that serves as a multiuse facility. ...
http://www.pci.org/markets/markets. cfm?path=stadiums&id=princeton.cfm
The building or the portion of the building consisting of: the audience seating area, orchestra pit, lighting and sound booths, stage, wings, dressing rooms, set construction area, greenroom, and rehearsal areas.
www.opendoorproductions.ca/saultopera/glossary.html
the new stadium's white 720-foot roof and modern architecture stand out ... A roof covers 70 percent of the seating area, allowing some protection from ...
http://www.msfc.com/nextgen_football_seahawks.cfm
the perimeter 'wall building' and the gates for the spectator seating area is designed ... architecture is a stadium that serves as a multiuse facility. ...
http://www.pci.org/markets/markets. cfm?path=stadiums&id=princeton.cfm
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grandstand
grandstand.
Noun: grandstand 'gran(d)`stand
The audience at a stadium or racetrack
A stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
- covered stand
Noun: grandstand 'gran(d)`stand
The audience at a stadium or racetrack
A stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
- covered stand
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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humbird
: Grandstand is not for regular audience/spectators. It is spared for strictly for special guests/celebrities.
49 mins
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22 mins
Charlie Bavington
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
stands or arena
Firstly, although I think that the majority of new stadia these days are all-seater, it might be rash to assume so.
Secondly, even if it is an all-seater stadium, the common term for where the crowd (for sports events) or audience (for concerts etc) is located in a stadium is the "stand(s)". So called of course because in the old days, people used to stand (not sit) there.
Thirdly, be careful of "seating area" because it could imply that there IS a "standing area".
(That probably doesn't occur to our American cousins, since I am led to believe that all stadiums/stadia over there are all-seater.)
Fourth, I'm not sure that you really mean just "audience area". What about the area where the action (the sport, the concert etc) takes place? Surely the "bowl shape" you mention includes this area too? In which case, if you want a collective term for both this area AND the areas occupied by the crowd/audience, then the term you want is "arena".
Secondly, even if it is an all-seater stadium, the common term for where the crowd (for sports events) or audience (for concerts etc) is located in a stadium is the "stand(s)". So called of course because in the old days, people used to stand (not sit) there.
Thirdly, be careful of "seating area" because it could imply that there IS a "standing area".
(That probably doesn't occur to our American cousins, since I am led to believe that all stadiums/stadia over there are all-seater.)
Fourth, I'm not sure that you really mean just "audience area". What about the area where the action (the sport, the concert etc) takes place? Surely the "bowl shape" you mention includes this area too? In which case, if you want a collective term for both this area AND the areas occupied by the crowd/audience, then the term you want is "arena".
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