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Bleachers (North American English), or stands, are raised, tiered rows of benches found at sports-fields and at other spectator events. Stairways provide access to the horizontal rows of seats, often with every other step enabling access to a row of benches. Benches range from simple planks to elaborate ones with backrests.
Bleacher seats (in short, bleachers) are uncovered seats that are typically tiered benches or other inexpensive seats located in the outfield or in any area past the main grandstand. The term comes from the assumption that the benches are sun-bleached. "Bleachers" is short for the term originally used, "bleaching boards".
A covered bleacher may be called a "pavilion", also to distinguish from the main "grandstand". The term grandstanding , from the notion of playing to the people in the grandstands, is often used as a pejorative to describe someone intent on drawing attention to themself.
A common tongue-in-cheek reference to having seats at the upper tiers of a stadium is "sitting in the nosebleed section," or "nosebleed seats." The reference alludes to the tendency for mountain climbers to suffer nosebleeds at high altitudes. Nosebleed seats (upper rows) at Stanford Stadium
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All-you-can-eat seats are typically located in "distant bleacher or upper-deck sections". [12] Seat prices are marked up approximately 50% over the regular price of seats in that section. [3] The AYCE buffet generally operates from the time the stadium gates open until the beginning or end of the seventh inning.
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Margaret Qualley puts the moves on husband Jack Antonoff — literally — in the music video for his band Bleachers’ new single, “Tiny Moves.”. Qualley, 29, codirected, choreographed and ...