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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.
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.
Audience risers are different from bleachers in that the seats for bleachers are integrated into the structure itself; audience risers are primarily platforms first, to which a variety of chairs, tables, cameras, spot lights, etc. may be used on. While bleachers provide fixed aisle ways and may not provide a solid floor, audience risers are ...
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".
Before 1938, the Razorbacks played in a 300-seat stadium built in 1901 on land on top of "The Hill", which is now occupied by Mullins Library and the Fine Arts Center (in the "center" of campus). The new stadium cost approximately $492,000 and was funded by the Works Progress Administration , with the University of Arkansas only paying 22% of ...
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Prior to the 2001 season, the university began a program of modernization of the stadium by enclosing the southern end zone with seats, and the state-of-the-art Murphy Center (named for Wendell Murphy) was built behind it. Following the 2004 football season, Carter–Finley was again expanded with the completion of the "Vaughn Towers", a ...
[31] [36] [17] It was estimated the change from seat to bleacher would give a two-inch reduction per seat leading to roughly 2 more people per row. [31] Students were to receive 450 of the new seats. [36] [34] Carmichael at the time sat 8,200. [31] [36] The renovation costed approximately $62,000 and was paid for with the athletic budget.