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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.
In today's puzzle, there are nine theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top-half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word:
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
In September 2004, the PBS series P.O.V. aired a new documentary about the concert and the movie. That same month, the movie was released on DVD by Warner Bros., which obtained the video rights when it purchased the Wolper library (Warner's former sister company, Warner Music Group, coincidentally owns the rights to most pre-1968 Stax ...
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
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.
The Dads – A mistranslation of the word padres. The Say May Kids [61] – Nickname given by ex-Padre announcer Matt Vasgersian, referring to the team playing great in May for consecutive years. Friar Faithful – Spin on "Friars" and the 1998 Padres' "Keep the Faith" campaign to drum up local support for the National League pennant-winning team.
[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.