On Dec 31, 2005, at 1:57 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
Cheap seats isn't meant to imply they didn't cost alot, but that
they are the cheapest seats offered in a given venue.
We also called them nose-bleed seats cause they are so far up in
the stratosphere.
In ice hockey the nose-bleed seats are front-row.
Carisbrook, one of our major stadiums, used to have a "Scotsman's
grandstand". This was the stretch of road that goes behind the
stadium on a neighbouring hill. People used to line up and watch the
game for free, but the view was eventually blocked by a redevelopment.
- Dave
