empty seats
Nobody sitting there
Empty seats are unoccupied places where someone could sit—in theaters, stadiums, airplanes, or meeting rooms.
The phrase often implies disappointing turnout or wasted capacity: The candidate spoke to a crowd of empty seats.
In transportation, empty seats represent lost revenue; airlines and trains use dynamic pricing to fill them.
- vacantWithout an occupant
- unoccupiedHaving no occupant
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- theaterVenue for live drama
- concert hallVenue for orchestral performances
stadium · arena · rows · front row · chairs · auditorium · sparse · attendance · crowd · bleachers · nosebleed section · reservation · no-show · capacity · sold out show · opening night · unfilled · deserted
- unclaimed thingslost luggage, abandoned property, lost and found, undelivered mail, lottery winnings
- audiencesviewers, listeners, spectators, watchers, live audience
empty seatsfull house
Triplet and pair combined
packed house · standing room only · sold-out crowd · capacity crowd · sellout
empty seatssellout
Compromiser of integrity
sold-out show · blockbuster · box office hit · hot ticket · high demand
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