stadium bleachers

Tiered audience seating

Stadium bleachers are tiered bench seating, typically backless wooden or metal planks arranged in ascending rows.

They're the cheap seats—no armrests, no cupholders, just a place to sit with the crowd: We sat in the bleachers and got sunburned.

The term comes from how sun exposure bleaches the wood.

Related

crowd noise · concrete · tiers · general admission · student section · fans · home team · standing room only · sold out · spectators · nosebleed · aluminum · rows · bench · grandstand · arena · field · wave

Opposites
seating luxury/amenities

stadium bleachersluxury boxes

Private stadium viewing suites

skyboxes · private suites · club seats · executive suites · corporate boxes

seating structure type

stadium bleacherscushioned seats

Seating with soft filling

theater seating · bucket seats · assigned seating · reserved seats · upholstered chairs

viewing proximity/quality

stadium bleacherscourtside seats

Arena's closest spectator positions

front row · ringside seats · dugout seats · nosebleed seats

Family

stadium, stadiums, bleacher, bleach, bleached, bleaching, bleaches

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G