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Floor seats and the pit at a concert: how many get listed

Floor seats are on the arena or stadium floor itself, in front of the stage; the pit is the standing area right against it. At the 29 upcoming concerts in our sample with floor sections, the floor held 11% of the resale tickets listed: 7,473 tickets in 1,809 listings.

Floor seats vs the pit

Some tours put folding chairs on the floor and sell them by row and seat. Others make the floor general admission, and a few split it into a pit at the stage and seats or standing room behind it. The ticket says which.

How much of a concert's resale supply is floor

The floor holds a small share of a concert's resale tickets. It ran highest at Los Tigres del Norte, Nov 14 (34%), Stevie Wonder, Nov 21 (30%) and Il Volo, Nov 12 (30%) and lowest at John Summit, Nov 13 (2%) and The Red Clay Strays, Dec 5 (3%).

Can you see the stage from floor seats?

Up front, yes. Farther back on a flat floor, the people in front of you block more than the raised seats would. The first rows of the lower Level can see more of the stage than the back of the floor.

Events behind the numbers

Questions

Is floor or lower bowl better?
Floor for being close, lower bowl for seeing everything. On a flat floor the crowd blocks your view; the lower bowl rises so you see over heads.
What does reserved floor seating mean?
The floor has chairs with row and seat numbers, so your spot is held for you. General admission floor has no assigned spots.
What is the pit at a concert?
The standing area right in front of the stage, often fenced off from the rest of the floor and priced as its own ticket.

Compare floor and pit prices with the stands for your concert on Ticker.