A little googling shows little in different philosophies in terms of visiting team and student seating. At the Big House in Michigan (I feel nauseous even saying that) students are seated from about the north 20 yard line upto the same end zone, and around the corner into the north end zone. Opposing team fans sit in the upper tier of the South Endzone between sections 9-15. The Horseshoe in Columbus puts students in the south end zone, and visitors in the north end zone.
Outside the B1G, Bryant-Denny stadium in Tuscaloosa puts visitors in
- Section NN (North end zone)
- Front of Sections MM and LL (N end 20 yard line to N end zone)
- Back half of sections on the North and South side of the stadium (end zones)
student sections run from about the S 30 yard line around the S end zone (pretty significant portion of the available seating)
like Alabama, Notre Dame seats students from about the N 40 yard line down to and into the end zone. They put the visitors in the opposite corner with three lower sections (14-16) and the three upper sections directly above (114-116)
We put our students in the N end zone, and visitors in Section 109 at the S end of the field, on the E side of the end zone. With E side seats so empty, I’d love to see the student section back in the N end of the visitors side per Gritty’s suggestion. While I understand the desire to keep the “animals” away from the paying public, it would provide a better student experience, and in fact there are very few to no “paying customers” on that side of the stadium anyway, at least according the cameras from last week’s game.
It appears most teams care little about opposing fans, relegating them to the least desirable locations.
Oh yeah, and put some seat backs in all the seats!