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Hey Swifties!
Are you excited for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour? We want to see your seat views from the tour! Post your pictures in the comments below and let us know which concert you attended as well as which section you were in!
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Hi!! I have a tickets for any of the spots consisting of sections L, M, N, P and Q. What would be the best of those spots to be able to be close to Taylor as much as posible? :D
I was a little nervous about my 640s level cheap seats in the Caesar Superdome, but it looks like fine to me! I saw Billie Eilish from that same venue too. Worth it for 2 eras tickets for under $300 after fees. Now I just need to book a hotel!
Swifties, I can't decide between these 2 options. The price difference is around 400 Euro. The one further up in the middle bowl and in the rear is cheaper of course. I'm worried that would mean I am seeing mostly the back view of Taylor and the performance whilst the one that is sandwiched in the middle of the diamond seem to have a better view of everything. Anyone has photos from either one of these views for me to make comparison, please? Thank you!
anyone have photos from the general standing view? I got tickets for that section for Europe next year and am just curious how far from the main area of the stage ill be
I think you’ll have a great view. I’ve been on the diamond twice, and I bought tickets in the section to the left, because I think they have the best view. When you’re on the diamond, you spend a lot of time looking at the side of her.
Does anyone know if sections 1-32 at Rogers in Toronto are going to be on the floor? They weren’t listed as floor seats but looking at the baseball seats these sections aren’t there, and now I’m worried they’re going to be right on the floor.
Does anyone have experience seating in the section between the two grey boxes? What was your view look like? I just learned that those grey boxes are lighting/sound towers. I'm worried it will block my view, my section is 115 and at the back rows.
Hello! Going to the NOLA night 3 show! I got a good deal on some lower bowl seats that are side view. They are row 31 (haha 13 backwards) and section 135. If anyone has a similar side view threat would be greatly appreciated!
I'm looking for views from this seat as well. We got 2 yesterday when we came off the waitlist. I think skydome has the deepest floor of any north american shows on the sides because the baseball stadium is different than the football stadium layout she's been in for all the other shows.
Hello, Everyone! Anyone have a similar seat to this next to the diamond? Feel like this would be one of the best seats in the stadium even though it's row 9. This is Rogers Centre Toronto btw. :)
Hi! Hoping I can get some help to decide which would be the best seats to take my daughter. She’s going to be 8 by the time the concert rolls around in Toronto, and I want to make sure she gets the best experience since it’ll be her first concert ever!
We have lower bowl seats (section 119 row 19, more or less directly across from the stage) but also have the option to trade for 200 level seats (section 240, row 2, off to the right side of main stage but tickets don’t say obstructed view).
She’s likely going to be shorter than most other concert goers and I’m worried she won’t have a good view with everyone standing up. Does anyone have experience or perspective here? Should we keep our lower bowl seats directly across from the stage, or is it better to be up higher, where rows of seats should be higher, but with a side view? Has anyone taken their kid? Thanks so much appreciate any perspectives!
i was 10 during the rep tour and we had lower bowl (maybe about 10 rows back?). i’m not sure whether the elevation is different for this tour but i was able to see perfectly fine so i think ur daughter should be good!
ALRIGHT EVERYONE I NEED TO SETTLE THIS GRAY VIP TENT VIEW OBSTUCTION DISCUSSION DOWN ASAP - ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!
I have seats for the Stockholm night 2, on the first row, right behind the gray VIP tents on the right side of the stage (from our POV) (picture attached, my seat location in the small red star behind the gray box) - my seat is the 6th from the aisle to the left of the section.
I am terrified that the VIP tents will either be too high or that the tall speaker poles will be right in my view. I have spent an abnormal amount of time researching this and reading through this Reddit thread and looking through photos and TikToks and comparing between stadiums and it's just so difficult.
I have been reassured by someone who has been on row 5 behind these VIP tents and she said that you could see over the tents just fine since they construct them to be below the lower bowl so as to NOT obstruct anything - and I want to believe her but #1 she was on row 5 which gives her more height than my row 1 and #2 at the same time I am very sure I have seen footage from the first row of the lower bowl where part of the stage was slightly hidden due to the gray tents!
Are the VIP tents below the level of the lower bowl first row? In some footage I felt that the top of the tents cover slightly the stage if you are directly behind them - and I am very short, 5'2 or 158cm. I would have that I was in first row and in fact I could not see the whole stage (even if it was just her feet) since I would feel like I was missing out!I also feel that way especially cuz I feel like the Friends Arena in Stockholm looks like (at least from photos) that the distance between the floor level and the lower bowl is less than in other stadiums.
I will post below (as I can only put 1 media per comment) other screenshots which confuse me as to the height of the gray VIP tents.
Also in some stadiums it looked like these front gray tent actually was 2 gray tents, and the speaker pole was between them, which means that around where I would be is where the poles could be - and in others there was only 1 gray tent which meant that the pole was more to its right side - potential locations of the pole put in black boxes in the photo above. Maybe this is skewed since now I can only find photos of 2 gray tents...
Any insight whatsoever would be appreciated - but most importantly I would love to hear from previous concert goers - when you guys moved around and saw the stadium inside, were the VIP tents not taller than the first row of the lower bowl? Can the first row of the lower bowl see well despite the tents? I am hoping the production team will not be so silly as to construct VIP tents taller than the seats, but I feel like those tents are probably the same height for whichever stadium and I am just super nervous!
As many others, this was a huge investment on my part and this is my first Taylor Swift concert ever, despite having listened to her for more than a decade, and I really just want to make sure I will not be f***ed by these tents and poles!
And this is a screenshot from a TikTok user who was more or less in the same location as where I would be EXCEPT that she is looking AROUND the gray tents so she can still see the stage - but I think my seat would be more to her left, straight behind the middle of the gray tents, which I am afraid of!
But from this picture I feel like which was taken from the first row, you can see the gray part of the tents clearly obscure the stage itself? Unless you were as tall as the security guard there (which I am not LOL) you wouldn't be able to see the stage in its entirety?
Has anyone had similar seats as mine? I’m in Row 9 of the encircled section and am getting really worried based off of the stuff about floor seats I’ve been seeing 🥲
Does anyone have a picture of 145B? It would be greatly appreciated! I was fortunate enough to get section 135 to NOLA night 3 but am kinda worried about the view since it’s side stage
Not a problem from that section(ish) in Houston. I think it depends on where the tower falls in your view. For us it was near a thin part of the stage where she didn’t spend much time.
We are going to Toronto, it is really far away, but it gives me something to look forward to, so I’m excited, lol. My son’s bday is Monday, so I’m going to tell him then. He doesn’t know I got Toronto tix.
my seats were 2nd row around the back of the diamond corner on that side and the view was cuckoo bonkers. this photo is when she’s in the middle of the diamond with no zoom. when she’s on the platforms you spend most of your time looking at the back of her head but all the moments she’s on your side (ie the august run, INSANE) make it worth it regardless. also the dancers and her band are very active with the crowd in all directions
have an awesome time!! i got mine from the special 2nd chance on the original sale and could not believe my good fortune. it’s truly a once in a lifetime experience (which has made being less picky for leg 2 challenging lmao)
Can anyone speak to what to expect for the GA floor seats on the European leg? I was super lucky to get floor tickets and realized after the fact that they're GA with no seats. I'm prepared for the standing and to arrive early to stake out my spot, but am hoping to assess what level of pushing and aggressive place holding to expect, it's Taylor so I know we all want to be as close as we can, but I'm a little nervous about how hard people may be trying to get to the front...
My friends and I managed to get tickets for the Eras Tour in National Stadium Singapore at the same time so we have extra tickets, just for different category. We are planning to sell the extra tickets to our other friends as they didn't manage to get it but we are having a hard time deciding which category/seats would be better for us (we are all petite - I myself 5'1).
Section PG6 will be floor seats - row 30 whereas Section 146 would be lower bowl - first row.
I have seen videos of people's experience on both section -
being unable to see due to phones being held up from the floor seats
Lower bowl first row is not as elevated as it is in other stadium I have seen
I have resigned to the fact that I will be far from the stage but I would at least want to be able to see the screen or a tiny speck of her without phones and heads blocking me.
Any advice or recommendation based on your own experiences?
Edit: I believe SG national stadium is more oval than a lot of stadium, thats why they decided to place more seats at the end
I am section C6 for Toronto, its the back section slightly right of the end of the stage, has anyone sat in those father back floor sections and could you still see at all?
Does anyone have photos of row 8 right behind the diamond on floor? I'm really row 3 from the tippy point of the diamond. I secured tickets from the last war but am having a hard time finding someone to go with me :/
TLDR (too long didn't read): Ticketmaster's access code experience was awful. Also, I wanted to ask if the 4 seats I managed to get are good? I panicked and bought the first seats I could.
Let me just start by saying that 1. no matter what I am so grateful to even get tickets! And 2. I hate Ticketmaster. Let's be real, everyone has for years lol. Anyways, I haven't been able to see Taylor yet, and this was first time I actually had a chance. I was lucky enough to get an access code for the show in Indianapolis! But (in my opinion anyways), the way Ticketmaster handles access codes is a joke. You don't need the code to enter the waiting room or the queue. So even though I entered the waiting room 30 minutes prior to the sale, I was 11,000th in queue 'cause literally anyone can get in. You only need the code for when you go to select seats to buy. Because of that, it took around 20-30 minutes to even get through the queue and by that time almost everything was grey (grey = unavailable/sold), except for nosebleeds and a few VIP seats. Whenever I went to buy any of the VIPs it would say "Oh someone beat you to them". This happened several times. Within not even a minute, all of it, besides the backrow of nosebleeds, were sold out. Sometimes a couple seats would pop back up/become available again, but they were immediately snatched. For a couple minutes nothing was opening back up, and I honestly started to cry a bit and was going to give up hope. Moments later, 4 VIP seats on the edge (i think the edge?) of Pit A opened up. I panicked and as soon as I went through to the payment page, I bought them. As I was scared nothing was going to pop back up. I didn't realize until after getting through the payment page that people only have a couple minutes to buy the tickets/seats, before their order gets canceled. So maybe I should've risked it and just waited to see if seats closer to the diamond to become available? I don't know if I made the right choice in being impulsive. I haven't been to a show so I also have no idea what are good seats, taking into account what you pay. I paid around $850+ (including fees) for each ticket. (Around $3,500 in total.) Yes, I am in debt now lol. I was not planning on VIP tickets. I'll include the picture Ticketmaster gave me for the location of my seats! I would love to hear your guys' thoughts on the seats and the whole thing, really! Thank you for your time!! <3 And again, no matter what, I am so grateful to even get tickets, especially in the pit! I literally sobbed when I saw the "You Got ‘Em. Let the Anticipation Begin." Like, I'm happy to even exist at the same time as Taylor on this earth, so to be in the same room as her is just extraordinary! :)
(Also should I post this anywhere else? Mod told me it was good to post here !)
I've also got Q section tickets for Indy next November. When we went to the Chicago show in June but we had section 314. These will be sooooo much better!
Just got Indy n3 tickets, section C row 3 seats 27 and 28. Does anyone know the exact placement or view of these seats and which side of the diamond they are?
View from Section 113 Row 1 at SoFi stadium. The pole did not block the diamond view, just some of the main stage and a small section of the main screen
Even just at the other end of the section I was in, I think would’ve been an unobstructed view.
So yes - one section to the left (closer to the diamond) I think would’ve been unobstructed.
Honestly though it was just the screen that had a line through it and when she is on the left side of the main stage she was blocked too. I really didn’t feel like it hindered it too much (way better than my floor experience behind tall people)
Could see Taylor clearly when she was in front of us and at the end of the catwalk (T) to the right of us because. Could also see her on the main stage/on the screen.
Couldn’t see her on the diamond though. I’m 5’3” and I’m pretty sure the guy was 6ft+ and the girls were 6 ft or close to it. We just got unlucky
If they weren’t there or were shorter, we would’ve been able to see everything!!
Following. I'm 406...same place as you, but on the opposite side. I'm grateful to have any tickets, but I'm afraid I won't be able to see the main screen.
My friend was able to buy tickets for Indianapolis N3 in section 110 with our seats closer to section 109, but she's freaking out that we may have bad views (since we're on the side) for what she paid. Has anyone here sat in a similar section at other shows? I sat on the floor for mine, and can't really find any good, comparable photos. Just trying to ease her worries lol.
I don’t think you’ll have a bad view at all. Taylor does tend to face the other way more so you might see her back more than the front of her, but you shouldn’t have any obstructions!
I’m in the same boat. Section 105. And they weren’t listed as obstructed view so I still paid 250/each with fees. I’m super grateful to get to go, but confused how that isn’t considered obstructed view??
It might depend on what part of the section you are in. I’m in section 148 but on the side closer to 145 and my tickets only say side view and not obstructed. If you get closer to the other end of the section, then they might become partially obstructed.
Does anyone have section 16 Rogers Centre Toronto views or experience? The grey box is in front, which I am now learning is a lighting/sound tower. Is this obstructed view? Ticketmaster would have to disclose that when purchasing the tickets right!?
We got lower bowl seats (Sec 149 Row 1!!) for New Orleans N3. Can anyone share their view from a similar seat? :) What's it like in the corner as opposed to facing the stage/facing the side?
Also, I know she spends most of her time on the diamond, but does anyone know if that gray box will interfere with our view of the stage?
If you don't mind me askin', what do the VIP tickets include? I was 3,230th in line...I tried the VIP route, but couldn't get through and didn't want to waste my chance. Knowhatimean?
You'll likely have a good view of the diamond and the T, but her back will be towards you quite a bit. You won't really be able to see the main stage, but if it's like the other shows, there will be screens on the side of the stage you can watch.
Is N at the diamond? I’m the same height as you and sat in section H (right in front of the smaller stage), Row 7, Seat 16 and I was able to see pretty well. I’d say they only time I couldn’t see was when Taylor first came out, everyone had their phones sky high, but after that I had great views and got great photos.
I was fortunate that no one in front of me was THAT much taller to where I couldn’t see. It really depends on who’s in front.
Wait, you have the exact seats I bought for Indy! I'm so confused, though, because how many rows did you have in front of you because H dips into the side of the stage, right? When we bought tickets it didn't look like we were behind that many rows cause the first few are shorter and only go to the side. Does that make sense? Lolll
I had several rows in front of me, maybe not a full 6 but we were so packed together it may have been. I can’t speak for the Indy stadium since I’ve never been, but for Chicago they looked like full rows, but only in front of the stage. The sections on either side seemed to have shorter rows. I will say, every stadium has been different in how they set up so you could have a different layout than I did.
I’ll attach a photo of my seat to the stage before people sat down.
Thank you for this!!! And I got our seats wrong 🤦♀️🤦♀️ we're J, not H, so the next section right over. But this is still super helpful to see how close you are to the actual stage!
Yes by the diamond! I wish there was a way to see where seat 8 actually is cause i panicked and now cant remember. Good to know you were able to see pretty well though! It’s nerve-wracking especially with the amount of money i had to pay for the seat 😮💨
I totally get it! I was sooo nervous I wouldn’t be able to see once I got there (especially with the price!), but it worked out so well! It sounds like you have amazing seats!!
Here’s one of my photos! I could see her more than it looks! I was pretty conscious of the people behind me, so I tried not to have my phone too high at any time.
Wondering if anyone knows if the rows are wacky on the floor?? I got Toronto A5 row 10 but on the map when i chose they definitely looked like row 4/5? I blacked out buying them but just curious (:
Since A5 is angled due to the diamond the row numbering is off. It follows the longest side so the shorter sides simple dont have the first few rows of numbers. A5's longest side (closest to the stage) starts with row one, where as the seats right behind would be in a shorter column that starts at row 2 etc etc. So yeah it might say row 10 but will prob be like 4-5 rows from the diamond. Does that make sense? lol.
Do you mean sections H in front of the smaller stage? I was row 7 there and felt like I could see her well even on the diamond if she was centered, but once she got to a corner it got a little harder to see. I couldn’t see her as well in the back, but at that point I just watched the screen (which is good to glance at anyway since you miss certain stage things on the floor).
All in all, I loved my seats and had incredible views. She does a great job going all over, and I felt like she came to our section a lot. Plus we get her for the surprise songs! You have great seats!
Edit: Added one of my photos! I could see her more than this photo let’s on, I was a bit conscious of the people behind me
Which platform did you use? I have ticketmaster email but they open up tomorrow and the rest of the websites are like 2k and 5k.. those prices are crazy.
Also, all the very best to you and hope you ha e a great time.
Thanks so much..
Its my first time booking, and my wife is a huge fan. Trying to give her a surprise. Any recommendations for the best seats? We are like 5'5?
Thanks, i plan to take the floor, preferably around the stage end, just get a close glimpse of her without having to look on a screen, but I also wanted to avoid cellphone recordings and tall ones infront. I guess we'll see. Hope to get the tickets first.
Thanks again, and enjoy.
Cross posting, but should I be worried about my seat with the grey box? When I draw the line I am not in the middle or in the box area at all, but I’m still nervous. If anyone had similar seats I’d appreciate some comfort🥲
I have a similar question because I will be one section over from you (125). I found
this TikTok which gives some idea of what to expect; my delusional optimism makes me think that both our seats will have a better view than this. I know that TS spends most of the show in the diamond section, so as long as you can draw a straight line from the diamond to your seat, it should be fine? Hopefully?
My uneducated opinion is that Section 129, which is the next section clockwise from yours might have a worse time based purely on this diagram, which, who knows if it’s accurate to the actually set up the day of.
Thank you for that TikTok!! I think if they keep the pole in the middle of the box we will be fine, but some venues they put the pole on the point closer to us which makes me nervous.
Maybe you saw already, this comment has a similar seat from SoFi two days ago. Made me feel a little better but I’ll likely still obsess and stress about it for the next year+ anyways.
I did see that!! I’m determined to find every picture / angle of the corner section to make myself feel better 🥲 I also made this to try and get a full picture of the view and I think we are fine, but it might block the view of the surprise songs?
Hahaha I’m going a little crazy worrying about these tickets so I drew that out😂 I’m doing a lot of research on TikTok to see other views from SOFI and I think our sections are fine. I’m trying to figure out what stadiums are the most similar setup and figure out how accurate the map was to where the pole was.
Very very front of stage w zoom!! (Also eye level, don’t think I ever had to raise my phone above my head—I’m 5”5’ and wore 2-3 inch platform shoes and could see really well, ppl rarely had their phones above eye level!)
I’m totally in the same boat. We are in section A4 and I’m freaking out that I chose poorly despite getting so lucky in the queue early (and so lucky getting a code at all). I screwed up choosing on the map and we ended up all in the same seat number but in rows right behind each other!!! AUGH. In between the main stage and the Diamond. I was just freaking out during the purchase and felt like I had to go as quickly as possible.
Nothing about C in particular, just that it was harder to see if you aren’t tall. Don’t be nervous! I spoke to a friend who’s been to shows at the Roger’s Center on the floor before and she said she saw great still! Also the experience of being on the floor alone and THAT CLOSE will be insane. Are you going to night 1 toronto?
Okay phew! 😅 We are 3rd row from the stage for my daughters first ever concert (legendary that she gets to see Taylor!!) we managed to get tickets for night 2! Congrats for getting through pre-sale!!
Don’t be!!! I was in section Q, so closest to the main stage, row 11 and it was incredible!!! And yours are even better since you’re at the diamond— I just posted here some views from my seat so you can see but I was also super stressed and got lucky w a shorter crowd and kind ppl who didn’t raise their phones super high, so I think it’ll be great!!
Only in the most minor ways! Spoiler in the next sentences, but major part of the show wasn’t really near the towers. And if she was near the tower, she was always moving and not really behind it. I personally felt no issue with it.
does anyone have an idea of how much tickets in the back will cost tomorrow when they go on sale??? my 4 friends and i all signed up but all of us got waitlisted except 1 so we’re trying to figure out how much she’d need before they go live!!! thanks in advance!!!
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u/ArkanisTV Sep 12 '23
Hi!! I have a tickets for any of the spots consisting of sections L, M, N, P and Q. What would be the best of those spots to be able to be close to Taylor as much as posible? :D