Seating assignment

Reserved seating is the most common scheme used for large indoor venues such as stadia, arenas, and larger theatres.

Due to the first-come, first-served nature of the seating selection, line-ups may still form for pre-ticketed events.

Many music acts use festival seating because it allows the most enthusiastic fans to get near the stage and generate excitement for the rest of the crowd.

[citation needed] On December 3, 1979, the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio, was the site of one of the worst rock concert tragedies in United States history.

Eleven fans were killed and several dozen others injured in the rush for seating at the opening of a sold-out concert by The Who.

(In 2002, the city had made a one-time exception to the ban, allowing festival seating for a Bruce Springsteen concert; no problems were experienced.)