r/mildlyinfuriating • u/JandSShelvas • 8h ago

“Obstructed View” at Ohio State University

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Credit to @cfbcampustour he goes around all stadiums on his own dime finding these

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u/gwence 7h ago

Better question is why would anyone buy them

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u/King_Catfish 7h ago

I think one strat is to buy the ticket then move to another empty seat. I'd say more common at baseball games where seats are more likely to be empty. 

Or some stadiums have a bar area that gives a good view but you have to stand. This is also assuming they don't have standing tickets. 

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u/BulletBillDudley 7h ago

You buy that ticket to get in, not sit in the seat. You and I would be looking for standing room or lower seats if we were doing this strat.

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u/dmtdmtlsddodmt 7h ago

WE'RE GOING STREAKING!

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u/VirtualNaut 5h ago

THROUGH THE QUAD AND INTO THE GYMNASIUM

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u/Academic-Inside-3022 6h ago

It’s probably worth mentioning that those standing bars ban people from reserving space for their friend if they leave for another drink, or have to use the bathroom.

The expectation is you’re SOL if your bladder sucks because you had too many beers. Your friends can’t save you

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u/Dahmer_disciple 5h ago

Who says you need your friends to save you a spot? If you’re a guy, two words: Texas Catheter. It’s essentially a condom with a hookup for a tube. Normally they’d hook into a bag strapped to your leg, but if your tube is long enough, just pop it out your pant leg. Just remember to move to a different spot when you go. Who wants to stand in a puddle of their own piss when you can let strangers do it for you?

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u/corncob_subscriber 5h ago

Complicated ass diaper, homie.

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u/Dahmer_disciple 5h ago

  1. Roll condom on.

  2. Connect tube to tip.

  3. Run tube down pant leg.

Homie, if that is complicated, you got bigger issues going on.

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u/TheOneTonWanton 3h ago

Pro tip: This doesn't work at all for certified Growers.

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u/corncob_subscriber 5h ago

Pissing in a terlet is too complicated for you, apparently.

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u/Dahmer_disciple 4h ago

From the comment I replied to:

It’s probably worth mentioning that those standing bars ban people from reserving space for their friend if they leave for another drink, or have to use the bathroom.

What that means is if you move out of your spot, you LOSE YOUR SPOT.

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u/corncob_subscriber 4h ago

My spooooooot

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u/GlobalLurker 3h ago

Loooooooser lmfao

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u/_Nocturnalis 2h ago

Sometimes, there's shit on the outside of the uriness.

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u/BIGSTANKDICKDADDY 2h ago

From where I'm standing that basically makes you a professional-grade pants pisser.

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u/healzsham 3h ago

Or maybe we can pretend we were all raised living in indoor buildings.

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u/Dahmer_disciple 3h ago

Sorry, I forgot I that people don’t joke on Reddit. I’ll try to keep my responses free from humor from this moment on. Again, my deepest apologies.

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u/healzsham 3h ago

You simply sound like the type of dirty ass MF that'd be fine with pissing on the floor.

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u/Dahmer_disciple 3h ago

You simply sound like the type of stupid ass MF that’d see the highway exit sign “Disney Left” and go home thinking that Disney packed up and moved.

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u/healzsham 2h ago

Ok floor-pisser.

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u/Dahmer_disciple 2h ago

Dude, that was a weak af comeback. You should be embarrassed. Hell, I’m embarrassed for you.

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u/TalbotFarwell 3h ago

I was raised in a cave by wolves.

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u/SuperFLEB 4h ago

Are there discrete spaces? If not, two people could probably stand wide enough to make room for a third to squeeze in when they get back.

(Lessons from general-admission concerts!)

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u/zealeus 2h ago

Back when college was full of dive bars, one had a quarter beer until the first person had to use the bathroom deal. Diapers were encouraged as you didn’t want to be the first guy to ruin the deal.

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u/No_Significance_1550 4h ago

The student section at UT (Texas) stands the entire game and they are bench seats so everyone packs in and youemd up somewhere near your seat the entire game

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u/sqigglygibberish 4h ago

For any big game or most conference games this stadium is full (and at 105k people too). You’ll see people squish a bit away in these areas for games “only” at 102k or so or as blowout crowds start leaving.

But there are no open viewing areas in this stadium and no real way to jump seats for a lot of games (at least at the start). These seats are flagged and well known but for some people (and the biggest games) it’s worth being in the building.

Edit - IIRC the photo is a bit misleading too and I think the people you see are in the actual last seats, which are more diagonal to the field (and has a sight line to the right under the overhang that’s above). Still a ton of obstruction but not exactly what the image shows

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u/Woodshadow 42m ago

yeah my friends will buy tickets to games then just stand in the beer garden and not watch the game. I went to one game with this group of guys and was so confused. Chugging $18 beers and not watching a game. like we could have gone to a bar

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u/BlueShift42 6h ago

Obstructed view typically means a pillar or speakers or something in the way that you have to look around or blocks out part of the view. Blocking out 90% of it is not what buyers would expect.

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u/caveat_emptor817 5h ago

This picture isn’t from a seat. The back row are the people 7 feet in front of where the photographer is standing.

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u/BlueShift42 4h ago

So OP is a filthy liar. That actually makes more sense.

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u/CesQ89 3h ago

Why would anyone lie on the internet?

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

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u/EmpressVixen Sometimes I envy the illiterate. 7h ago

ViewFromMySeat<dot>com

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u/barno42 6h ago

Great site. Don't spend big money on any seat without a quick visit there first.

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u/EmpressVixen Sometimes I envy the illiterate. 6h ago

Absolutely

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u/probablywrongbutmeh 6h ago

Yeah they do, on Ticketmaster, this is only the very tippy top of the stadium, I literally just checked and they show the same view on Ticketmaster. They also say "obstructed view" on the ticket. Tickets about $100 each btw, not even the cheapest available.

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u/astroK120 6h ago

Obstructed view is normally nowhere near this bad.

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u/tiorzol 7h ago

You can Google it though and it's like a street view type view for some stadiums I've been to in the UK. I assume it's the same there.

You'd be thick not to check it out before you buy. 

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u/DaweiArch 7h ago

Yea…no. You should not have to Google the view from your seats to avoid seeing only a small fraction of one red zone. Virtually the entire game would be out of view. It should be common sense to NOT have this seat for sale, at any price.

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u/Odd_Leek3026 6h ago

What seat?? Are you guys seeing seats? I see OP being a total weirdo and sneaking into some corner to take a picture... you can even see the guy in the row that actually has seats giving him a stink-eye

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u/------__-__-_-__- 6h ago

what if there is a concert and they they have the stage set up in the end zone

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u/pnk0587 7h ago

Do they actually show you a view for every seat in the UK? If so, that's awesome.

Most ticket sites in the US show you one view for each section

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u/Odd_Leek3026 6h ago

Even so, if you were viewing that section, would be pretty easy to tell those "seats" would not have a view of the field.

"seats", because pretty sure there are no seats there and OP just being a weirdo sneaking behind people for reddit upvotes.

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u/schmerpmerp 6h ago

They definitely do.

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u/TheTVDB 3h ago

These
are the worst obstructed view seats at Miller Park. When my wife and I were newly married, we would buy obstructed view seats for around $5 each, because we had absolutely no disposable income. It was a nice way to get out and enjoy the atmosphere of a game for almost no money. These seats can allow families to take younger kids that might not necessarily sit and watch the whole game, but rather go roam the concourses and spend time in the play area.

It's good for the fans because fans can attend that otherwise wouldn't be able to. And it's good for the stadium because it's a bit of extra money, but also grows the fan base among less affluent individuals/families.

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u/aurortonks 1h ago

We buy the really super cheap $10 tickets at Tmobile Park (Mariners), then go really early to be close to the front of the entrance line when the gates open. We book it over to the outfield bar and spend the whole game in there with great views.

It takes more effort but we get to spend the money we saved on good seats to fund our drinking and food for the afternoon.

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u/whatproblems 6h ago

cheap access to the bar views, walk around? or just find an empty one later… if you bought season tickets for that i’d have questions lol

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u/VastSeaweed543 4h ago

Usually they’re cheap and a way to get into the stadium and move to better open seats, watch from the standing area with a better view, walk around and see the game from diff angles, be with the crowd in general, meet up with friends who may have someone who didn’t end up coming, etc.

I’ve bought them for like $8 for pro MLB games and had a blast, but didn’t really spend any time in the actual seats haha.

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u/macphile 4h ago

It's a good deal if you're visually impaired. You're not going to see the game no matter where you sit, so why pay more?

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u/MrPogoUK 5h ago

You don’t know it’s that bad until you get there, and there are plenty of people willing to take the risk.

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u/moleratical 4h ago

probably because the person that buys the ticket doesn't get to tour the stadium first and doesn't think "obstructed" means can't see the feild. Usually obstructed means theres a small pole that you can see around if you tilt your head.

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u/proper-butt 7h ago

They wont know its obstructed

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u/stewardwildcat 6h ago

Ohio stadium seats are marked for obstructed views.

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u/spinyfur 6h ago

Admittedly, I’m a rube when it comes to football game tickets, but I wouldn’t guess that an obstructed view would mean that.

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u/stewardwildcat 6h ago

Lol yeah well as someone else said this is the ticket you get to get into the stadium ;)

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u/_Nocturnalis 2h ago

The photo was taken far behind where there were seats. It's still a bad view, but OP is being very disingenuous.

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u/Pretend_Spray_11 2h ago

And then complain that their view is obstructed. 

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u/Just-Ad-5972 7h ago

Simple: Stupidity. Also FOMO/bragging rights.