Sorry, Dan*, I have to respectfully disagree on the seats at the Sprint Center.
Like just about every other arena and public seating built these days, I found the seating to be ridiculously close and uncomfortable. When I first took my nosebleed seats at the Springsteen show, I panicked that there was so little legroom. I feared my legs would cramp and I’d have to watch the rest of the show standing in the back. There was so little room, we all had to stand every time someone wanted out (and, unfortunately, that was a lot).
Then I snuck down near the stage and somehow scored some awesome open seats, and there seemed to be more legroom. Could just be that we wound up standing half the time due to the excitement of being so close.
I just don’t get why facilities don’t spend a little extra (what’s a few hundred thousand dollars more in a multimillion-dollar project?) to give people comfort. It makes for a much more pleasant show. And, really, over a 20-year lifespan of a venue, give or take, what’s the difference?
* Disclaimer: Dan and I didn’t go to the concert together. However, we did enjoy a nightcap afterwards.