Are Steep Stadium Seats Dangerous?

Steep seats are becoming more and more common at arenas across America. They're designed so that spectators in the upper decks are closer to the action with unblocked sightlines, but are they dangerous? Paul McCartney opened to a sellout crowd at Sacramento’s new Golden 1 Center last year. A concert-goer was wheeled out of the arena on opening night after he says a fan fell on top of him. “It just felt very unsafe walking up there,” he said. He's not alone. #InsideEdition

[trailermashproductions]

In a few years its gonna be 90 degrees and people gonna need ladders

[classyfacemakeup]

Those seats have always made me nervous 😦

[zdvxr]

Imagine being at a Paul McCartney concert, falling down the stairs and waking up in a John Lennon Concert

[etheriousjackal]

If they were really built to the highest safety standards, you wouldn't have people falling over and sustaining injuries.

[dannyboy]

Lol that 34 degrees is definitely not drawn to scale

[rnqtn]

That gave me anxiety. I do remember how steep those can be.

[tpp]

I hated going to these arena stadiums when I was a child, it was too small, even as a child. I went when I was an adult 10-15 years ago, it was the most uncomfortable seat experience I’ve sat in. Never again I told myself. Pack everyone up with little room as possible is the motto for these stadiums.

[lilsishope]

Imagine the chaos if there were to be an emergency ... people would probably die from trying to get to the ground level rather from the cause of the emergency itself.

[goalie]

When you've had a few drinks, it's pretty treacherous.

[realSimoneCherie]

One of those fears I’ve always had, but was too embarrassed to voice.

[GammaFZ]

1:09 that’s not 34 degrees, that’s 45 degrees

[awill]

I am not rich but the couple times a year I go to a concert I refuse to ever waste my money on seats like this. Either lower level or near the stage is worth the extra $150 and not have to worry about getting drunk and falling while trying to walk down the 6" footpath between seats. The steep stairs don't bother me, it's the narrow rows. If 1 person moves their knee or arm while you're walking down the row grinding on 15 people trying to get to your seat and you lose balance you can't stabilize yourself on the seat in front of you, you just fall down on them.

[epicskater]

No one:

Inside edition: IS BREATHING SAFE

[Rahel]

I've always been afraid of those seats.

[richardstaufenberg]

Been to Barclay's and refuse to ever go back. The real issue is that if your seat is in the center of one of these sections you have to get by 15 people of various sizes and there is not enough foot space to do so. The seats in front now being so far under the knee make it a topple hazard. Fortunately for me I only almost fell 3 times while trying to get to my seat.

[BIGDUCKQUACK]

Heck as someone who is young, coordinated, and has great vision.... even I have had alot of fear going up and down these kinds of stairs

[TheseGoodVibesOnly]

“Built to the highest safety standards”

Who you trying to fool?

[doloresboston]

That steepness throws your equilibrium off just standing still. So while walking down you get dizzy watching your step, then if you look straight ahead then you’re not watching your step. Now going up the stairs you nearly have to crawl up, because walking (while) straight causes you to teeter backwards thus loosing your balance.

Its only a matter of time before someone’s neck and/or spine is broken because they fell or were fallen on. And a fall down those steps is never ending, unless you knock down someone else (or others) on your way down.

[Casual_Lifestyle]

Always thought stadium stairs were so dangerous. Always had a huge fear about losing my footing on them

[hunter]

These seats always give me raging anxiety