# Bleacher seats in Times Square

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-seats-in-times-square/722993>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 20, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-seats-in-times-square/722993 "2015-06-20T02:59:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-seats-in-times-square/722993/1 "2015-06-20T02:59:16Z")

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I am visiting NYC again, and still see the same thing. Why do so many people sit on the bleacher seats over the TKTS stand? What the heck are they looking at?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-seats-in-times-square/722993/2 "2015-06-20T06:12:18Z")

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They’re resting their feet.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-seats-in-times-square/722993/3 "2015-06-20T07:40:52Z")

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If you put a chair somewhere, people will sit in it.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-seats-in-times-square/722993/4 "2015-06-20T11:26:42Z")

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Looking at tourists, which is how you can tell who the tourists are.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleacher-seats-in-times-square/722993/5 "2015-06-20T12:22:30Z")

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It can take 45 minute or more to get to the ticket window\*. Some people send one of their group to stand on line while the rest sit.

\*To save time, see a play instead of a musical and get on the “plays only” line at the far left.