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Grandstand

noun

The audience at a stadium or racetrack.

A stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof. Synonym: covered stand.

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"Grandstand" Quotes from Famous Books

... who does at least a part of his sight-seeing after a rational and orderly fashion, there are pictures that will live in the memory always: the Madeleine, with the flower market just alongside; the green and gold woods of the Bois de Boulogne; the grandstand of the racecourse at Longchamp on a fair afternoon in the autumn; the Opera at night; the promenade of the Champs-Elysees on a Sunday morning after church; the Gardens of the Tuileries; the wonderful circling plaza of the Place Vendome, ...

— Europe Revised • Irvin S. Cobb

... many boxing and baseball contests, which roused great excitement, but the crowning glory of the time was the Divisional sports which were held in a large field at a place called Tincques on the St. Pol road. A grandstand and many marquees had been erected, and the various events gave great delight to the thousands of spectators. In the evening our concert party gave a performance on the stage in the open air, which was witnessed by a large and enthusiastic audience. After it was ...

— The Great War As I Saw It • Frederick George Scott

... can't you see how it is? I can't possibly change my convictions. I can't go back on what I have told you without everybody, who doesn't understand the situation here, feeling that I have just come out here to make a grandstand play. I am right. I am ...

— The Story of The American Legion • George Seay Wheat

... Exhibition is a huge arena. It is faced by a mighty grandstand, seating ten thousand people. Ten thousand people were sitting: the imagination boggles at the computation of the number of those standing; they filled every foothold and clung to every step and projection. There were some—men in khaki, ...

— Westward with the Prince of Wales • W. Douglas Newton

... closer to ye than the Connie. We did it this way to keep the asteroid between us and him. Also, lad, if ye'll take a look up at Gemini, ye'll see somethin' ye'll like. Look at Alhena, in the Twins' feet. Then, lad, if ye'll be patient the while, ye'll have a grandstand seat for a ...

— Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet • Blake Savage

Words linked to "Grandstand" : stand, covered stand, box seat, performing arts, grandstander, audience, perform