vineyard seating
n.— «Designers of new venues, such as Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall, surround the stage with terraces of seats that get listeners as close to the players as possible. The buzzword is “vineyard” seating.» —“Symphony reaches out to audience” by Charles Ward Houston Chronicle (Texas) June 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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