vineyard seating
n.— «There’s also talk that the ASO will ask for a “vineyard seating” hall, where the audience can sit behind and to the sides of the stage on shallow terraces—a cozier arrangement for the audience, but a trickier job for the acoustician.» —“A Sound Space: Philadelphia’s New Kimmel Center Holds Lessons For AtlantaA Sound Space: Philadelphia’s New Kimmel Center Holds Lessons For Atlanta” by Pierre Ruhe in Philadelphia, Pa. Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) Jan. 13, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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