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Visitors to the Superdome seem to be suitably impressed by it all; they sit reverently in their color-coded grandstand seats, gazing out into the cavern. The size of the place and its frightening newness and emptiness and the reverent tones of the voice on the tape have lulled newcomers into a punchy stupor, and they wander around obediently. People who work at the Superdome are more jaded, and the tour guides tell each other jokes and surreptitiously play the radio. Dazed-looking construction workers and officious security guards wander through the press box and box seats and field...
...grandstand crowd bellied up to the rail, the jockeys eased their mounts into the gate. The starter held them there for a moment; then they were off. Nine two-year-olds broke into the head of the stretch and pounded past the grandstand in a cavalry charge. So far, it was just like any other horse race. But instead of rounding the turn and racing up the backstretch, the horses slowed to a stop. Fans swarmed onto the track and filled the air with flying Stetsons...
...race day a crowd of more than 15,000 pours into the small Ruidoso Downs track. In the exclusive Jockey Club, ranchers and oilmen accompanied by bejeweled blondes in cowboy boots unload fistfuls of $100 bills at the tote windows. Their bets, combined with those of the grandstand, bring the handle...
...attend the Iowa State Fair (setting for the book and two movies called State Fair), where farmers were celebrating impending record harvests of corn and wheat. After touring 4-H exhibits, cattle barns and hog pens. Ford was to outline his farm policy to fairgoers in the main grandstand. His speech was to be wedged in among the regular acts, including country musicians, hog callers and the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show...
...standing room status has some advantages, though. He is allowed, for instance, the rare opportunity to witness the game from all angles of Fenway Park, as he is constantly on the move, burning a trail of peanut shells from the left field foul line to the right field grandstand in search of a better place to sitter, stand. In so doing, he no doubt gets more exercise than the players...