AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) -- On a typical Saturday in Jordan-Hare, Sections 24-27 in the student section are allotted for The Block, which allows organizations to have reserved rows for their members with some of the most coveted seats in the stadium.
Reservations are organized based on GPA, giving organizations with the highest GPAs the opportunity to get closer to the front. For this week’s game against ULM, however, SGA made the decision to dissolve block seating, opening The Block to all students, regardless of their affiliations. We talked to Auburn students out on the concourse to see how they felt about the change.
When asked how he felt about block seating in general, sophomore Jack Mosier said: “It’s a lot of fun…being able to actually get a chance to be on the jumbotron and everything.”
Mosier added that he thinks the change is “pretty nice…everyone gets a chance to see the field, hear the band…and it's not that exclusive to fraternities or sororities.”
In contrast, freshman Lauren Hannasch told us that she’s never sat in block seating, but “would love to see what it’s like to sit there and have more people…mixed in together.”
Senior Michaela King described herself as “not a fan of block seating…As someone who’s sat in block seating and out of block seating, I think that it should be first-come, first-served for any Auburn student who decides to wait in line to get into the football game.”
Other students, such as freshman Grace Kochie, said block seating “just really doesn’t affect” them.
“I think not having block seating is probably a good thing, because the people who get there early will get the good seats,” said sophomore Tanner Stogner. “...They won’t have to worry about staying for the whole game.”
“I feel like it's gonna be very chaotic, definitely,” said freshman Marshall Wyrick. “But I think, for the most part, fraternities and sororities will probably still get those really good seats because they’re usually… the first people to come to the game anyway.”
“I’m really excited to see how it works out that we don’t have it,” added King. “I’m hoping it maybe opens up some doors to maybe eliminate block seating or at least not have it at every game.”
