Another tout is cashing in by selling six standing tickets for [euro]555 each and the most expensive passes for the 3Arena show are two tiered seats at [euro]650 each.

People can either watch from their car, tuning into the soundtrack on their radios, or sit on specially erected tiered seats.

The tiered seats also have ever-decreasing vertical sightline angles as viewers move farther away from the screen.

Tickets will cost pounds 30 for floor tables and pounds 20 for tiered seats.

Buying tickets for the tiered seats, she says, is "common sense" when you're taking a little one.

It had three stories of tiered seats and could hold 50,000 spectators.

He explains: "The Golden Hind stand, which is basically the silver ring, will be demolished next summer to make way for a much enlarged members' and day members' stand featuring tiered seats behind glass."

The rock legends put in a great performance and the versatility of the revamped LG Arena came into its own with the stage moved towards the back of the hall, creating an NIA Academy-style intimacy as the band faced a wall of fans in tiered seats rather than the dreaded curtain of old.

A bank of 180 tiered seats were installed earlier this season to give spectators a better view of the stage.

There was just one huge video at the back of the stage, but this was largely obscured for fans on the tiered seats due to the positioning of the massive loudspeakers suspended above either side of the stage.

This year's offering from Royal Sutton Opera is Puccini's Turandot, to be presented at Sutton Coldfield's newly-refurbished Town Hall, tiered seats and all, on February 15, 16, 18 and 19.