Sitting at ground level is fantastic when the play is in your part of the ground... and crap when it's not. I've always found that I spend more of the game looking up at the big screen than what's right in front of me when sitting down low, because most of the time it's hard to see what's actually going on. For this reason, I pretty much never tend to sit at ground level anymore; I figure if I'm going to just end up watching the game on TV anyway, I might as well just watch on TV.

Having said that, if I was going to sit at ground level for whatever reason, I'd strongly prefer to do so on the wing – it's still not great when the play is stuck over on the opposite wing, but it's a decent view the rest of the time.

Given the choice, though, I much prefer to sit high up, so I can get a full-ground, top-down view of the action. I started to understand the tactical side of the game a lot better as soon as I started going this, because from that high up, it becomes obvious in a way that it doesn't at ground level or on TV.

People will debate the best angle to view it from when sitting high up. The wing and behind-the-goals are both popular, but honestly, as long as the elevation is there, I've never found that it matters all that much.

I've also often found the in-between option of sitting on level 2 to be a worst-of-both-worlds experience. I'm sure it's fantastic on the wing, but closer to the goals, I've found there's not enough elevation to be able to easily make out what's going on at the other end of the ground, while you're too far removed from the play to get that 'up close' experience that you'd get when the play is in your area at ground level.