Bryce Jordan Center Seating Chart
The Bryce Jordan Center is Penn State's arena in University Park, home to Nittany Lions basketball and the largest indoor venue in the region for concert tours. Its bowl fills with a student-heavy crowd that makes it one of the louder college arenas in the Big Ten.
Sections at Bryce Jordan Center
Bryce Jordan Center breaks down into these 6 main sections. The one printed on your ticket sets your price, your distance, and your view, so read it against this list before you buy — and note the layout can shift between a game, a concert, and a private buyout.
- Lower bowl 100s — full ring around the court and stage
- Club seats — premium mid-tier sections
- Upper bowl 200s — second deck wrapping the bowl
- Student sections behind the baskets
- End-stage floor sections for concerts
- Suites along the sidelines
Best seats at Bryce Jordan Center
For basketball, lower sections along the sidelines near center court give the best two-way view. For concerts, 100-level sections facing the stage stay close, while center upper-bowl rows frame the whole stage at a student-friendly price.
Tips before you go
Campus lots open well before tip-off, and the East Deck is the closest paid option to the doors. The upper bowl is steep but compact, so even back rows feel near the floor, and arriving early beats the post-event campus traffic crawl.
How to read the Bryce Jordan Center seating chart
The Bryce Jordan Center chart divides 15,261 seats in a bowl that wraps a central court, rink, or stage across 6 named sections — Lower bowl 100s, Club seats, Upper bowl 200s, Student sections behind the baskets, End-stage floor sections for concerts, and Suites along the sidelines. Which of those names is printed on your ticket decides more than location: two sections apart can mean a different level, a different price bracket, and a different side of the room entirely.
What actually separates one Bryce Jordan Center seat from another comes down to three things: how close you are to the floor, whether you face the action square on or from a baseline, and how high you sit. Compare Suites along the sidelines and Lower bowl 100s on the chart and you'll see the spread — a different level, a different price, sometimes a different side of the University Park room. The best-seats notes above narrow it down for Bryce Jordan Center; before buying, check the official map against your exact section, row, and seat.
For scale: at 15,261 seats, Bryce Jordan Center ranks 9th of the 23 Pennsylvania venues in this guide by capacity — Wells Fargo Center (20,478) is the next size up, The Mann Center (13,500) the next size down.
Building a seating chart for an event at Bryce Jordan Center
Hosting a suite night, a group outing, or a private event near Bryce Jordan Center? Work from the same layout shown on the chart above — sections like Lower bowl 100s and Suites along the sidelines and the tiers around them — and map your party onto tables that mirror it. Assign each guest a spot and export a PDF the University Park event-services team can set up from. Bryce Jordan Center runs to 15,261 at full configuration, but a private block is usually a club, a suite, or an adjacent banquet room — a fraction of that, and exactly the scale the maker below handles: rounds for the dinner, rows for the program, and head tables placed where you want them.
Hosting a private event at Bryce Jordan Center?
Build a seating chart for your Bryce Jordan Center event — banquet rounds for the dinner, rows for the program, head tables wherever the format calls for them. The maker handles layouts up to 500 seats and exports a print-ready PDF you can hand the University Park venue's event team.
Open the seating chart generatorFrequently asked questions
- How many seats does Bryce Jordan Center hold?
- Full configuration at Bryce Jordan Center is 15,261. Expect the working number to move with the event type: concerts open or close sections that other events leave alone, and a private buyout only counts the spaces you actually book — typically a club, a suite, or one or two of the 6 sections on the University Park chart.
- What are the best seats at Bryce Jordan Center?
- For basketball, lower sections along the sidelines near center court give the best two-way view. For concerts, 100-level sections facing the stage stay close, while center upper-bowl rows frame the whole stage at a student-friendly price.
- What sections does Bryce Jordan Center have?
- Main sections include: Lower bowl 100s — full ring around the court and stage; Club seats — premium mid-tier sections; Upper bowl 200s — second deck wrapping the bowl. Full breakdown in the sections list above.
- Where is Bryce Jordan Center located?
- Bryce Jordan Center sits in University Park, Pennsylvania. For the exact street address, parking, and the transit stop nearest sections like Lower bowl 100s, check the official Bryce Jordan Center site before the day — University Park venues differ on gate, lot, and rideshare access.
- How do I plan a private event at Bryce Jordan Center?
- Map it in the Seat Chart App maker below: start from Bryce Jordan Center's own layout — sections like Lower bowl 100s and Suites along the sidelines — drop tables to match your event's footprint, assign guests, and export a PDF the University Park event-services team can set up from.