EagleBank Arena Seating Chart
The on-campus arena at George Mason University, home of the Patriots and a regular Northern Virginia stop for concerts and family shows. Opened in 1985 and formerly the Patriot Center, the arena's bowl seats around ten thousand and stays loud for ranked basketball visitors.
Sections at EagleBank Arena
The EagleBank Arena chart lists 5 main sections, and the one on your ticket does most of the deciding — price, distance, and view included. Scan the list before you buy, keeping in mind that the event type reshuffles the room: concerts, games, and private buyouts each open different parts of the house.
- Lower bowl 100s — full ring around the floor
- Student section — behind a baseline for Patriots games
- Club seats — center-court premium rows
- Upper bowl 200s — second deck
- Suites — perimeter premium boxes
Best seats at EagleBank Arena
Lower-bowl center sideline sections give the best basketball view, around midcourt with a clean look at both baskets. For concerts, lower-bowl seats facing the stage end beat the side sections that lose part of the production.
Tips before you go
The arena sits on the Fairfax campus, so follow event parking signs to the designated lots rather than student permits. The lots off Braddock Road back up after sellouts; leaving from the upper-bowl exits routes you out quicker.
How to read the EagleBank Arena seating chart
Start with the shape of the room: 10,000 seats in a bowl that wraps a central court, rink, or stage, split into 5 sections — Lower bowl 100s, Student section, Club seats, Upper bowl 200s, and Suites. Your ticket names exactly one of them, and that name is worth reading twice, because neighboring sections can differ by a full level, a price tier, or which side of the room you face from.
Three things decide a EagleBank Arena seat: how close you are to the floor, whether you face the action square on or from a baseline, and how high you sit. Two sections apart — say Suites and Lower bowl 100s — can put you a level higher, a price tier over, or on the far side of the Fairfax venue, so which one is the value sweet spot comes down to the event and your budget; the best-seats notes above call it for EagleBank Arena. Match your ticket to the official EagleBank Arena map — section, row, and seat — before you buy.
Sizewise, EagleBank Arena holds 10,000, which puts it 6th of 12 Virginia venues in this guide: Harbor Park (12,000) is the next size up, Cassell Coliseum (9,275) the next size down.
Building a seating chart for an event at EagleBank Arena
Planning a group outing, a suite night, or a private function at EagleBank Arena? The chart above is your starting map — take sections like Lower bowl 100s and Suites and the tiers around them, then mirror the footprint your event will actually use with tables in the maker. Assign guests, export the PDF, and hand it to the Fairfax event-services team. Full capacity runs to 10,000, but a private block is almost always a club, a suite, or a banquet room — a scale the maker below covers comfortably with dinner rounds, program rows, and head tables where you need them.
Hosting a private event at EagleBank Arena?
Plan the room for your EagleBank Arena event before anyone sets a table: dinner rounds, program rows, and head tables, arranged your way. Layouts run to 500 seats and export as a print-ready PDF for the Fairfax event team.
Open the seating chart generatorFrequently asked questions
- How many seats does EagleBank Arena hold?
- Full configuration at EagleBank Arena is 10,000. 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 5 sections on the Fairfax chart.
- What are the best seats at EagleBank Arena?
- Lower-bowl center sideline sections give the best basketball view, around midcourt with a clean look at both baskets. For concerts, lower-bowl seats facing the stage end beat the side sections that lose part of the production.
- What sections does EagleBank Arena have?
- Main sections include: Lower bowl 100s — full ring around the floor; Student section — behind a baseline for Patriots games; Club seats — center-court premium rows. Full breakdown in the sections list above.
- Where is EagleBank Arena located?
- EagleBank Arena sits in Fairfax, Virginia. For the exact street address, parking, and the transit stop nearest sections like Lower bowl 100s, check the official EagleBank Arena site before the day — Fairfax venues differ on gate, lot, and rideshare access.
- How do I plan a private event at EagleBank Arena?
- Use the maker on this page: begin with EagleBank Arena's real layout — sections like Lower bowl 100s and Suites — place tables over the footprint your event will use, seat your guests, and export a PDF for the Fairfax event-services team.