Ohio Stadium Seating Chart
The Horseshoe. Home of the Ohio State Buckeyes since 1922 and one of college football's most iconic venues, named for its distinctive horseshoe shape with the open end-zone facing north.
Sections at Ohio Stadium
Ohio Stadium breaks down into these 5 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.
- Sideline AA-D — lower deck sections
- End Zone — south and north
- Mezzanine — second deck premium
- C-Deck (upper deck) — sections 14C-37C
- Buckeye Club premium
Best seats at Ohio Stadium
Sections 17B-20B at midfield are the canonical lower-deck picks. For the Horseshoe experience, C-Deck sections 24C-28C give you the entire arc in your sightline.
Tips before you go
Game-day parking is a nightmare; use COTA bus shuttles from off-campus lots. Pre-game at The Varsity Club or any High Street bar within walking distance. Bring layers for late-November games; Columbus turns cold fast.
How to read the Ohio Stadium seating chart
Ohio Stadium seats 102,780 around a field, and its chart is organized into 5 named sections — Sideline AA-D, End Zone, Mezzanine, C-Deck, and Buckeye Club premium. The exact label on your ticket is what pins your spot: a seat two sections over can sit a level higher, a price tier apart, or on the opposite side of the room.
Three things decide a Ohio Stadium seat: how close you are to the field, whether you sit on a sideline or in an end zone, and how high you are. Two sections apart — say Buckeye Club premium and Sideline AA-D — can put you a level higher, a price tier over, or on the far side of the Columbus 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 Ohio Stadium. Match your ticket to the official Ohio Stadium map — section, row, and seat — before you buy.
Some context on size — Ohio Stadium's 102,780 capacity places it 1st among the 24 Ohio venues in this guide; nothing in that set runs larger — Huntington Bank Field (67,431) is the next size down.
Building a seating chart for an event at Ohio Stadium
Planning a group outing, a suite night, or a private function at Ohio Stadium? The chart above is your starting map — take sections like Sideline AA-D and Buckeye Club premium 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 Columbus event-services team. Full capacity runs to 102,780, 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 Ohio Stadium?
Plan the room for your Ohio Stadium 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 Columbus event team.
Open the seating chart generatorFrequently asked questions
- How many seats does Ohio Stadium hold?
- Full configuration at Ohio Stadium is 102,780. 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 Columbus chart.
- What are the best seats at Ohio Stadium?
- Sections 17B-20B at midfield are the canonical lower-deck picks. For the Horseshoe experience, C-Deck sections 24C-28C give you the entire arc in your sightline.
- What sections does Ohio Stadium have?
- Main sections include: Sideline AA-D — lower deck sections; End Zone — south and north; Mezzanine — second deck premium. Full breakdown in the sections list above.
- Where is Ohio Stadium located?
- Ohio Stadium is located in Columbus, Ohio. Confirm the street address, parking, and transit near sections like Sideline AA-D on the official venue site before you go; Columbus venues handle gates, lots, and rideshare pickups differently.
- How do I plan a private event at Ohio Stadium?
- Open the maker below and work from Ohio Stadium's actual geography (Sideline AA-D and Buckeye Club premium and neighbors). Drop tables where your event sits, assign each guest, and export the PDF the Columbus event-services team will set up from.