I had season tickets in Sec 425 for a couple of years before moving down to section 23 on the lower east sideline.
Upper Deck thoughts:
- the viewing angle is similar to what you get when watching a game on TV
- the atmosphere is very relaxed. Everyone sits, few people make noise. Lots of little kids.
- completely disassociated with the stadium atmosphere. Can't hear the band, the cheerleaders, the students, etc.
I much prefer my seats in the lower level. No contest. If I hadn't switched seat locations, I probably would have ended up giving up the tickets completely when the Ron Prince experiement was going on. I can get the same kind of atmosphere as the upper deck while sitting in a bar or on my couch. With a lot of bad football on the field, there would have been no point in keeping my seats in the upper deck. But because I was in the lower level where there is energy and excitment, I kept my seats and now I'm glad I did.