Where to Sit at Chase Field

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The quick read

For most of the season, sun and shade do not matter at Chase Field. Phoenix summers run well over 100 degrees, so through the hot months the roof stays closed and the air conditioning holds the bowl around 78 degrees. You buy on level, sightline, and price, and you will be comfortable anywhere in the building. Shade only comes back into the picture for roof-open games, which tend to be the cooler evenings of the shoulder season.

The bowl stacks in three levels fans actually buy from, working up from the field: the 100 Level (Field), the 200 Level (Club), and the 300 Level (Upper Deck), plus the lettered suites along the infield and the bleacher sections behind the outfield walls. The home dugout is on the third-base side.

The value calls, in short: the 300 Upper Deck behind home plate is the value-and-view pick, the 200 Club Level is the comfort step-up, and the 100 Field Level down the lines is the proximity pick. This is one of the cheaper ticket markets in MLB, and the climate control means you are not paying a premium to escape the sun, so the value math here is unusually friendly.

Section numbering and tier names can change. Confirm the specifics against the official Chase Field seating map on mlb.com/dbacks before you buy.

The seating layout

Chase Field is a big, enclosed retractable-roof bowl that seats about 48,600. The seating wraps from the left-field foul pole around home plate to the right-field foul pole in a four-tier grandstand, with bleachers behind the outfield fences. Working up from the field, the three main levels fans buy from are:

100 Level (Field). The lowest tier, closest to the action: Infield Box and Baseline Box near the dugouts, down to Bullpen Reserve and the outfield bleacher sections. The priciest tier and the best proximity. The lettered suites (A through S) sit along the infield arc closest to the field.

200 Level (Club). The mid-tier club level (Club Box, Club Reserve, Club Bullpen), sections roughly 200 through 223 wrapping corner to corner, with club access and amenities. The seats behind home plate here, the 210-block, are the prime club location.

300 Level (Upper Deck). The top tier (Infield Reserve and Outfield Reserve), sections roughly 300 through 332. The sections behind home plate, about 308 through 322, give a sweeping overhead view of the whole field that reads well for following the game.

The home dugout is on the third-base side. This is a clean enclosed bowl, so you are not fighting posts or odd angles. The decisions that matter are which level, which side, and, for roof-open games only, how much sun you are willing to take.

The roof and the shade question

At an open-air desert park, shade would decide the whole seat purchase. Chase Field takes that decision off the table for most of the calendar. Across the hot months the roof stays shut and the air conditioning runs, holding the bowl around 78 degrees while it is 100-plus outside. With the roof closed, sun and shade are not a factor anywhere in the park, so buy the seat you want and skip the shade tax entirely. No other retractable-roof park in the majors keeps its air conditioning running with the roof open, so an open roof here does not mean giving up the cool air.

The roof tends to be open on the cooler evenings of the shoulder season, April and May and then September and October, plus the occasional cooler day game, and closed for the hot months. If an open roof is the point of your trip, aim for a cooler shoulder-season evening, and check before you commit: the club posts the roof status ahead of every home series and runs a roof hotline on 602-462-6262. There is no published temperature rule, so checking is the only way to know.

For the games that are open: the sun generally works round to the third-base side as the afternoon goes on. That tends to leave the first-base line as the stretch looking into the sun on a roof-open evening, and the third-base side and left-field corner as the seats that lose the light first. The 200 Club Level’s overhead cover is the shade that holds regardless of what the sun is doing.

The choice worth making at Chase is between a roof-open evening under the desert sky and the air-conditioned indoor game. More on timing the roof-open windows in the when-to-visit section.

The pool

Behind the right-center field wall, about 415 feet from home plate, is the swimming pool and hot tub suite, the first and only one of its kind in a big-league ballpark. Groups rent it privately; a single ticket does not get you in. Recent packages ran into the thousands of dollars per game, held up to about 35 people, and came with catering, parking, and a concierge, and the pricing moves from season to season. It is worth knowing about for a group or a special occasion, and it is the park’s signature photo.

Best-value sections

There is no single best seat at Chase Field. There is a tier of sections that give you more than you pay for, and two things make the value math here unusually friendly: it is one of the cheaper ticket markets in MLB, and the climate control means you are not paying a premium to escape the sun. How it stacks up:

• The 300 Upper Deck behind home plate (around 308 through 322) is the value-and-view pick. The cheapest tier, but the sections behind the plate give a sweeping overhead look at the whole field, and with the roof closed you are as comfortable up there as anywhere in the park. Strong value for a fan who wants the full-field view without paying up.
• The 200 Club Level is the comfort step-up. Club access, mid-bowl proximity, and the most reliable cover for a roof-open game, at a step down from the field-level infield.
• The 100 Field Level down the lines is the proximity pick. Outside the premium infield, the Field Level along the lines gets you close to the action without the top-dollar infield price. The pick for a fan who wants to be near the field and is not chasing club amenities.

For seat-by-seat detail before you commit, the team’s own seat-selection tool on mlb.com/dbacks is the place to confirm a specific seat’s sightline and view.

Premium and club seats

The premium spine at Chase Field runs from the lettered field-level suites along the infield up to a dedicated suite level, where the amenities have included private stadium entry, VIP parking, a lounge, a wet bar, and a kitchenette. Sponsor names on the clubs and suites rotate, so check the current names on the team’s premium page before you buy.

Family and accessible seating

Families do well in the upper 300 level and the calmer club sections, and the climate control makes a summer day game comfortable for kids.

Accessible seating is available across the park. Buy accessible seats through Diamondbacks ticketing and confirm the companion-seating details and the accessible parking and entry routing ahead of time.

How to find the right ticket

Getting into Chase Field is rarely hard or expensive. Diamondbacks attendance has run modest in recent seasons, around 24,000 a game. For most of the schedule good seats are usually available without much planning. The exceptions are the marquee dates: the Dodgers travel huge crowds as the NL West rival, and interleague visits from the Yankees and Red Sox tend to spike demand too.

Bleacher Bound’s deal alerts are built for that split. The alerts track Chase Field ticket prices across the major secondary marketplaces and send you the high-value drops that match your saved preferences: sections, dates, opponents, and price ceiling. Alerts are part of the paid Bleacher Bound subscription, which comes with a free trial, so you can put them to work on the next series you are eyeing before you pay anything.

A few seat-buying patterns worth knowing:

• The Dodgers, Yankees, and Red Sox dates tend to spike demand. Set your alert early for those.
• A weeknight game against a non-marquee opponent is usually the easiest ticket to get, and your best shot at the value sections above.
• If you want a roof-open evening, target a cooler shoulder-season night and let the alert watch the price while you wait for the right date.

If you would rather skip the alert and shop directly on the marketplaces:

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