press box

A section for reporters, as in a stadium.

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press box

(Journalism & Publishing) an area reserved for reporters, as in a sports stadium

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press′ box`

a press section, esp. at a sports event.

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Noun

press box - box reserved for reporters (as at a sports event)

athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

box - separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"

Translations

tribuna stampa

press box

n → tribuna (della) stampa (in manifestazioni sportive)

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(`Yes,' `No,' and prolonged interruption, during which Professor Challenger was heard from the Press box to ask leave from the chairman to put Dr.

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Greeting the media and Cubs staff as they entered the stairway to the press box were press box signs from years past.

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I remember leaping to my feet, against all press box etiquette, so stunning was the fluid movement from a boy of 19."

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The athletics pavilion will feature stadium seating, team rooms and conference space for pre- and post-game gatherings, a training room, locker rooms and a press box with an enhanced sound system.

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The Oval is the home of Surrey County Cricket Club and the history of the club, like a comic strip, dons the walls on the way to Oval's press box. The bar, which was set up in 1845 for fans, is also still there.

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An initial figure of 51,232 appeared from the BBC and Sportinglife while many in the press box - including the ECHO - went with 53,075, though no-one seemed entirely sure where that figure had originated.

Attendance is a numbers game for reporters

John Neal has coached 13 years at Oregon, but until Saturday, he'd never witnessed a game from the Autzen Stadium press box.

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Qatar National Team Head Coach Jose Daniel Carreno was spotted in the press box area of the Al Sadd Stadium on Sunday along with some other spectators but he and other non-journalist persons were asked to vacate the area as the Qatar Stars League organisers stuck to the task and showed professionalism.

Carreno leaves press area in a huff!

But, it's fair to say, the press box, such as it is, is far from ideal.

If we're back next year I'll be bringing a chainsaw and a lumberjack's shirt!

But I still copped flak for it and for being so animated in the press box. I've been writing a column, free of charge, for Villa's programme for the last six years and once, maybe twice, a season they give me a free ticket if I'm not working.

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Chairman David Hilditch said this time the press box and control room at the Taylors Avenue venue were targeted with the culprits trying to set fires and smashing windows.