If you’ve never been to Petco Park or are considering tickets in a section you’ve never sat before, there are free online tools to help you approximate the view from your seat. Get a sense in advance how much of the field will you see, how the view compares to other sections, and other important seating details. This is essential for visitors to San Diego Padres games as well as concert attendees.

A View From Your Seat — The most well-known and comprehensive option is A View From My Seat. The site itself is not pretty but the catalog of views and sight lines are encyclopedic, thanks to fans like you. So once you get to the stadium be sure to pay it forward and upload the view from your seat. A View From My Seat has photos, star ratings and more from all over Petco Park, sortable by sections, concerts and sports, and labelled with row and seat numbers. User comments supply helpful details about things like seat padding, proximity to walkways and seat amenities.

We like this layout which lets you fly around the stadium like a seagull and quickly click on sections from above.

Interactive seating charts of hundreds if not thousands of arenas, stadiums and theaters are available for viewing on the site.

SeatGeek Seat Views — A little more commerce-focused but still informative, the official reseller of MLB tickets boasts its own collection of seat views, organized by each section of the stadium. Have a look!

Petco Park 3D Virtual Venue — IOMEDIA has developed a Virtual Venue, which is used by the San Diego Padres to offer an interactive seat map experience on their website. It starts with a guided tour to help you get the fullest use out of the software. Once in, you can navigate a 3D-rendered version of the stadium and see virtual views from every angle. It’s highly accurate and very fun!

Other View Related Resources

• View from Gallagher Square
• Sun Shade Map
• Detailed Seat Map