I've been to a few different stadiums and been in several different suites (as a vendor, not like I'd ever pay for that crap). A lot of the game is spent watching TV screens in the suite watching the same thing that people at home are seeing for free-ish. Jerry World (aka where the Cowboys play for those not familiar) has ground level suites where you are actually standing slightly below the field. Once the game starts and the teams are along the sidelines in their normal placements, all you see are the backsides of the players waiting to do their jobs. Again, you spend the majority of the time looking up at the giant TV to see actual game play. Clear evidence that a fool and his money are easily parted.
Even worse - I've been to the suites at Petco park; where a Major League Baseball game was going on, and everyone was watching basketball or other sports on the TVs. Nobody besides me and one other dude even bothered to go out on the balcony and watch the game.
Of course, these were "free tickets" from vendor schmooze, so perhaps that's understandable.
Those ground level suites at the Cowboys game look pretty cool to me. It's a different level of experience, like literally being in the middle of the action, getting the same vantage point as players and coaches. The ones I don't understand are the nose bleed suites I've seen at basketball arenas
But it's not the same vantage. You're literally standing below them. Their feet are at your chest, your head is at their butt level. By the time the teams bring out all of their gear like big fans, work out equipment, storage cases, etc, a large portion of your direct view of the field is blocked. Then, even if you do get a view of the field, once the ball gets to your part of the view, the teams all mass around to get the same view you are wanting so now it is a solid wall of legs.
It's a much better view as an on field something. I've been on the field as a credentialed photo/video person to so many stadiums. Been "on TV" more than once as I was caught near the action and people start texting "I saw you on TV" kind of stuff. I've even pulled another person out of the way as they were keyed in on the wrong part and the play was coming right at them (some people have zero situational awareness). That level of on field experience of sporting events is better than any suite experience.
