I don't know what happens in YOUR lame town, V, but where I see shows, everyone stands.. they just happen to have a chair behind (or below) them.  I do remember being on the floor at Boston garden some years back for bob seager and people were standing on the backs of their chairs and after the show, when the house lights came on, the entire first 3 sections had metal chairs with the backs bent backwards and down.  I was pretty amused.