press box

noun

1. a press section, especially at a sports event.

press box

noun

1. an area reserved for reporters, as in a sports stadium

Word History and Origins

Origin of press box¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

I watched as each reached up to the press box, memento in hand.

From The Daily Beast

Met him on the D train going to Yankee Stadium one day and spent that afternoon watching a ballgame with him in the press box.

From The Daily Beast

If I can get quotes, get background, get color that nobody else has, then when I go back up to the press box I can write it up.

From The Daily Beast

Until he was fired last season, he had to coach from the press box.

From The Daily Beast

He ran to the second floor of the press box, where he was able to get a good angle of the coach from above.

From The Daily Beast

He saw Jerry and Tom Roslyn in front of the press-box, and was glad they had not noticed him.

From Project Gutenberg

The club doctor also ran out from his seat in the stands near the press box and made a hurried examination.

From Project Gutenberg

If the contest is an outdoor meet, the press-box is usually on the top of the bleachers.

From Project Gutenberg

They sit up behind the guns in a place that looks like the press box of a baseball game.

From Project Gutenberg

The quiet man who had sat in the press box managed to get a word to Joe, though he had to shout to be heard above the din.

From Project Gutenberg