Early-season Titans home games mean strong September sun, and three-plus hours on the wrong side of Nissan Stadium is a bake. Here's exactly where the shade falls, by sideline, corner and row, plus a free interactive map that ray-traces the sun for your specific game and kickoff time.
Pick your game & kickoff, watch the shade move across the bowl through the game.
The field runs roughly SSE-NNW. That's the key to everything: as the afternoon sun swings to the southwest and west, it pours onto the east-northeast side of the bowl, while the west-southwest side slides into shade first, the stands rising behind those seats block the sun.
| Seats | Why they're shaded |
|---|---|
| West-southwest sideline, upper rows | First to shade as the sun moves west; the stands behind block the late-day sun |
| West-southwest sideline, club/mid level | Shades through the afternoon as the shadow line walks down the bowl |
| WSW corners | Pick up shade early from the adjacent west-southwest stands |
| End zones (upper rows) | Intermediate, shade arrives after the west-southwest sideline but before the east-northeast side |
The east-northeast sideline faces the afternoon sun and bakes the longest, especially the low rows, which are the last seats anywhere to shade. For a 1pm kickoff, assume front-row seats on any side are in the sun for at least the first half.
Early kickoffs start with a high sun, almost everything open is lit, and the west-southwest side shades as the game goes on. Late-afternoon kickoffs are where seat choice matters most: the west-southwest side can be comfortable from kickoff while the east-northeast side stares into the sun. Night games are shade-safe everywhere. Our tool models your exact game date and kickoff time.
No. Nissan Stadium is an open-air stadium: no dome, no full roof, and games are played under the open sky. How much sun your seat gets depends on the stands and the start time: for afternoon games, the west-southwest side of the bowl falls into shade first. For your exact game, the free shade map shows which sections sit in shade at kickoff and how the shade moves.
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Shade predictions come from a 3D ray-traced model of the seating bowl combined with the exact solar position for your date and kickoff time. Use it to pick a side, level and row range, then confirm the precise seat on a ticket map. Independent tool; not affiliated with the NFL or any team.
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