I'll get berated because everyone seems to have a good time beating on him, but I know what he is saying and I can't say I completely disagree.
I'm not talking about CTO or any of the people who use her seats as she is selective and knows what kind of fans people are. But I've sat court side several times, I've sat in a box several times for football and the occasional visit pregame for basketball. IMO, many of those seats and especially the boxes, are owned by businesses. That makes for a lot of transient fans as businesses use them as handouts a lot.
I was in our company box for a pregame gathering this year and 1/2 of them were clueless about the team. The questions asked told me many of them were at the game as a social event.
I sat in CTOs last night and people were asking me about various players and if we were better than WF. I sat behind the basket once last year by a stroke of luck and some of those people are clueless even a few I know are there every game.
In the upper deck, for the most part, it's diehards that use their tix for almost every game.
As to game experience? No doubt you're into the game itself more so court side. CTO has killer seats. But I think the interaction with other fans is greater upstairs especially in certain areas where almost everyone knows everyone else since it's the same people for the most part every game every year.
Again, this isn't about any particular group that sits in the boxes or court side, but more about the transient nature of many of the seats. Probably the boxes more than court side. I will say one other thing though. Upstairs can drive you nuts too because there is a lot more negativity. Some people like to scream thinking someone on the court might hear them.
In the end though, I'd take court side every day and twice on Sunday. Just a different experience if you're talking about other fans around you.