grandstand

grandstand
    n 1: the audience at a stadium or racetrack
    2: a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with
       rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
       [syn: {grandstand}, {covered stand}]
    v 1: perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and
         with an eye to the applause; "She never misses a chance to
         grandstand"
    

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandstand":
      Texas tower, beacon, belvedere, bleachers, bridge, conning tower,
      gallery, gazebo, hot dog, lighthouse, lookout, loophole,
      observation post, observatory, outlook, overlook, peanut gallery,
      peephole, pharos, please the crowd, ringside, ringside seat,
      show off, sighthole, top gallery, tower, watchtower