ringside seat vs seating area

ringside seat and seating area both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ringside seat	Yes	No	No	No
seating area	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, seating area is a hypernym of ringside seat; that is, seating area is a word with a broader meaning than ringside seat:

ringside seat: first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring
seating area: an area that includes places where several people can sit

Other hypernyms of ringside seat include seating, seating room, seats.

ringside seat (noun)	seating area (noun)
first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring	an area that includes places where several people can sit