Responsa for Bava Batra 114:12
ואי בעית אימא הא והא דאיכא שמעא ולא קשיא הא ביממא הא בליליא
and in the other there is no waiter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it should be outside, so as not to get in the way of the company. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> Or if you like I can say that in both cases [we suppose] there is a waiter, and still there is no contradiction; in the one case we refer to the day<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the waiter can avoid it, and therefore the convenience of the company can be consulted by having it outside. ');"><sup>24</sup></span>
Teshuvot HaRivash
Also, regarding your suggestion that some of the people without seats could put portable seats in the middle of the synagogue and sit there, or sit on rows of clean mats on the ground if they wish, for no individual owns anything other than his space and its entrance and exit access, but everyone owns the rest equally: They also may not do this. For even those who own seats, with access for entrance and exit, may not use that which is a path belonging to others ... just as residents of a street or [shared] yard may not use the street or yard other than in ways that residents normally use streets or yards ...
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