Using Bootstrap Modal window as PartialView

Yes we have done this.

In your Index.cshtml you’ll have something like..

<div id='gameModal' class="modal hide fade in" data-url="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11231862/@Url.Action("GetGameListing")">
   <div id='gameContainer'>
   </div>
</div>

<button id='showGame'>Show Game Listing</button>

Then in JS for the same page (inlined or in a separate file you’ll have something like this..

$(document).ready(function() {
   $('#showGame').click(function() {
        var url = $('#gameModal').data('url');

        $.get(url, function(data) {
            $('#gameContainer').html(data);

            $('#gameModal').modal('show');
        });
   });
});

With a method on your controller that looks like this..

[HttpGet]
public ActionResult GetGameListing()
{
   var model = // do whatever you need to get your model
   return PartialView(model);
}

You will of course need a view called GetGameListing.cshtml inside of your Views folder..