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re: Future Stadium Expansions of the SEC
Posted on 7/24/13 at 2:47 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 7/24/13 at 2:47 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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When VHS was just a 50,000 seat stadium Ole Miss was averaging lower than 50k a game before expansion. After expansion we started averaging 57,000. If you build it, they will come.
I get that point of view, but our state population and demographics do not tend to support either of us putting 60K in our stadiums on the same day. Other than maybe one game a year when the visiting team brings 20,000 people, neither State or Ole Miss will have real demand for a 70K seat stadium in the next 10 years.
ETA: we both count "paid" attendance now instead of actual, so in reality neither of our attendance numbers are even what we report. 70K is a huge reach.
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 2:49 pm
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Posted on 7/24/13 at 2:50 pm to randystewart
UT is in the planning stages to add an additional 3k seats to get back up to 105k by the start of '16.
I think they are making the seats closer to the field - but it's also strong enough to sustain a 3rd deck if it ever came to that.
I think they are making the seats closer to the field - but it's also strong enough to sustain a 3rd deck if it ever came to that.
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 7/24/13 at 2:53 pm to randystewart
quote:ehhh I dont know about this. Success brings more fans. If freeze can get us to being a legit competitor we can easily ill 70,000, now if and when that happens is the question
neither State or Ole Miss will have real demand for a 70K seat stadium in the next 10 years.
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