Reducing Neyland Stadium

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Heard a rumor that they were going to be reducing the seating and adding more sky boxes.

Any truth to this?
 
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I'd be for them taking down capacity to allow reasonable sitting space. Maybe they could go back to the size it was prior to the Dickey regime.
 
#7
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I am sure Hamilton will put in the seats that he can charge the most with. A skybox probably carries more profit per square foot than however many normal seats that would occupy.
 
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JBinTN said:
Heard a rumor that they were going to be reducing the seating and adding more sky boxes.

Any truth to this?
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I don't know, and personally I would doubt they would add more sky boxes. But knowing hambone, he would gladly screw a couple thousand hard-core, salt of the earth fans to add one hundred seats for big money but lackluster corporate schmoozers who are just there for the social scene.
 
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6. What will happen to ticket holders in the areas where club seats are being added?
The plan calls for club seats in two areas - along the east sideline underneath the skybox in sections AA to FF and in the lower level of the south end zone from sections G to Q.

The seats affected on the east sideline are primarily held for visitor allotments and some student seating. The south end zone club seats will not begin construction until funding is available and several campus master planning logistics are addressed, which gives us several years to work with those affected to re-assign them. Season ticket holders affected will have the opportunity to move to other seats in the stadium.
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8. If capacity is reduced, will anyone lose their opportunity to buy season tickets?
No. Approximately 1,200-1,800 seats turn over every year. Rather than assigning those seats to new donors, we will use them to re-assign season ticket holders affected by the change.
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Maybe this is what you're looking for.
 
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The current plan which begins after the UK game this season will redo the Press Box on the West Sideline, moving the press up in the box and creating a mirror image of the East Side Line Club Seating.

When all is said and done, the plan calls for adding rows to the South EndZone which will move visitors even further up and continue to keep Neyland Stadium above 100,000.

They have decided that there is little to no recruiting impact on being the largest or the second largest stadium in the country, but that staying above 100,000 IS a big deal to kids and they plan to insure that happens.
 
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VolzRChamps said:
They have decided that there is little to no recruiting impact on being the largest or the second largest stadium in the country, but that staying above 100,000 IS a big deal to kids and they plan to insure that happens.
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But mediocre play for 9 years and giving a mediocre coach a 6 year extension/raise has a greater impact? Nice logic by the UTAD...
 
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I wouldnt want to be in some stupid skybox anyways I like to be out there with my fellow VOL fans and screaming my heart out!

GO BIG ORANGE!:yahoo:
 
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I think it's 2010 when the Upper deck on the West Sidelines...the bench seats will be removed and Orange seats with chair backs/arm rest will be installed. (Did these come from Thompson-Boling?) This will then be known as the "Tennessee Terrace". Will have private restrooms, A/C area with concession stands, bird's eye view of the VolWalk. Cost for these seats will be a yearly $3,000 per seat (have to be sold in even numbers...2, 4, 6, 8...etc). Wish I could afford that on my teacher's salary. Guess I'll have to settle for helping the University by encouraging students to attend UT.
 
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