The new “capacity” for Neyland

[Vfl2407]

Please make your guess before you click on the below link to get the answer.
And, dont then disclose it so that others can make their “guess” if they don’t know it.
im just wanting to see how many people know.

Tennessee football: Neyland reducing capacity continues plague on Vols

 

[MAD]

Phew, it’s a good thing @knox-townVOL didn’t give us the capacity after renovations in the thread title a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Vfl2407]

Phew, it’s a good thing @knox-townVOL didn’t give us the capacity after renovations in the thread title a couple of weeks ago.

Sorry, didn’t see that. Well, i reckon that there should be a lot of correct guesses then. Lol.

 

[Voltopia]

I figured I was supposed to guess the real capacity and not the "official" capacity, so I just picked the lowest number on the list.

 

[Vfl2407]

I figured I was supposed to guess the real capacity and not the "official" capacity, so I just picked the lowest number on the list.

I understand. But almost all schools inflate their numbers by including the teams, bands, stadium staffs, etc. So, that is the number they give not “actual” fan butts in the seats.

 

[VOLfrombama]

I understand. But almost all schools inflate their numbers by including the teams, bands, stadium staffs, etc. So, that is the number they give not “actual” fan butts in the seats.

Ive never understood the discounting of people that work there or band members, etc. Theyre still there, taking in the game, doing their job, etc. They’re people so they count. Its a weird gray area that they aren’t ticket holders but it should definitely count toward capacity.

 

[GAVol]

The premise of that article is seriously goofy. No kid has a clue whether Neyland ranks 3rd or 6th or 9th nationally. They just know it’s big.

 

[The Original Fade]

Who gives a F

 

[Nationdom]

I expect Florida and Alabama games this year to both approach 110k

 

[Vfl2407]

Who gives a F

You’re right that it really doesn’t matter other than bragging rights and maybe in recruiting.
I remember that Butch Jones loved to say102,455 a lot.
I don’t think Pruitt ever said it or asparagus.

 

[lukeneyland]

The premise of that article is seriously goofy. No kid has a clue whether Neyland ranks 3rd or 6th or 9th nationally. They just know it’s big.

All I care about is being the loudest nastiest environment

 

[Vfl2407]

All I care about is being the loudest nastiest environment

I think LSU claims the nastiest at night games.
I think we are one of if not the loudest when we are truly competitive against top competition.

 

[Special Ed]

Should I guess yesterday's winning lottery numbers while I'm at it?

 

[VFL10]

That article was a literal waste of time. No one actually believes our demise was tied to the fact we reduced our stadium by 2k seats lol.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

That article was a literal waste of time. No one actually believes our demise was tied to the fact we reduced our stadium by 2k seats lol.

No more than attributing it to the removal of the V-O-L-S letters from Neyland.

 

[Vfl2407]

Should I guess yesterday's winning lottery numbers while I'm at it?

You know, though, a pretty big majority that have posted a guess have been wrong. So not every Vol fan keeps up with all of the news out there as you or I may.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

That article was a literal waste of time. No one actually believes our demise was tied to the fact we reduced our stadium by 2k seats lol.

Seriously. I came here to post just that. It's got nothing to do with our performance whatsoever.

 

[livefaith]

That article was a literal waste of time. No one actually believes our demise was tied to the fact we reduced our stadium by 2k seats lol.

Opinion piece. Hard to find true journalism anymore. The dude starts making personal judgment call in the first 2 sentences. It's too much to just observe and report anymore.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

The premise of that article is seriously goofy. No kid has a clue whether Neyland ranks 3rd or 6th or 9th nationally. They just know it’s big.

I'm a huge proponent of keeping posted capacity above 100,000 by any means necessary, but 2014 Ohio State is the only program who has won a national title since the Vols took home the trophy that had a larger stadium capacity than Neyland in the year of said championship.

There are a fair bit of downsides for the average fan associated with decreasing capacity, but Tennessee's problems over the last two decades have nothing to do with ever-so-slightly restricting the number of people who can theoretically (yet, in practice, don't; look at how many games have had announced attendance in the 80,000 and even 75,000 range over the last few years) attend a game.

 

[lukeneyland]

I think LSU claims the nastiest at night games.
I think we are one of if not the loudest when we are truly competitive against top competition.

I’m not surrendering that to them

 

[clarencepeabody]

Opinion piece. Hard to find true journalism anymore. The dude starts making personal judgment call in the first 2 sentences. It's too much to just observe and report anymore.

This kid is a total clown. You can see his angle with the headline “continues plague on Vols.” Just stirring the pot. Plus, we dropped by 500-ish seats, and improved the viewing experience for half the stadium. I’d call that a net positive.

Maybe we can just take those 500 seats from the visiting team allotment?

 

[Defcon5]

I understand. But almost all schools inflate their numbers by including the teams, bands, stadium staffs, etc. So, that is the number they give not “actual” fan butts in the seats.

How many games do we sell out each year? Other than Bama, Ga & FL do we even get 80k per game? I see a lot of empty seats.

 

[Ratvol]

Pucker up boys cause they're repainting the seat width...

GO VOLS