Grandfathered in? No? Or... he's using the "needed renovations" as an excuse to make The Swamp more like an NFL stadium and reducing capacity in the process? The Gators are selling out the Swamp constantly, it's too bad. Now they have an excuse to raise the ticket prices for the fewer fans that will be in the stands. As it stands right now, it's the 11th highest capacity football stadium in the country, soon to become more like Kroger field. Either way, I'm over it. And I can't stand that AD.
I only know houses and not building but nothing is grandfathered in if you go past a certain percentage/$amount when doing renovations. Its the reason some houses go through renovation stages as to never need to comply.
"fall into disrepair"? What a load of bunk. Gonna get as bad as pro teams stealing from their local city for their stadiums.
Give it up Rick, Nothing and I mean NOTHING about what college football used to be, what Florida Football used to be, will exist in the near future. That includes infrastructure and fan participation. Dude, it's all about money. Lower income fans and families are shut out and middle income fans and families are close to it. If one is not a season ticket holder, go check the price for the cheapest nosebleed ticket for the Texas game - $450.00 bucks. Family of four - $1,800.00. That's just for tickets, now add in parking, concessions, memorabilia, and Gator Gear. Want to stay overnight? Which many fans want to do, add in the hotel costs, meal costs, gas, tolls and a family of four better have AT LEAST $3,000.00 for that trip and that's staying at the motel 6 or red roof Inn. $3,000.00 dollars. Collegiate sports have gone the way of the NFL, build more luxury box's for the 2.5% of Americans that can drop 50K (or 100K or whatever it is) a year to sit behind glass and be waited on hand and foot. Reduce the swamp to 70 - 75K, lose the atmosphere and competitive advantage so the rich folks can drink mint julips and eat filet Mignon and lobster and not break a sweat. The students? Who cares about them? Greed has taken over every aspect of the sport, EVERY ASPECT.
