I've given mine, and I think yours it absolutely correct. They need to present to the stakeholders a case of why a massive renovation is needed right now with all the uncertainty around major college football. When Stricklin spouts that ADA and deferred maintenance forces renovation (dubious claims at best) it makes me think the true agenda is hidden. Tell me the real reason for Crissakes...maybe I would agree if there was an honest conversation.
I wont go to the swamp and sit up tgere, id rather be in my living room. I winder how many sre willing to sit up there if thousands more are moved up.
The sidelines are already so close there isn't any room to extend at the bottom. Concrete rows also make a pretty solid item to change the rise and run just by deleting rows. A jackhammer will be necessary. I think they know a couple of things already (really common sense): The current upper 60ish rows can't support chairbacks because the angle of the stadium gets steeper and the run is way too short. The lower bowl will probably support all chairbacks since the run is wider vs the rise (the upper 2-3 rows in each lower bowl endzone are already chairbacks), but thousands of seats will have to be eliminated to bring aisles egress and ingress up to code and add the necessary ADA features a renovation will require (aisles in the entire stadium,not just the renovated areas).
The information I've read indicates seats will be reduced to 83k. What info have others seen stating the capacity will remain about the same?
