Any other SEC teams in stadium expansion mode?

[BAMAPERRY]

Bryant-Denny to be at 104,000 to open the '09 season.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f333/bchandler22/BDS2014-2.jpg

[GeauxTo]

Bryant-Denny to be at 104,000 to open the '09 season.



That's a nice expansion; fitting for an SEC school with such a rich football tradition. Kudos to the Bammers.

[timNem]

Here are some more pics

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/timNem_2006/BDS2014-3.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/timNem_2006/BDS2014-4.jpg

[crimsonnation713]

Nice, very nice. I wish they'd let me do the music before the games. I'd haveall the stuffed shirts cringing.:icon_band :mohawk:

[FightinTiger71]

Bigger is almost always better!

[sheluvsbama]

I am thrilled to hear this! It will be great to have a sell-out at 104,000! I think this is spectacular news! Can you imagine the roar of the crowd? :laugh:

[Gamecocks4Life]

That looks great. South Carolina after the 08 season will enclose the north endzone and it should be close to what the south endzone looks. Stadium capacity will be around 88-90k.

[sheluvsbama]

We are going to have a lot of huge stadiums in the SEC. When someone comes here to play our teams, they will hear from the crowd!

[timNem]

Nice, very nice. I wish they'd let me do the music before the games. I'd haveall the stuffed shirts cringing.:icon_band :mohawk:are you a musician?

[GatorBait15]

I have always been in love with your stadiym :) now I will love it even more!

[MillDawg007]

Thats aweosome news for Bama. I dont know of any expansions going into Sanford Stadium. I dont think they will ever put seats over "THE BRIDGE," i really enjoy what it brings to the stadium.

[Bburton86]

Closing the bridge end would be horrible. I wish it could be bigger though. Either way, 97k isn't that bad.

[palmettocock]

Great! More seats to fill for the Spring Game!

[Tider27]

I say screw the sky boxes and lets shoot for the highest capacity. :ph34r:

[azamugg]

I wish they would fill it with water and have naval battles like they did in ancient times in the Roman Colisseum (sp)

[palmettocock]

I wish they would fill it with water and have naval battles like they did in ancient times in the Roman Colisseum (sp)

Oh and kill Christians with lions, it just wouldnt be a stadium without that lol

[Tider27]

I would love to go swimming in BDS, the weather sure was nice today.

[nellanaesp]

As posted earlier, SC is in expansion mode as well. The North End-zone will feature a new upper deck for the 2009 season. I wish they would enclose the whole stadium and get rid of the turn-styles (even though they look really cool). They could easily fit 100,000 seats in that stadium if expanded differently. But then that would get rid of Williams Brice's personality, and thats probly what they're trying to keep.

[the Prodigy]

I say screw the sky boxes and lets shoot for the highest capacity. :ph34r:

How many boxes will Bryant Denny have after the expansion?

I have the same philosophy as you do in that regard. When Arkansas expands again, I wan't them to shoot for higher numbers as they already have more box seats than any other College Stadium in the country.

[BamaDude06]

They Added 38 to the North Endzone, so if they add the same it will be 161

[GatorBait15]

As posted earlier, SC is in expansion mode as well. The North End-zone will feature a new upper deck for the 2009 season. I wish they would enclose the whole stadium and get rid of the turn-styles (even though they look really cool). They could easily fit 100,000 seats in that stadium if expanded differently. But then that would get rid of Williams Brice's personality, and thats probly what they're trying to keep.

Hell no! the turn things are awesome! we stood there for the last few minutes of the game! and before the game we saw our friend ''Joe Hills'' come out and got to say hey to him! plus they are pretty cool so keep them.

[Williams-Brice]

I say screw the sky boxes and lets shoot for the highest capacity. :ph34r:

The benefit of the sky boxes is the massive amount of revenue it brings in!

[geechee]

Thats aweosome news for Bama. I dont know of any expansions going into Sanford Stadium. I dont think they will ever put seats over "THE BRIDGE," i really enjoy what it brings to the stadium.

It's not a question of putting seats over the bridge. They would have to move the bridge and it is doubtful that they could or that it would be cost effective to do so. There's the possibility of more luxury boxes because they do pay for themselves.

[D^3]

If we ever closed off our stadium, all you guys would be f'd... we'd probably have 110k. Current capacity is at 92,746.

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-4133.jpg


I just realized sean, I posted an old picture... the above one was before they added the 3rd deck.

http://i.pbase.com/u46/prevacidman/large/35397421.P1010057.jpg

[D^3]

It's not a question of putting seats over the bridge. They would have to move the bridge and it is doubtful that they could or that it would be cost effective to do so. There's the possibility of more luxury boxes because they do pay for themselves.


Oh they could do it... the money wouldn't be an issue; they're building an enormous student center expansion that for the life of me, I just can't see a purpose for.

[nellanaesp]

If we ever closed off our stadium, all you guys would be f'd... we'd probably have 110k. Current capacity is at 98,746.

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-4133.jpg
Really? I thought Sanford was about the same size as Williams-Brice. I was wrong, I guess. I've never seen it first-hand...

[UKat]

B-D's expansion looks very nice! Already is a cool stadium......

[D^3]

Really? I thought Sanford was about the same size as Williams-Brice. I was wrong, I guess. I've never seen it first-hand...

Yeah, you should make the road trip to see the game here in 09', its a great place to see a game.

[GatorBait15]

I really would like to see a game in Athens... I want to see how it compairs to the swamp! someday I would love to attend the Auburn/UGA game.

[D^3]

SEC Stadium capacities and ranks:

1. UT Neyland Stadium 102,544 (3rd nationally)
2. UGA Sanford Stadium 92,746 (5th nationally)
3. LSU Tiger Stadium 92,400 (6th nationally)
4. UA Bryant-Denny Stadium 92,138 (7th nationally)
5. UF Ben Hill Griffin Stadium 88,548 (11th nationally)
6. AU Jordan-Hare Stadium 87,451 (12th nationally)
7. USC Williams-Brice Stadium 80,250 (21st national rank)
8. ARK Razorback Stadium 76,000 (25th in nation)
9. UK Commonwealth Stadium 67,606 (53rd in nation)
10. Ole Miss Vaught-Hemingway Stadium 60,580 (72nd in nation)
11. MSU Davis Wade Stadium 55,082 (79th in nation)
12. Vanderbilt Stadium 41,448 (106th in nation)


By the way, those national ranks are out of ALL stadiums in the US, not just college football.

[the Prodigy]

Great stats.... That just goes to show you the pride of SEC football.... Arkansas, who has the 25th largest stadium in the country, is 8th in the SEC. Astonishing.

[nellanaesp]

Yeah, you should make the road trip to see the game here in 09', its a great place to see a game.
haha maybe i will. I'll make sure I wear non-carolina gear though . . wouldn't wanna die trying to get to a football game :ph34r:

[GatorBait15]

haha maybe i will. I'll make sure I wear non-carolina gear though . . wouldn't wanna die trying to get to a football game :ph34r:

Don't be gay sean you gotta rep that s*it the whole time I was in columbia I was repin the UF!

[D^3]

Nah we're cool to visiting fans... except Gators... we were so bad to them, they got scared to come here so we had to start playing at a "neutral site." Pansies. :D

[Cockfan720]

Nah we're cool to visiting fans... except Gators... we were so bad to them, they got scared to come here so we had to start playing at a "neutral site." Pansies. :D

Yeah, I saw the game in Athens with South Carolina this year...had a lot of fun...plan to go to the Swamp next year along with Lexington. It'll be interesting to compare Georgia and Florida.

[nellanaesp]

yea, i was jk. Most SEC fans are nice to fans from other schools at the game, except for their rivals.

[autiger1126]

If either Auburn or LSU ever fully enclosed their stadium in would probably be 110+, but I don't see us doing it anytime soon with the new basketball arena breaking ground in 09

[adamsputnik]

That's cool for 'Bama - two expansions in the space of three years even despite the fact they haven't been much chop for a while. Just goes to show how loyal SEC fans are that they'll turn up in droves to see their school even if it is struggling.

I don't think we'll see UGA expand for a while - the bridge is sort of iconic and that's really the only space that could be filled in. As it is, 93,000 is pretty bloody huge.

[MillDawg007]

Closing off the bridge would hault the construction of our new student center. For the question on why we are expanding it, I think its because the old Tate center needs updating it is pretty old.

[crimsonnation713]

are you a musician?

yeah but I was talking about doing the sound for games

[sheluvsbama]

yeah but I was talking about doing the sound for games

That sounds like fun! They could surely use some help!:ohmy:

[crimsonnation713]

That sounds like fun! They could surely use some help!:ohmy:

The upper crusts wouldn't like me....I promise.:laugh: They have a "list" of songs you can do and you can NOT deviate from it.

[sheluvsbama]

Nah we're cool to visiting fans... except Gators... we were so bad to them, they got scared to come here so we had to start playing at a "neutral site." Pansies. :D

I thought the game had been played in Jax since the very beginning. Wasn't the first game played there in 1915? I guess there is that home/home y'all played in '94 and '95. Refresh my memory... didn't Florida win 52-14 in Gainesville, and then go to Athens and hand UGA their worst loss ever, 52-17? If I recall correctly, Spurrier was asked, after the game, why he kept scoring when the game was already won, and he said something like, "Well, nobody has ever scored 50 points between the hedges, and I wanted to see what it felt like.".:laugh: Yep, that sounds like fear to me.

[RW13]

I wish they would fill it with water and have naval battles like they did in ancient times in the Roman Colisseum (sp)

I've actually always found that the most interesting aspect of the Colisseum and the fights that would happen. I wish I could go back and witness that kinda stuff, that and killing lions and slaves, can you really beat that?

[BamaDude06]

Bama scripts pretty much everything that goes on at Football/Basketball, games etc. from Ads, PA announcements, right down to when the MDB is allowed to play or not.

[sheluvsbama]

The upper crusts wouldn't like me....I promise.:laugh: They have a "list" of songs you can do and you can NOT deviate from it.

You could sneak in there and blow them out with something they would be shocked to hear! ( but then they would arrest you!:sad:)

[crimsonnation713]

You could sneak in there and blow them out with something they would be shocked to hear! ( but then they would arrest you!:sad:)

wouldn't be the first time....:D

[crusse10]

SEC Stadium capacities and ranks:

1. UT Neyland Stadium 102,544 (3rd nationally)
2. UGA Sanford Stadium 92,746 (5th nationally)
3. LSU Tiger Stadium 92,400 (6th nationally)
4. UA Bryant-Denny Stadium 92,138 (7th nationally)
5. UF Ben Hill Griffin Stadium 88,548 (11th nationally)
6. AU Jordan-Hare Stadium 87,451 (12th nationally)
7. USC Williams-Brice Stadium 80,250 (21st national rank)
8. ARK Razorback Stadium 76,000 (25th in nation)
9. UK Commonwealth Stadium 67,606 (53rd in nation)
10. Ole Miss Vaught-Hemingway Stadium 60,580 (72nd in nation)
11. MSU Davis Wade Stadium 55,082 (79th in nation)
12. Vanderbilt Stadium 41,448 (106th in nation)


By the way, those national ranks are out of ALL stadiums in the US, not just college football.

far as i know, it goes big house (michigan - 107,501), beaver (penn state - 107,282), horseshoe (ohio state - 102,329), neyland (tennessee - 102,037). after that, i'm not too sure.

oh, and if it were all stadiums, CFB wouldn't be close, we'd be crushed by super speedways

[crusse10]

257,325 of Indianpolis Motor Speedway probably comes in a little ahead of the big house...

[GatorBait15]

There are some big a** Soccer stadiums too! ofcourse not as big as the speedways...

[AUcarlton]

I don't think we're expanding our stadium anytime soon but like autiger said we are building a new basketball arena, we're also a good bit into building a new student union, and theres some minor "freshening up" of some buildings on campus.

[the Prodigy]

There are some big a** Soccer stadiums too! ofcourse not as big as the speedways...

I think Camp Nu is like 130,000 and then I know Japan has a stadium under construction for Soccer that will hold 210,000. Ridiculous.

[adamsputnik]

There are some big a** Soccer stadiums too! ofcourse not as big as the speedways...

None of those soccer stadiums are in the US, though!

Camp Nou only holds 98,000 anyway. I think they may be expanding it something like 110,000, though. That would be biggest soccer stadium behind the one that's in Mexico City (El Azteca, I think seats 115,000) as far as soccer goes. Maracana in brazil used to hold 150,000 or more but that was prodigiously unsafe. Now the capacity is something like 100,000.

[the Prodigy]

Saltlake Stadium in Calcutta holds 120,000
Rungnado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang holds 150,000

[nellanaesp]

I thought we were just talking about football stadiums though.

[D^3]

If we ever closed off our stadium, all you guys would be f'd... we'd probably have 110k. Current capacity is at 92,746.

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-4133.jpg



I just realized sean, I posted an old picture... the above one was before they added the 3rd deck.

http://i.pbase.com/u46/prevacidman/large/35397421.P1010057.jpg

[TDArkansasOhmy]

Here are some more pics

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/timNem_2006/BDS2014-3.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m309/timNem_2006/BDS2014-4.jpg

Pretty nice double wide timNem.

[GatorBait15]

Question... how is the veiw from the up decks of BDS? are you still in the action?

[msufan07]

The expansion at BDS looks great. At starkville nothing will happen unless the season ticket sales increase and stay steady for a period of time in other words if they feel that tickets will sale then it might be considered but I don't see it happening for a long time.

[The Ramp]

it would be very hard for us to expand with streets on both sides of the endzones

[Bulldogs16]

i heard talk of a new jumbotron being purchased for next yr.. and ive heard rumors of horse shoing the south end of the stadium.. seen some pics of what it would look like.. but i have no idea where to get it.. probably wont happen until we consistantly sell out what we have now!

[Sabanocchio]

far as i know, it goes big house (michigan - 107,501), beaver (penn state - 107,282), horseshoe (ohio state - 102,329), neyland (tennessee - 102,037). after that, i'm not too sure.

oh, and if it were all stadiums, CFB wouldn't be close, we'd be crushed by super speedways

Neyland is actually 3rd in the US behind Michigan and Penn State. It holds 104,079.

[the Prodigy]

Neyland is actually 3rd in the US behind Michigan and Penn State. It holds 104,079.

That is correct.... Tennessee has the third largest in the U.S. I was thinking about it, they are pretty much done adding the Neyland... I don't see how they could add any more seats... I mean, it isn't impossible... do they even have a need? Other than pride, why would they need a larger stadium?