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JDM1992
In your head
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| Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 8:49 pm)
I love stadiums and their history. It's always interesting to me to see how they grow over time, and I just don't know much about others' besides BDS.
1929 original (temporary wooden bleachers in end zones)- 6,000
1937 expansion (East grandstand)- 18,000
1950 expansion (added rows to East and West grandstands; no pic)-25,000
1961 expansion (East and West grandstands complete)- 43,000
1966 expansion (Lower bowl complete)- 60,000
1988 expansion (West Upper)- 70,123
1998 expansion (East Upper)- 83,813
2006 expansion (North Upper)- 92,012
2010 expansion (South Upper)- 101,821
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Spaceball 1 
Texas A&M Fan
Houston
Member since Jun 2010
114 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:06 pm to JDM1992)
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TwelfthMan
Texas A&M Fan
Member since Oct 2012
327 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:07 pm to JDM1992)
1907
current
You can scroll through the progression here:
LINK
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lightbulbz
Texas A&M Fan
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2012
881 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:08 pm to TwelfthMan)
Good offseason thread idea. Legitimately curious about all of the SEC.
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tgr4ever 
LSU Fan
lololololdawdjabdt
Member since Jul 2011
7279 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:11 pm to JDM1992)
too much work 
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JDM1992
In your head
Member since Dec 2011
15141 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:17 pm to Spaceball 1)
This post was edited on 2/13 at 4:17 pm
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WeBleedCrimson 
Alabama Fan
Birmingham
Member since Mar 2008
7669 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:20 pm to JDM1992)
BDS is so freakin beautiful!
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JDM1992
In your head
Member since Dec 2011
15141 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:23 pm to WeBleedCrimson)
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Robot Santa 
SMU Fan
#firegrant
Member since Oct 2009
26654 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:24 pm to WeBleedCrimson)
The next step they need to take is bricking it in all around.
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svb 
Missouri Fan
Kansas City, MO
Member since Jun 2012
765 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:28 pm to JDM1992)
Faurot Field - got most of these from the Mizzou Archives..sorry I couldn't find many actual pics on google, so a lot are just the section plans
1925 construction and seating plan
1949 expansion rendering and seating plan
1961 east and west additions (just a blueprint, couldn't find pics. basically they just added seats to the northern part of the east and west stands if that makes sense)
1963 southwest addition (again no pics, top left shaded area is where they added the seats)
1965 southeast addition
1978 south addition (completed the horseshoe that we have now)
then the current bowl minus the new press box
and our current stadium
and lets not forget our expansion plans 
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JDM1992
In your head
Member since Dec 2011
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| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:29 pm to Robot Santa)
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CatFan81 
Kentucky Fan
Catlanta
Member since May 2009
26521 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:30 pm to JDM1992)
First season.. 1973
Post expansion...
2012...
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BhamBengal
LSU Fan
The Ham
Member since Oct 2012
961 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:34 pm to JDM1992)
Bryant-Denney is an architectural masterpiece! 
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engie 
LA-Lafayette Fan
Member since Jan 2012
4674 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:36 pm to JDM1992)
1914 - Moved to current location(2nd oldest currently-used football field in all of FBS)
1920 - Named Scott Field after Bulldog olympic runner
1928 - 3,000 permanent seats added(first permanent seating)
1936 - West side lower level built(yes, the same current lower level that we are fully renovating in this expansion FOR THE FIRST TIME in 75 years) - capacity 20k
1948 - East side lower level built - capacity 36k
1986 - West upper deck built - capacity 40,656 (YES, we went 48 YEARS with the stadium untouched -- and we wonder how we fell behind?)
2002 - East upper deck and sky boxes completed - capacity 55,086
2012 - Work begun horseshoeing the north endzone - capacity 62k
future - Footings going in for all this now. Will take eventual capacity well over 80k...
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TwelfthMan
Texas A&M Fan
Member since Oct 2012
327 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:44 pm to engie)
Record attendance at Kyle is 90,079 on November 20th, 2010 for the Nebraska game.
Official capacity is 82,589.
I'm guessing we will approach a new record this September.
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WDE85 
Auburn Fan
Member since Nov 2012
1469 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 10:19 pm to JDM1992)
Great thread JDM. Love seeing these kind of things. I couldn't find every single expansion, but here is what I gathered up.
1948 - Capacity- 7,500
1955 - Capacity- 34,500
1970- Capacity - 61,261
1980 - Capacity, 72,169
1987-Present 85,214 to 87,451( minor changes in 2000 and 2003 to bump it up 2,000 more.)
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WDE85
Auburn Fan
Member since Nov 2012
1469 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 10:22 pm to engie)
quote:
future - Footings going in for all this now. Will take eventual capacity well over 80k...
You guys really think you can fill that up?
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SwayzeBalla 
Ole Miss Fan
Crystal Ball City
Member since Dec 2011
5247 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 10:29 pm to WDE85)
quote:
You guys really think you can fill that up?
You realize he's a state fan, right?
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Marty McFrat 
Arkansas Fan
Fayetteville, AR
Member since Feb 2011
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| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 10:32 pm to svb)
How many suites does Missouri have? 12?
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narddogg81
Alabama Fan
Vancouver
Member since Jan 2012
1372 posts
| re: Post pictures of your stadium's expansion/evolution throughout the years (Posted on 1/17/13 at 10:39 pm to Spaceball 1)
Wow, the a&m stadium is fugly
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