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Are there any plans to expand Sanford Stadium any time soon?

Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:41 pm
Posted by Daigeaux
Mountains of East Tennessee
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:41 pm
Is it even possible with the road up against the stadium?
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63865 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:43 pm to
They can't move the road because it is directly against a major railroad which is directly against one of the oldest and largest cemetaries in the state.

I can't spell cemetary. Someone help me out.
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:44 pm to
Last I heard they were planning on going from this:



To this:

Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:44 pm to
quote:

Is it even possible


Yes

quote:

Are there any plans to expand Sanford Stadium any time soon?



No
Posted by GumpMaster&Commander
Member since Aug 2013
2248 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:44 pm to
I doubt it. Seems like attendance is down all over the SEC. I saw a lot of empty seats for the North Texas game. It was frankly kinda shocking. I guess this perpetual crap economy is finally getting to SEC fans.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:45 pm to
quote:

I saw a lot of empty seats for the North Texas game


You're shocked that a game against North Texas at 12:20 with an 80% chance of rain had some empty seats?
Posted by GumpMaster&Commander
Member since Aug 2013
2248 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:46 pm to
It was thousands of empty seats not some.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63865 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:47 pm to
They'd have to tear down chemistry and geology buildings.

I have no problem with that.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63865 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:48 pm to
It was actually well-attended.

Some of the upper endzone got empty when the rain came pouring down.

Posted by GumpMaster&Commander
Member since Aug 2013
2248 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:51 pm to
Look for yourself. The replay is on ESPN3.

LINK /

I have never seen so many empty seats at Sanford. Tickets sold is not the same as actual attendance.

Posted by VagueMessage
Fayetteville, AR
Member since Jun 2013
3901 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:52 pm to
Cemetery. All E's, no A's.
Posted by JoLeUGA
Mt. Mitchell, NC
Member since Mar 2009
7879 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:52 pm to
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I have never seen so many empty seats at Sanford. Tickets sold is not the same as actual attendance.



Student section my dear.

Regardless, the announced attendance was a sell out.
This post was edited on 9/24/13 at 7:53 pm
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63865 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:55 pm to
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Cemetery. All E's, no A's.


Cemetery.


Thank you sir. My mother is a razorback from forest city, I was raised a razorback fan from that side of the family.

Razorbacks are awesome, and you sir, are fricking awesome too.
This post was edited on 9/24/13 at 7:56 pm
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86438 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:56 pm to
quote:

My mother is a razorback from forest city, I was raised a razorback


that explains the spelling errors.


;)
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63865 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:58 pm to
Grady Grad ;)
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20240 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:59 pm to
There's no way in hell they're going to do that. That's a horrible photoshop
Posted by Dawg in Beaumont
Athens
Member since Jan 2012
4494 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 7:59 pm to
The most obvious place to expand with seats that would still have a good view would be the West endzone (the bridge side). A lot of Dawg fans are against that since the open view through campus is beautiful and somewhat unique for a stadium Sanford's size.

Even though that opening does make the stadium slightly less noisy, I'd put myself in the keep the bridge view camp.
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20240 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 8:01 pm to
Isn't there some rough design of leaving a window and building a smaller upper deck above the bridge?
Posted by GumpMaster&Commander
Member since Aug 2013
2248 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 8:01 pm to
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Cemetery.


Thank you sir. My mother is a razorback from forest city, I was raised a razorback fan from that side of the family.

Razorbacks are awesome, and you sir, are fricking awesome too.


...home of Tevin Beanum, great future Razorback. We played the Colts when I was in junior high school. I tackled one of their running backs in the backfield and he said "Thank you, sir" for some reason. That was a polite bunch.
This post was edited on 9/24/13 at 8:06 pm
Posted by TigersOfGeauxld
Just across the water...
Member since Aug 2009
25057 posts
Posted on 9/24/13 at 8:03 pm to
quote:

There's no way in hell they're going to do that. That's a horrible photoshop



I didn't think it was too far off from the renderings posted on the SECR a few years back:

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