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Who will be the next SEC program to build a brand new football stadium?
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:06 pm
These don't happen much anymore. We build new arenas and baseball stadiums, but football stadiums are generally renovated/added on to, not built from scratch. Vanderbilt has discussed a new stadium, but it far from a sure thing.
"Newest" SEC Football Stadiums
1. Kroger Field (Commonwealth Stadium) - Kentucky (1973)
2. Jordan-Hare Stadium - Auburn (1939)
3. Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium - Arkansas (1938)
4. Williams-Brice Stadium - South Carolina (1934)
5. Florida Field - Florida (1930)
"Newest" Brand New Power 5 Football Stadiums
1. McLane Stadium (Baylor) (2014)
2. TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota) (2009)
3. Heinz Field (Pittsburgh) (2001)
4. Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (Louisville) (1998)
5. High Point Solutions Stadium (Rutgers) (1994)
Most Recent Large Scale Renovations/Additions
1. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (2016) ($25M; Completed bowl, added 3,458 seats)
2. Kroger Field - Kentucky (2015) ($110M; New press box, new box seats, new club seats, additional suites, exterior façade renovation, reduction of 1,093 seats)
2. Kyle Field - Texas A&M (2015) ($484M; Stadium Rebuild)
4. Tiger Stadium - LSU (2014) ($80M; Upper Deck Addition - 70 Suites, 3,000 club seats, 1,500 general seats)
4. Davis Wade Stadium - Mississippi State (2014) ($75M; 6,255 seats added, new West Side concourse, sealed off North Endzone, new video board)
6. Faurot Field - Missouri (2013-14) ($72M; 6K seats added, West Side Press Box renovated, new suites)
7. Florida Field - Florida (2012) ($5.6M; West Stands Concourse Renovation for lighting, restrooms, concessions)
8. Bryant-Denny Stadium - Alabama (2010) ($66M; Upper Deck Addition - 36 Skyboxes, 1,700 luxury seats, 8,500 general seats, upgrade of audio/visual, addition of video boards)
8. Neyland Stadium - Tennessee (2010) ($136M; Addition of club seats, concourse widening, entry plazas, infrastructure improvements)
10. Jordan Hare Stadium - Auburn (2007) ($?; walkways and underneath facilities updated, new $2.9M HD jumobtron added, $40M renovation to be completed in 2018 adding premium seating, coaches offices, SW Corner additions, new locker rooms and new press box)
11. Sanford Stadium - Georgia (2004) ($8M; 27 Suites added, $63M expansion in progress to be completed in 2018 with new locker rooms, plaza, 500 seats)
12. DWR Razorback Stadium - Arkansas (2001) ($110M; 21K additional seats, brick façade, new concourses, $160M in progress to be completed in 2018 with new entrances, new boxes, new suites, renovations, 4,800 new seats)
13. Williams Brice Stadium - South Carolina (1995/96) ($23M; Suites added to West Side, new Press Box, South Endzone club areas, new jumbotron) (various improvements since to the area outside the stadium)
14. Vanderbilt Stadium - Vanderbilt (1981) ($27M; Stadium Rebuild)
"Newest" SEC Football Stadiums
1. Kroger Field (Commonwealth Stadium) - Kentucky (1973)
2. Jordan-Hare Stadium - Auburn (1939)
3. Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium - Arkansas (1938)
4. Williams-Brice Stadium - South Carolina (1934)
5. Florida Field - Florida (1930)
"Newest" Brand New Power 5 Football Stadiums
1. McLane Stadium (Baylor) (2014)
2. TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota) (2009)
3. Heinz Field (Pittsburgh) (2001)
4. Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (Louisville) (1998)
5. High Point Solutions Stadium (Rutgers) (1994)
Most Recent Large Scale Renovations/Additions
1. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (2016) ($25M; Completed bowl, added 3,458 seats)
2. Kroger Field - Kentucky (2015) ($110M; New press box, new box seats, new club seats, additional suites, exterior façade renovation, reduction of 1,093 seats)
2. Kyle Field - Texas A&M (2015) ($484M; Stadium Rebuild)
4. Tiger Stadium - LSU (2014) ($80M; Upper Deck Addition - 70 Suites, 3,000 club seats, 1,500 general seats)
4. Davis Wade Stadium - Mississippi State (2014) ($75M; 6,255 seats added, new West Side concourse, sealed off North Endzone, new video board)
6. Faurot Field - Missouri (2013-14) ($72M; 6K seats added, West Side Press Box renovated, new suites)
7. Florida Field - Florida (2012) ($5.6M; West Stands Concourse Renovation for lighting, restrooms, concessions)
8. Bryant-Denny Stadium - Alabama (2010) ($66M; Upper Deck Addition - 36 Skyboxes, 1,700 luxury seats, 8,500 general seats, upgrade of audio/visual, addition of video boards)
8. Neyland Stadium - Tennessee (2010) ($136M; Addition of club seats, concourse widening, entry plazas, infrastructure improvements)
10. Jordan Hare Stadium - Auburn (2007) ($?; walkways and underneath facilities updated, new $2.9M HD jumobtron added, $40M renovation to be completed in 2018 adding premium seating, coaches offices, SW Corner additions, new locker rooms and new press box)
11. Sanford Stadium - Georgia (2004) ($8M; 27 Suites added, $63M expansion in progress to be completed in 2018 with new locker rooms, plaza, 500 seats)
12. DWR Razorback Stadium - Arkansas (2001) ($110M; 21K additional seats, brick façade, new concourses, $160M in progress to be completed in 2018 with new entrances, new boxes, new suites, renovations, 4,800 new seats)
13. Williams Brice Stadium - South Carolina (1995/96) ($23M; Suites added to West Side, new Press Box, South Endzone club areas, new jumbotron) (various improvements since to the area outside the stadium)
14. Vanderbilt Stadium - Vanderbilt (1981) ($27M; Stadium Rebuild)
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 1:31 pm
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Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:08 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Kroger Field
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:08 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Please don't call it Kroger Field, I beg you
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:09 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Not Arkansas with the updates we are building atm, that will be completely done for the 2018 season.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:10 pm to rockiee
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:11 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I'm guessing it would be Vanderbilt, but I don't know that there is any suitable real estate available that would make sense. They would probably have to tear it down and build anew and play at the Titans stadium for a year or two, which seems unlikely.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:11 pm to HempHead
With three expansions, LSU has basically built a new stadium on top of the old stadium even demolishing an existing structure to put in suites and amenities.
They probably should have renovated the original stadium and at some point I think they will have to.
They probably should have renovated the original stadium and at some point I think they will have to.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:14 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Kroger Field - Kentucky
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:16 pm to SummerOfGeorge
A&M basically built a new stadium right? Similar to the Yankee Stadium "renovation" of the 1970s that actually just produced a 90% new structure that occupied the same space as the old one (and both teams treat it as if it was the same old stadium for marketing purposes).
When a college team figures out how to make the municipality pay for it (taxpayers, rather), then we will see brand new stadia for SEC teams, A&M's recent rebuild excepted. Most of the cities of SEC schools couldn't actually float this so it probably won't happen.
When a college team figures out how to make the municipality pay for it (taxpayers, rather), then we will see brand new stadia for SEC teams, A&M's recent rebuild excepted. Most of the cities of SEC schools couldn't actually float this so it probably won't happen.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:17 pm to SummerOfGeorge
The one that NEEDS to be updated/renovated/replaced is Vanderbilt Stadium...
Tennessean
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The time for a new Vanderbilt football stadium may have arrived.
Athletic director David Williams wants to accelerate plans to construct a new stadium for the Commodores, and is meeting with university planners and financial officers later this month.
Tennessean
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:18 pm to SummerOfGeorge
The whole stadium wasn't rebuilt, but the South & West sides probably make up about 50,000 seats and they were built from the ground up.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:20 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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1. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (2016) ($25M; Completed bowl, added 3,458 seats)
2. Kroger Field - Kentucky (2015) ($110; New press box, new box seats, new club seats, additional suites, exterior façade renovation, reduction of 1,093 seats)
4. Tiger Stadium - LSU (2014) ($80M; Upper Deck Addition - 70 Suites, 3,000 club seats, 1,500 general seats)
4. Davis Wade Stadium - Mississippi State (2014) ($75M; 6,255 seats added, new West Side concourse, sealed off North Endzone, new video board)
6. Faurot Field - Missouri (2013-14) ($72M; 6K seats added, West Side Press Box renovated, new suites)
7. Florida Field - Florida (2012) ($5.6M; West Stands Concourse Renovation for lighting, restrooms, concessions)
8. Bryant-Denny Stadium - Alabama (2010) ($66M; Upper Deck Addition - 36 Skyboxes, 1,700 luxury seats, 8,500 general seats, upgrade of audio/visual, addition of video boards)
If you combine the above, it still less than A&M's renovation.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:21 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
What's Vandy gonna do? They don't have the fanbase to demand a new stadium. They could update their current one, but I just don't really see the point.
I think the next stadium to get massively renovated is going to be South Carolina
I think the next stadium to get massively renovated is going to be South Carolina
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:23 pm to tWildcat
At least when UK fans enter the stadium they provide y'all with either paper or plastic bags to cover their heads with for free.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:24 pm to hg
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At least when UK fans enter the stadium they provide y'all with either paper or plastic bags to cover their heads with for free.
Because of the rain?
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:26 pm to hg
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At least when UK fans enter the stadium they provide y'all with either paper or plastic bags to cover their heads with for free.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:29 pm to kingbob
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What's Vandy gonna do? They don't have the fanbase to demand a new stadium. They could update their current one, but I just don't really see the point.
Following the Texas private school model. Build a smaller, nicer stadium.
TCU before and after (44,300 to 45,000)
BU before after (50,000 to 45,140)
Yes, that is ~75% maroon 
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:30 pm to SummerOfGeorge
With all of the older stadiums (and most of the conference) recently having undergone massive, multi-million dollar renovations, I don't see any schools outside maybe Vandy building a new stadium, and they don't have a need for one either. I wouldn't expect to see anyone build a new stadium for at least 25 years, if ever.
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:31 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Vanderbilt will
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:31 pm to Farmer1906
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Farmer1906
That gif is such an apt visual for the Aggies stretch run in the West every year. Perfect.
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