re: Visitor’s radio booth at Auburn

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but why? Why not use the midfield press box area?

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From a 2017 article

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The demand for high-dollar seats and a changing climate of how college athletic departments view the media led to moving the press box from prime real estate to corner seating.

The internet age dawned an entirely new media landscape ranging from bloggers to social media reporters, while boosters and corporate sponsors have proven they’re willing to pay big money for good seats.

The $28 million South End Zone Project includes the construction of a standalone building outside the southwest corner of the stadium. It will be connected to the stadium concourse, but will be outside the stadium.
The building will be five stories, with the bottom floor housing an expanded locker room and football recruiting space and the top two floors housing the new press box.

The middle two floors will be a club containing televisions, food and drink services, and windows where fans will be able to see Tiger Walk taking place outside the stadium. It will not have a view of the field.

Once the new press box is complete, the current press box will be converted to club seating.

There will be about 120-140 actual seats, which will be wider than normal stadium chairs and could feature personal televisions. The seats will be covered by the overhang of the upper deck, but there will not be glass in front of them. There will be air conditioning and heat for early and late-season games.

Behind an expected three rows of seats, there will be a glassed-in area with premium food and drinks. Like the club in the south end zone, the seats will be for donors willing to pay a fee to sit in what Athletic Director Jay Jacobs said will be the “nicest area that any of our people have ever experienced.”