re: Downsizing Stadiums in the SEC

Let's see, choice A) spend $50 per ticket to see Bama (or any other SEC school) play Podunk Tech so you can afford to take your kid(s), wife too if she wants, another $100-$150 for concessions, programs, and souvenirs, another $125 for hotel room since I live 5 to 6 hours from Tuscaloosa when I don't sit in traffic, climb those damn ramps to the upper deck, sit in Alabama September heat aka just this side of hell, watch Bama brutalize said cupcake, then sit in traffic for an hour to get out of Title town, while missing all the other good games that Saturday. Grand total=easily high hundreds, if not 4 figures.

Choice B) sit at home in my air conditioned living room while flipping between the 7-8 games on TV(s), drinking and eating my choice of food and adult beverage while the wife and kids are off doing other things.

I do love the experience and I still go at least once a year, but dammit, it's getting harder to swallow as choice B keeps getting better and better while choice A just keeps getting more expensive but the quality remains the same.

I want to see LSU remove some of the upper deck seating and add more suites above the north endzone for a more symmetrical look. Picture a Lambeau style with the suites wrapping all the way around in a horseshoe shape.

85K is plenty. Maybe do some sort of expansion where it’s 85K but it can hold an extra 10K for those big matchups that come once every other season.

The easiest fix is stop scheduling shitty games.

No , that is where ego stepped in. A&M has the money and the want to buy themselves into the conversation with other programs. They want to be bigger than UT and they wanted to be talked about with the other 100K club members. They assumed if they built it , Championships would come.

Roundabout way of getting there, but I’m glad you were able to finally comprehend the logic:

Yes, we are hopeful that the revenue and atmosphere generated by having badass facilities will help us to win championships.

In the mean time we’ll continue to be top 5 in attendance in the country every year since 2014...

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And have what Forbes says is the most valuable team in college football...

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Haven't decided if I agree with that obnoxious screen being on the terrace.

As TV and bowl revenues continue to climb there is less need for ticket revenue to make a profit. NFL teams would be profitable if they didn't sell a single seat.
Just think. An NFL or college stadium with a few dozen corporate suites would cost one quarter of what Jerryville cost in Dallas and fans could watch every game on NFL Network and ESPN pay-per-view at $20 a game. With the growth of streaming I look for this to happen within five years.

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And every time you see empty seats at Kyle Field, the public perspective will be that A&M doesn't support their team.

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Then almost every fanbase in the country doesn’t support their team some games.

The reality is A&M has a lot of student participation in a prime part of the stadium, so we had to expand just to give enough decent seats to visiting SEC teams. Few programs have the student attendance we do.

Say what you want. Sitting in a stadium when its hot as hell with people you don't know in a space that is tight af sweating your arse off. Hmmm...

Or sit at home and watch other games and replays of your game. Have a cold one with the a/c on.

You.make the call.

I’m not fat.

However, IF anyone in your row is big, it crowds everyone together.

Seats should be bigger. Having chair seats with armrests keeps everyone from spilling into another seat.