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between a "reported sellout" and an actual sellout. Your suggestion of needing 5K more seats is wrong on multiple levels, the most obvious being they are not selling out what they have now, unless you call dumping blocks of unsold tickets to ticket vendors selling out. Moreover, a 5K expansion is pretty cost ineffective for a variety of matters. The fact is VT is currently at, or slightly above, the sweet spot.

Posted: 09/06/2023 at 02:42 PM ET

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Florida State to discuss $285 million renovation to Doak Campbell Stadium -- WBGV Sep 06, 2023 at 09:27 AM ET

WBGV • 09/06/23 09:27 AM ET

Why add debt? Run a fundraising campaign -- HOO86 Sep 06, 2023 at 07:44 PM ET

HOO86 • 09/06/23 07:44 PM ET

Interesting. Will reduce capacity to approximately 68,000. -- J-Dub Sep 06, 2023 at 09:41 AM ET

J-Dub • 09/06/23 09:41 AM ET

big question, increase revenue or increase seating -- Mercury Sep 06, 2023 at 12:42 PM ET

Mercury • 09/06/23 12:42 PM ET

Which will... -- Arch72Hokie Sep 06, 2023 at 12:22 PM ET

Arch72Hokie • 09/06/23 12:22 PM ET

UNC did the same thing in 2018. Capacity went from 63k to 50k. -- tarheelblue Sep 06, 2023 at 10:47 AM ET

tarheelblue • 09/06/23 10:47 AM ET

It also helps hide the fact that fewer people are interested. -- MP4VT2004 Sep 07, 2023 at 10:51 PM ET

MP4VT2004 • 09/07/23 10:51 PM ET

I went to the Chelsea-Wrexham game at Kenan this summer. -- hokieZ71 Sep 06, 2023 at 01:05 PM ET

hokieZ71 • 09/06/23 01:05 PM ET

Kenan... -- Arch72Hokie Sep 06, 2023 at 12:23 PM ET

Arch72Hokie • 09/06/23 12:23 PM ET

makes me almost want to go to a game at UNC now! You guys used to have -- reestuart Sep 06, 2023 at 11:16 AM ET

reestuart • 09/06/23 11:16 AM ET

I actually haven't been to a game since I was a student there. -- tarheelblue Sep 06, 2023 at 07:39 PM ET

tarheelblue • 09/06/23 07:39 PM ET

IIRC, the problem was seat backs on the bleachers. Made it way too tight. ** -- reestuart Sep 06, 2023 at 08:12 PM ET

reestuart • 09/06/23 08:12 PM ET

I would think that having a seat back would make it more comfortable -- tarheelblue Sep 06, 2023 at 11:10 PM ET

tarheelblue • 09/06/23 11:10 PM ET

You'd think, but they were turrible. I'm only 5-10ish, and it felt like -- reestuart Sep 07, 2023 at 09:10 AM ET

reestuart • 09/07/23 09:10 AM ET

I just remember that those aluminum bench seat backs were great noisemakers** -- tarheelblue Sep 11, 2023 at 02:41 AM ET

tarheelblue • 09/11/23 02:41 AM ET

kitchen-plus suites -- Victor Tango Sep 06, 2023 at 09:52 AM ET

Victor Tango • 09/06/23 09:52 AM ET

I sat in a suite at a Bills game last year. Pretty darned great, IMO.** -- reestuart Sep 06, 2023 at 05:24 PM ET

reestuart • 09/06/23 05:24 PM ET

I’ve thought that Lane could benefit from a reduction -- HokieAl Sep 06, 2023 at 11:37 AM ET

HokieAl • 09/06/23 11:37 AM ET

thats the plan for the east side. -- Mercury Sep 06, 2023 at 12:43 PM ET

Mercury • 09/06/23 12:43 PM ET

There is a difference...... ◄ -- 2hhoop3 Sep 06, 2023 at 02:42 PM ET

2hhoop3 • 09/06/23 02:42 PM ET