Bama Stadium Expansion Approved

Alabama Tuscaloosa Cost will be $81 million to increase Bryant-Denny seating capacity to more than 101000.

by Associated Press

Published: Fri, November 14, 2008 - 7:13 am CST Last Updated: Fri, November 14, 2008 - 7:16 am CST

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Its football team ranked No. 1 and with
fans clamoring for more tickets, University of Alabama trustees
voted Thursday to move ahead with plans for an $81 million
expansion of Bryant-Denny Stadium.
The project, which would increase the stadium's capacity by
about 9,000 seats to more than 101,000, would be funded with a bond
issue, but officials said there is no firm timetable for the work.
A trustee committee approved an artist's rendering of the
project, which would add upper deck seats, skyboxes, group areas,
offices, video screens and concourse areas to the south end zone,
creating a near-mirror image of an expansion completed two years
ago.
The full board is expected to approve the project Friday, but
Lane said still more votes will be needed before the expansion plan
is final.
The north end zone was enlarged to increase the capacity of
Bryant-Denny to 92,138 before the 2006 season.

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DEW26M Says:

Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:17 pm

MMMMMM, talk about counting your chickens before they hatch. I mean come on, they have one good season again, and you wanna invest $81 million in a stadium. Let’s face it, football is full of fence-riders and when they start loosing again, the stadium will be empty again. Don’t get me wrong, I root for Alabama always, but I know society. Besides, the economy being what it is now, unless they gonna start picking people up at their doors to go to the games, they may still have problems filling 101,000 seats. Furthermore ROLL TIDE ROLL