They are not expanding the stadium capacity to any significant degree. They aren't doing it. There's no argument for it. It's hideously expensive, impractical from a construction perspective, and most stadiums don't worry or care about having 100,000 fans anymore. Getting to 100k was a pissing contest and Tennessee wanted to be involved. Same as when they built Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center Preserved By Pilot and Supported by Fanduel.
Anyone with any degree of connection to the AD has always suggested that the math just doesn't add up to make the change, not from an expense perspective, nor from the perspective of need. Every time they do discuss changing the seating capacity, it's to look at what would happen if they removed or replaced the bleacher seating with modern stadium seating -- and trust me, you do not want to know how many fewer seats Neyland would have if they made that change. I don't recall the number off the top of my head but I think it was suggested to be under 90,000. Now that, no one will abide by, so ... we'll just have to continue to sit on our one cheek and like it.
Danny White is just playing the game. You don't tell people no, especially when it comes from a place of excitement and engagement. "We're looking into it." The PR equivalent of don't call us, we'll call you.
would offset all the old geysers who don't make a sound on 3rd down defense
