Improvements you'd like to see to Neyland

[PureOrange]

With the upgrades comes cost lets not complain about increase in ticket prices.

 

[Vol865]

Get rid of the bleachers all together.

Nope. Retain as much capacity as possible.

 

[VeeOhElEsYes]

Nope. Retain as much capacity as possible.

Nope. Fan experience is more important than capacity numbers.

 

[Orange75]

The problem in Neyland is your game experience can change dramatically depending on your section.
Getting my 78 year old father in and out of the lower east side was a nightmare. Concessions and bathrooms are a joke. The concourses are ancient, narrow and outdated. The lower south and east sides need the same attention the North and West have already received.

But i bet your 78 year old father didn't bitch about any thing.....just loved it .

 

[Vol865]

Nope. Fan experience is more important than capacity numbers.

Atmosphere is fan experience. Not a comfy seat. Stay at home. Shouldn't be sitting anyway.

 

[Allvols1996]

But i bet your 78 year old father didn't bitch about any thing.....just loved it .

My dad wouldn’t complain, but just coming off radiation and chemo and battling stage 4 esophageal cancer, navigating the south and east entrance was nothing short of treacherous.
And that was with us parking in G10, as close as you could get. On our way out I walked him down by the new Zeneah building. I walked back to G10 got the car and came and picked him up.

 

[Allvols1996]

Atmosphere is fan experience. Not a comfy seat. Stay at home. Shouldn't be sitting anyway.

Comfy seat? Parts of the stadium are in such decay it’s a safety hazard.

 

[Rickyvol77]

I like the Smokey howl idea. Technically called a Bay, I believe.

We had this before and it was awful

 

[tncolt55]

Put some damn seats in the social deck, 6 hours is a really long time to stand for 2k a season ticket.

 

[BDP!]

Venders selling cokes and Vol Dogs from the aisle.

 

[Vol865]

Comfy seat? Parts of the stadium are in such decay it’s a safety hazard.

Please tell me how chairbacks will fix these safety hazards you speak of

 

[GAVol]

Please tell me how chairbacks will fix these safety hazards you speak of

Chairbacks = $$
$$ = Upgrades
Upgrades = Neyland no longer feeling like a 3rd world country in some places.

 

[Vol865]

Chairbacks = $$
$$ = Upgrades
Upgrades = Neyland no longer feeling like a 3rd world country in some places.

Y'all are just trying any way possible to rationalize losing 25-30k seats just so you don't have to sit on a bleacher for 3-4 hrs a week in the fall. We don't need money from chairbacks (even though the premium price of the seats wouldn't bring in more because you'll have way less seats) to fund Neyland Renovations. Most has been funded anyway.

 

[GAVol]

Y'all are just trying any way possible to rationalize losing 25-30k seats just so you don't have to sit on a bleacher for 3-4 hrs a week in the fall. We don't need money from chairbacks (even though the premium price of the seats wouldn't bring in more because you'll have way less seats) to fund Neyland Renovations. Most has been funded anyway.

I'm not really advocating for anything specific; just that the interior needs to be upgraded overall in a bad way. It doesn't have to be an NFL stadium, but there's no reason for it to flat out be a dump in some places.

 

[Manchester Vol]

Move those brick walls at the edge of the end zone before someone seriously hurts themselves on one.

We have fast receivers now so it’s a problem.

 

[Manchester Vol]

Better PA
Better Wi-Fi
Better Bathroom
Bathroom Helpers
Bigger place to sit
One free punch to the juzunk of any Kentucky or Georgia fan near my seat.
And Other stuff.

 

[WesternNCVol]

Plenty of great ideas. I’d settle for a chair back seat anywhere I sit and a urinal that’s not a group activity.

 

[ksgovols]

I like the Smokey howl idea. Technically called a Bay, I believe.

We've been there and done that during kickoffs back in the day. It didn't manage to catch on.

 

[beachvol23]

1. Concession stands - need more of them and rope off the lines so passerby's cannot walk through the lines.
2. Wi-Fi is a joke. Get it fixed!
3. Sound system is weak. Make Neyland rock. Music and voice overs are too muddy.
4. For Third Downs, Use a Smokey Howl sound!
5. Use an official Tennessee boys song between 3rd and 4th quarter. Morgan Wallen's Talking Tennessee!

1. Until concourses are expanded , not enough space, but yes definitely needed.
2. Don’t care, I’m there to watch football, BE IN THE GAME, not phone!
3. acoustics are tricky, sound from Jumbotron and all around PA was better BEFORE “upgrades”, tuning clearly an issue.
4. Tried it before and people complained- imagine that
5. YES, excluding traitor Chesney, who by the way, I’ve been trying to find out for three years and get anyone to ask him directly why he will not play a concert in Knoxville? Seems Butthurt over something! GB is a fake too! Neither one of them would be as “popular” as they are without 15 backup singers, and soundboard processing!

 

[Vol865]

I'm not really advocating for anything specific; just that the interior needs to be upgraded overall in a bad way. It doesn't have to be an NFL stadium, but there's no reason for it to flat out be a dump in some places.

I'm fine with upgrading while maintaining capacity

 

[Jbob1871]

Better to tear it down and start over.

 

[beachvol23]

Better to tear it down and start over.

, big part of the reason for gutting South Stadium Hall is to have space for many improvements, and of course remove lead, asbestos and who knows what else?!?! It was a clever use of space originally however because of the unconventional configuration its lifespan was short!

 

[Allvols1996]

Please tell me how chairbacks will fix these safety hazards you speak of

Chairbacks? You think that’s the improvements I’m speaking to? Beat it.

 

[Vol865]

Chairbacks? You think that’s the improvements I’m speaking to? Beat it.

You quoted my post that was responding to someone about chairbacks, genius

 

[VolCalls]

1) Sound system improvements so you can actually hear PA/announcements
2) Add Chairback seating throughout stadium
3) Improve restrooms
4) Widen concourses
5) add TVs at Concessions and ensure radio Play by Play is on in restrooms.

You do know that putting chairbacks throughout the stadium would reduce its capacity to about 85,000 right?