Neyland Stadium Dorms

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This isn't related to the 2010 UT football team, so if this is the wrong forum feel free to move it. Just curious about the dorms that were built as a part of Neyland stadium:

- Are they still accessible?
- Are there any recent pictures?
- What is in there today?
- When were they taken out of use and why?
- What parts of the stadium have dorms?
- Could they possibly be renovated and used?

It just seems like it would be cool to live in Neyland stadium for someone in school at UT. Well, probably not so much fun on a game day. Just curious if anyone knows anything about this part of the stadium's past and possible future.
 
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They are and have been for a long time now undergrad teachers office. When I was a student in '00-'04 I had several of my 101 class teachers whom had offices there. There is also about 3 total classrooms. In Phase 3 of renovations they will dissapear with the revamping of the concessions and restrooms on those sides of the stadium. In fact they may have already vacated those offices due to the impending planned removal during Phase 3 of Neyland renovations.

Hopefully this answers your questions.
 
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rocky top buzz said:
This isn't related to the 2010 UT football team, so if this is the wrong forum feel free to move it. Just curious about the dorms that were built as a part of Neyland stadium:

- Are they still accessible?
- Are there any recent pictures?
- What is in there today?
- When were they taken out of use and why?
- What parts of the stadium have dorms?
- Could they possibly be renovated and used?

It just seems like it would be cool to live in Neyland stadium for someone in school at UT. Well, probably not so much fun on a game day. Just curious if anyone knows anything about this part of the stadium's past and possible future.
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Office space is there today.

They were last used in 1984 or 85 I think as far as dorm space is concerned.

I was informed by a friend who lived there that it was not too bad on game day as he really did not go to the football games. He was on the swim team.
 
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Back in the olden days, the football players lived there, so most were not at home on game days.
 
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In the 80s they were called South Stadium Hall. The rooms had 3 in a room and it was mostly foreign students that lived there.
 
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the anthropology department has their offices over there. there's a few classrooms in there and it's a really creepy place to walk around.
 
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GoVols420 said:
the anthropology department has their offices over there. there's a few classrooms in there and it's a really creepy place to walk around.
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I only went in there one time in college, but I agree, something about that place was weird and creepy. Not sure what, though.
 
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My dad lived there when he was in school during the 60s. He has always made it sound like it was the crummiest place to live on campus.

(Interestingly, 25 years later, my sister had an anthropology class in what my dad is pretty sure was his old dorm room. She agreed that it would have been awful to live in.)
 
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Back in the 60s those rooms were not the preferred dorm rooms. It was close to most classes in those days, but my understanding is that they weren't in the best condition.
 
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From an article last year:



"See those windows up there?" said 1975 UT graduate Jim Anderson, pointing at the superstructure of the stadium. "Those used to be dorm rooms. The only way Coach Neyland could get money from the state for improvements was to tell them he was going to build housing."

Students can no longer roll out of bed and hit the game without touching pavement, but the space isn't going to waste, either. Graduate students have offices inside Neyland's concrete walls, and some classes are still taught here. Talk about majoring in football.
 
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This for another article earlier in the same year:


According to Carpenter, in 1938, 128 dorm rooms for male athletes were added on the east side of the stadium. In the 1960s they were converted.
 
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They are now used as teachers' offices. They are in horrible condition, are a long walk from any classes so they couldn't be used as dorms. They are going to be demolished/renovated to be other things in the next few phases of the stadium renovations.
 
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My father also stayed there in the 60's and said they sucked but they use to go play football on the field until they got ran off
 
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Stayed there during UT Band Camp in 1960s. Ghosts? Love the place. Apropos that the "body farm" would inhabit the premises. More great Vol lore.
 
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I had a friend that lived there during my freshman year in '81. They were pretty run down even back then, and the dorm was known to have its share of mice running around the halls and rooms.

Still, I always thought it woulda been cool to stay there.......
 
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You would be referring to South and East Stadium Halls. I am proud to say that my office, as a grad student in Anthropology (1991-96), was at 225 South Stadium Hall. The Body Farm, per se, is NOT located in the stadium. However, unless they have since been repatriated, significant skeletal remains (and I will not go into details) were then housed in the Anthro Dept.
 
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I had an anthropology lab there this semester in room 219. Rooms are very small and creepy.
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