Neyland Stadium to be “preserved” by Pilot

[OrangeTsar]

Now they‘ve went and done it

 

[GoVols15]

I have a great suggestion! How about giving fans who sit on bleachers a little more room! Tired of people putting their knees in my back and being shoe horned over a number on a bleacher.

 

[VOLLeeann]

cheerleaders become street walkers

 

[illvol]

Putting Pilot ads all over the field and stadium seems an awful lot like taking over the venue to me, but you do you.

Oh look. Someone twisting the narrative and being overly dramatic to justify their stodginess.
It’s the name, “pilot” in two places on a massive field. That hardly seems like “all over the field”, and I’m certain the stadium won’t have it “all over” either, but you do you and make things up to be mad about.

 

[Vol865]

Tennessee made this move to solidify their NIL dollars for the future. They now have a cash cow which will help obtain the best players, so don’t complain everyone loves a winner especially Vol Nation. The downside is that a person working hard day to day making 60 grand a year will never be able to set foot in Neyland Stadium unless someone gives them a ticket. I can remember when 60 bucks was high for a UT ticket,
now you will be lucky to park for 60. Go Vols!

Unfortunately this one hit way too close to home lol. Haven't been able to a home game against a P5 school since South Carolina in 2021 I think. It was cheaper to travel to New Orleans/Baton Rouge and stay a couple days than go to the Florida game 20 mins down the road in 2022.

 

[Boca Vol]

A Dollar general on each concourse.

That would be downsizing for them!

 

[Boca Vol]

I have a great suggestion! How about giving fans who sit on bleachers a little more room! Tired of people putting their knees in my back and being shoe horned over a number on a bleacher.

You would have to tear it down and rebuild it to make it comfortable. I believe DeerPark said years ago that UT looked at replacing the bleachers with seats and it would reduce the capacity to about 79-80K.

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa has about the same number of rows on the sidelines and it seats about 65K. If you take it around both end zones, it would be about 80K.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

I have a great suggestion! How about giving fans who sit on bleachers a little more room! Tired of people putting their knees in my back and being shoe horned over a number on a bleacher.

That would almost certainly mean having less seats.

Suggesting Neyland have less seats might be even less popular than renaming it.

 

[adam.vol]

Tennessee made this move to solidify their NIL dollars for the future. They now have a cash cow which will help obtain the best players, so don’t complain everyone loves a winner especially Vol Nation. The downside is that a person working hard day to day making 60 grand a year will never be able to set foot in Neyland Stadium unless someone gives them a ticket. I can remember when 60 bucks was high for a UT ticket,
now you will be lucky to park for 60. Go Vols!

I agree.

College football is changing into something we’ve never seen, whether we like it or not. At some point, power 5 teams will have to accept that their donors can’t keep up with the Jones’s. We as fans are going to have to accept that we can’t keep up with the big spenders, also.

 

[livefaith]

I thought Haslam backed off after the Pruitt crapstorm.

No. We love him again.

 

[Vfl2407]

I have a great suggestion! How about giving fans who sit on bleachers a little more room! Tired of people putting their knees in my back and being shoe horned over a number on a bleacher.

Ok, please don’t take this post as fat shaming because I’m no skinny minny myself.
But I will confess to being in Neyland with several empty seats around me and watching everyone coming up the stairs toward my aisle like a hawk thinking…oh please dont let a really large Marge/Marvin sit next to me.
im a little claustrophobic anyway. So somebody being right on top of me is a little upsetting.

 

[Savannahbayvol]

Charles Ergan

Doubt it very seriously since Dish/Echostar is about to file for bankruptcy

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Wait, hold the damn phone! Did I see a Huepel quote in this thread where he said he is the "caretaker" of the program?!? Did that just sllip by everybody??

 

[thehardknoxlife]

Jimmy got canned.

Our new man in charge of finances


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Lawyer says Haslam testimony supports Berkshire's bribery allegations in Pilot truck stop chain suit

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Deposition testimony from billionaire Jimmy Haslam supports claims by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathway that Haslam tried to bribe employees at the Pilot truck stop chain amid a dispute with Berkshire over the future of the company, a Berkshire attorney told a judge Thursday.

apnews.com

I'm still pretty certain Jimmy is chairman of the board at Pilot. I don't know how I would miss the news he was canned, as you say.

 

[C-south]

Hope they don’t bump Petros for Wendy’s.

 

[Volador]

Vols to preserve Neyland name in deal with Pilot

Tennessee has agreed to a deal with Pilot that will give the Knoxville-based company signage throughout the stadium, including on the playing surface, while preserving the Neyland Stadium name.

www.espn.com

And Dylan Sampson is at the P, the I, the L, the O, the T - Give him Gas!!!

 

[SpookyAction]

Now you'll have yourselves some of that there NIL cash with which to hire .... er, I mean "recruit."

 

[WillisWG]

Pretty sure Jimmy is still the chairman. I'm sure he's still influential with all things Pilot.

.

 

[WillisWG]

 

[Vfl2407]

And Dylan Sampson is at the P, the I, the L, the O, the T - Give him Gas!!!

Bob: What a turn of the gas cap.

 

[SpookyAction]

I can't think of a better sponsor for them than Kroger since they self-checkout every season!

This is how it's done.

 

[Gandalf]

More info:

I think I just saw myself from ages past in that video.

 

[BreatheUT]

Donde and Danny knocked this one out of the park. Again.

They are visionaries.

The real question is how much is it gonna cost us at the ticket office? I gotta admit....if I need gasoline and there is an ExxonMobil in front of me and a Pilot Flying J further down the road, I'm intentionally going to Pilot Flying J.

GBO!

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Truck stop, thank you. Can we get South Carolina to pump our gas?

And UK dropped "Commonwealth Stadium" altogether for Kroger Field

Truck stop is much classier.

 

[Vol737]

I swear if they put a f***ing Pilot ad directly on the field I'll lose it.

Prepare to lose it