All good points, I suppose!
On another random capacity note, that picture reminded me just how big Memorial Stadium looks in photos where you only see the East Main/East Balcony view. According to Wikipedia, East Main has 18,000 seats, with an additional 10,000 in the East Balcony ... and it got me thinking how big our stadium would be if we had that architectural setup all the way around similar to a Tennessee.
- If we assume another symmetrical 28,000 on the West Main, that gets us to 56,000 seats before ANY end zone seating.
- Per Google, a football field is about 45% as wide as it is long ... so I will assume a similar layout of seating with a "bowl" stadium? That would mean approximately 12,600 seats in both end zones.
- Good for an overall capacity of a "bowl-ified" Memorial Stadium of 81,200 ... honestly less than I thought and "reasonable" if we ever truly got this thing humming! Given the very old school look/setup of MS, too, it would probably look significantly bigger than that, as well!