(07-04-2023 03:15 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  Looks like a press box and some lights ECU tore down their press box and built a new one a few years ago. Just going off what I read in the articles. Those mock ups are old, no? I can’t see any changes except the lights and the press box.

The mockups aren't old.

Let's start over. We are tearing down more than half the stadium back to the structural supports and dirt. Everything will be brand new. Press box, concessions, concourses, restrooms, and ALL THE SEATING on that side. And lots of extra goodies.

If you look closely in the mockup showing the press box, in the middle of the regular seating is a row of private suites which aren't there now.

Also new tailgating and retail spaces will be built directly outside the stadium in what is called the "halo area." That's partly those tents you see in one of the exterior shots.

The only major change to the mockups is that the seating on the home side will now likely be mostly suites and premium seating. That doesn't show up (other than the one row I pointed out), b/c that was decided after the USFL built $250,000 worth of electrical and electronic infrastructure to allow TV to broadcast from the visitor side, rather then the part we are rebuilding new. That will allow us to show the new home side when complete. The side where the majority of fans sit when it's not packed.

Not sure of the relation between the two events, but that was the timing and why it wasn't in the original mockup.

And the reason you seem to think it's minor changes is because the new structure will look like the old as far as shape, since we are not doing the east side of the stadium. I'm sure that will come at some later point.

Also, if you read anything about it in the Memphis papers, you would know this stuff. Not sure who else would be writiing about it in any detail.