(09-28-2021 12:06 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-27-2021 11:04 PM)gotohellolemiss Wrote:  I am all for what helps the U of M. I'm all for an on campus stadium, etc. But a couple of thoughts. One, the concessions at the Liberty Bowl are far superior to the Fed Ex Forum. So many better options for food, and even the basics like hot dogs, pretzels, burgers, pizza, etc,. are way better. Two, the basic "guts" of the Liberty Bowl (i.e. the inner concourses, concessions, restrooms, etc. are way better at the Liberty Bowl than at Knoxville, Ole Miss, Miss St and many other "major" regional programs. I remember buying a hotdog and canned Coke at Neyland from a lady behind a fold out card table, and I remember seeing "Neon" Leon Mitchell under the end zone stands at Ole Miss and it was like being under the bleachers at a high school stadium. And I remember going to a game in Starkville and buying tickets from a guy who said the tickets were on the Memphis side. The we got our seats and they were in the Miss St student section. We tried to go to the Memphis section, but you had to leave the whole stadium to get to the other side of the stadium. That's almost junior high level. And yes, so we bought two more tickets to get to the other side of the same stadium we had already bought tickets to.

You need to visit Mercedes-Benz Stadium in ATL, AT&T in Dallas, TxA&M at College Station, or any of the newer or renovated stadiums even So AL or the new Birmingham stadium. You will begin to understand what the LBS lacks. And it's not on campus & it's not owned by the university. City & university - separate identity.

Why would you even include the first two in the conversation? Those are billion-dollar domed NFL stadiums. A&M's stadium has been renovated countless times to have the features your refer to...they did not elect to tear it down and build a new one even though with all their money they probably could afford to. LBMS could also be modified to get closer to the standard you are talking about. No, it would not be on campus or university-owned, but are the benefits of owning and moving 2 miles east really worth $200M? That's what this is really all about. Someone has to make that a viable business case, and they never have.