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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4238240, member: 27"] I was afraid of that. When the rows are too close, I think the options are 1) to leave the row spacing the way it has been and provide seats that are not very deep, or 2) spend a ton of money and change the spacing of the rows. For the dome, that would have to be incredibly costly. From what I have observed, the spacing of the rows on the lower level of the dome is a lot more generous than in the upper level. Extra space was needed to accommodate the seat backs all the seats have on that level. Putting individual seats in on the lower level should not be a problem. The spacing of the rows was engineered with seatbacks in mind. The rows on the upper level were designed to hold benches with no seat backs. They are a lot closer together. I am sure there was pressure to get the capacity of the facility as high as possible and to keep the costs down so they designed simple bench rows placed relatively close to each other. That decision is a real problem now. You either skimp on the depth of the new seats and preserve the leg room we have now or install full depth seats and destroy leg room. If the new seats are the same depth as the existing benches, and have limited low profile seatbacks, things shouldn't be too bad. If you try and fit full size seats with full size seat backs in those cramped rows of the upper level and you are creating a leg room nightmare. I am sure the powers that be are aware of the situation. People are going to be mad no matter what decision is made. If they go with seats without much depth (like the rental seats) and a low seatback (again like the rentals), some are going to complain the seats are too short, don't provide enough support, aren't comfortable, etc. If they go with full sized seats comfy, people (at least the relatively tall ones) are going to be furious at the lack of leg room with the new setup. I think a compromise is our best hope. Maybe no one will be really happy but hopefully a seat can be found that is comfortable, provides good support and does not intrude on leg room too much. Guessing this is a common problem for older sports facilities. There have to be standard solutions out there we can choose from. [/QUOTE]

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