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[QUOTE="BonevilleJacket, post: 24877, member: 1179"]
Just from a fan from the oldest stadium in major football: you don't want to put your program in the debt that would be required to do this.  We overbuilt Bobby Dodd back in the early 2000's by building a deck on the North end.  Cost ~$50mil.  We had just been co-champs of the ACC in '98 and finished ranked #7.  Had a QB who should have won the Heisman in '99.  Had beaten Georgie 3 straight times (that REALLLY matters as far as fanbases down here are concerned).  We think it will make us all this money as we are sitting pretty.

Well, fast forward 10 years.  We had a streak of 7-win seasons.  Lost 7 in a row to Georgie.  And the attendance dropped.  The only time we sell out is when Georgie, Clemson and maybe VT or Miami (depending on how hyped the game is).

So now we're saddled with this debt, and we needed to fire our bball coach ($7mil buyout) but couldn't until someone was will to walk in the door with a big check.  Until we've had our recent success beginning in '08-'09 (and looks like this year), that stadium expansion has been like an albatross around GT's neck.
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