OT? - Attendance Record to Fall?

Submitted by I dumped the Dope on

Haven't heard much recentlly about the Battle @ Bristol Speedway but just drove thru TN and was thinking of it, the video has some actual shots...seems like its going to be a faraway view.

http://www.wbir.com/sports/motor/nascar/battle-at-bristol/transformation-on-track-for-battle-at-bristol/310548439

Personally I think its a sketchy attempt to steal the actual record in a stadium not designed for footballl, hence it should have an asterik (*) next to it.  Other websites claim all tickets have been sold but I'll wait to see it before I believe it.  Perhaps still mad about the '97 Heisman Trophy?

 

Walter Sobchak

August 30th, 2016 at 9:00 AM ^

If you paid for end zone seats there, you are a moron. I remember how bad they are at Illinois and the grand stand at Ross Ade, and those are 50 yards closer to the field than this.

JonnyHintz

August 30th, 2016 at 9:01 AM ^

Time to expand the Big House? With 90,000 season tickets sold this year, the amount of single game tickets available are significantly decreasing. In all reality, we could be a few 10+ win seasons and a national title away from expanding the stadium becoming a real discussion.

Ronnie Kaye

August 30th, 2016 at 9:57 AM ^

You should get back on the dope, OP. Maybe you wouldn't be so wound up about nonsense like this.

FreddieMercuryHayes

August 30th, 2016 at 10:00 AM ^

I wanted to go considering my wife went to VT and I live 5 mintues from BMS.  But good, god the tickets are expensive for terrible seats far from the field.  I expected them to be lower considering the huge supply.  I realize it's two rabid fan bases in a great area to get both...but I've gone to VT home games with better seats for cheaper than what I could find on the secondary market for this one.  But hey, I might go down and tailgate anyway.  Or go to Nashville for the weekend.

rwatson

August 30th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^

Is what will Grapentine (the PA announcer) say when the attendance for that week is announced? Traditionally it has contained "..thank you for being part of the largest crowd watching a football game in America today" Is he going to add "in a football stadium"

EGD

August 30th, 2016 at 10:11 AM ^

Lame. I hope the people who attend this game enjoy watching ants play football. What they really ought to do is have an auto race take place simultaneously with the football game.

Evil Empire

August 30th, 2016 at 10:12 AM ^

Now it doesn't.  I'm glad we're back to having the biggest stadium, and that we have a good enough team that our fans want to come to games in droves.  That's enough for me.

SharkyRVA

August 30th, 2016 at 10:21 AM ^

After watching the video, it looks pretty cool to me. Sure you will be far away in most of the stadium but the event will be very good. This is really no different than outdoor hockey. If we were not fans of the team with largest stadium, would you even worry about it? Seems like a really fun event to be involved in. The tailgating will be incredible.

FA_Wolverine

August 30th, 2016 at 11:03 AM ^

I used to live in Alabama, about 20 minutes from Tennessee, and there was a healthy amount of Tennessee fans. They are still very angry at Michigan for winning the Heisman.



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SysMark

August 30th, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^

What do you expect from Tennessee?  This is pure stupidity and shouldn't count for any kind of "record".  Who in their right mind would want to watch (assuming you could actually see anything) a game under those conditions?

markp

August 30th, 2016 at 2:23 PM ^

Why don't we put two or three football fields inside Texas Motor Speedway and play all the games simultaneously.

  • Texas vs Baylor
  • TCU vs Texas Tech
  • Texas A&M vs Houston

Football explosion.

(99.2% kidding)

J_Dub

August 30th, 2016 at 5:29 PM ^

This idea... good.

Also, why not put a field on a floating island half way between the U.S. and Europe and call everyone on the eastern seaboard as well as all of Great Britain, Iceland, Spain, Portugal and France attendees?  We could have like 200 million+ attendance and the views would be just as good as they are at Bristol.  #bringbacktherecord