Mark Lamping

We got a lot of feedback, part of our community huddles, heard from fans, heard from other stakeholders, heard from elected officials that they really wanted to try to limit that to one season if we could.

And we agreed to do that, but we knew that there would be some sacrifices we would have to make in order to make that possible.

So to stay on schedule, we have to change what the experience inside the stadium will be like for our fans this year.

Lower capacity.

closing the upper deck and then coming into certain parts of the lower deck where some seats are being removed.

Principally to remove those seats in each of the corners to open up the breezeways to increase the comfort inside the stadium.

So the capacity will be 42,507.

That includes 1,260 standing room only tickets.

And this is a decrease from 68,300.

So,

Of the 27, 637 seats that will be taken offline this year, over 22,000 of them are located in the upper deck.

So the 400 level is closed, and there are some seats that are impacted elsewhere.

On the 200 level in each of the four corners, there are some rows in the north end zone, some of those being removed to create traffic.

compliance with new NFL broadcasting rules as it relates to camera locations.

The lower level south end zone and lower level club.

Some seats are being removed and then we'll come back and replace most of those seats.

And also the north end zone spa deck and the sky patio in the south end.

Both of those will be offline this year.

And again, all that's laid out in the

in the press release.