Holding a football game at Bristol Motor Speedway looks like a terrible idea

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Virginia Tech and Tennessee will play a college football game at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday. The NASCAR venue underwent a massive transformation to turn its infield into a football field, and with an expected attendance of 150,000, it will be a spectacle.





It's also a terrible idea.


Look at this:


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Ok. Highest seat in the house. Wallace Tower, row 13. Great for aviation nerds.
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</time> Ok. Highest seat in the house. Wallace Tower, row 13. Great for aviation nerds. pic.twitter.com/S8iiXXDR17

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and the non-pano version pic.twitter.com/cQNqEEskVL
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Good luck to any fan planning to go to Bristol with any hopes of seeing a football game. Sure, that's a view from the last row, but football isn't meant for a NASCAR venue.
The views from the lower level seats aren't much better.

Tennessee plays in a stadium that seats 102,455. Is a gimmicky game at a speedway really worth the extra 48,000 seats if the sight lines make the game unwatchable?


I guess we know that answer.


Just as I'd like to see the Final Four go back to basketball arenas (won't happen, but I can dream), let's keep football in football stadiums.

 

[razorbackpicks]

I bet there ends up being huge holes in the crowd at this game.

 

[RoofTop]

How many went to Woodstock just to hear the music?

 

[ML Dog]

VaTech and a TN Team that could muster just 13 points in regulation vs. a Sun Belt team, they might not be missing that much, may not be all that much to see.

 

[ChrisParadise]

I bet there ends up being huge holes in the crowd at this game.

how much you wanna bet then?

 

[razorbackpicks]

how much you wanna bet then?

So you think there will not be any sections with noticeable vacancies?

 

[Greenbacks]

This place will be rocking for this game.....Who ever is going have a great time.

 

[Greenbacks]

 

[slapshot]

Hockey in a stadium is even worse

But if you go to be drunk or stoned it will be a good time it's not about the game at these events

 

[Greenbacks]

Hockey in a stadium is even worse

But if you go to be drunk or stoned it will be a good time it's not about the game at these events

I hate to tell you but your wrong again.....Playing hockey outdoors in one of these packed stadiums is a great atmosphere.

 

[RoofTop]

This will be worth the price of admission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S01N5PyPYfg

 

[gmrcharity]

Hes not talking about the atmosphere. Hes talking about being able to see the game. Just like the Atmosphere at Bristol is going to be electric and not many will be able to see the game.

I hate to tell you but your wrong again.....Playing hockey outdoors in one of these packed stadiums is a great atmosphere.

 

[Greenbacks]

This will be worth the price of admission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S01N5PyPYfg

 

[gmrcharity]

Very reason why College Football is the greatest game on earth.

This will be worth the price of admission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S01N5PyPYfg

 

[Greenbacks]

Hes not talking about the atmosphere. Hes talking about being able to see the game. Just like the Atmosphere at Bristol is going to be electric and not many will be able to see the game.

I went to a Rangers-Devils game at Yankee stadium and i had no problem seeing the game....I can vouch for the other 55,000 people.

 

[Greenbacks]

Outdoor hockey is one of the best events to go see.

Never a bad seat in the house.

 

[gmrcharity]

Fenway Park and Gillette blew unless you paid a couple grand.

I went to a Rangers-Devils game at Yankee stadium and i had no problem seeing the game....I can vouch for the other 55,000 people.

 

[ChrisParadise]

So you think there will not be any sections with noticeable vacancies?

not in the 1st half. not at all

 

[ChrisParadise]

its been sold out since may..with a waiting list. could have sold 200k tickets

these are zealous fanbases

 

[slapshot]

Outdoor hockey is one of the best events to go see.

Never a bad seat in the house.

Event and watching the game are not the same

But back to football