Tennessee/Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway?

[TexasMan]

RE

160,000 seats... like 500 feet away from the action

 

[Camfantasy]

Finally. This has been rumored for at least a half dozen years now....

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

There won't be a bad seat in the house. I sat down near the wall for a couple races and because of the steep banking you are still sitting high above the infield or in this case the playing field. I guess if you have some of the seats that are higher up it could be a little spooky. Pretty steep grandstands there. The other thing negative is that they have the sits marked pretty tight, so if you get a fat ass next to you, the two of you will be rubbing on one another's legs the entire time. Hey, since this isn't a "college" stadium will they be serving BEER?

 

[Camfantasy]

There won't be a bad seat in the house. I sat down near the wall for a couple races and because of the steep banking you are still sitting high above the infield or in this case the playing field. I guess if you have some of the seats that are higher up it could be a little spooky. Pretty steep grandstands there. The other thing negative is that they have the sits marked pretty tight, so if you get a fat ass next to you, the two of you will be rubbing on one another's legs the entire time. Hey, since this isn't a "college" stadium will they be serving BEER?

Fwiw...i've never been there and will defer final judgement because of that, but I think something will have to change for it to work. Saw on a different VT site that Lane Stadium's field level is about 230'x400' and that Bristol's, as it stands now, would be about 600'x1120'. That is a big difference. There is also a big ass scoring tower that sits almost in the middle that would be hard to just remove and put back up after the game. Idk, what they have up their sleeves, but idk how they could just dump a football field in the middle and play a game. Would seem like they are going to have to get creative to make it work. They must have it worked out though if they are already signing the contracts.

 

[UTVolCountry]

I wonder who will be our final OOC opponent in 2016

UConn
at Nebraska
vs Virginia Tech

Steelers?

 

[wildturkey]

This pleases me

 

[pitman]

That will be cool, could get loud, if they fill 160,00 seats. The racing has not been as good there since they resurfaced the track a few years ago.

 

[hokiehi21]

I wonder who will be our final OOC opponent in 2016

UConn
at Nebraska
vs Virginia Tech

Steelers?

What if the SEC is at a 9-game conference schedule by then?

 

[ckhokie]

The serious question is, will I be able to bring in my own cooler?

 

[WhiteMamba]

The serious question is, will I be able to bring in my own cooler?

now that is a game that I may have to attend if this is the case....

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

They regularly fill their 100K stadium 100 miles away. We regularly fill our 66K stadium 100 miles away. I think we cna manage to fill this bad boy up. Should be fun!

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Yea, the scoring tower and the garages could pose a problem for sure. Didn't think about that.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Dibs on one of the Tennessee brothers couch.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Will Ricky Bobby sing the National Anthem?

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Maybe the garages wouldn't be a problem

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Maybe the garages wouldn't be a problem

They will probably convert them to locker rooms. Let the two teams walk out next to each other like the Winter Classic. That could be cool.

 

[tech_iceman]

will it be mandatory for cheerleaders to flash their tits?

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Dewey Cox is going to play halftime for sure

 

[WhiteMamba]

The shake n bake option will be a big play. VATech must attempt to contain it.

 

[ckhokie]

I wonder who will be our final OOC opponent in 2016

UConn
at Nebraska
vs Virginia Tech

Steelers?

Ours is

Tennessee
Notre Dame
ECU