At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Mississippi St. Bulldogs athletic director Scott Stricklin announced plans for a $75 million expansion of Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field.
Mississippi State Announces Football Stadium Expansion
Mississippi State University athletic director Scott Stricklin has announced a $75 million expansion of Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. The expansion will add 9,000 seats, more suites, restrooms and concession stands. There is also plans for a terrace at ground level of the stadium.Follow @SBNationCFB
"Today we're here to announce a $75 million expansion and renovation of Davis Wade Stadium." -
— mstate Football (@mstateFB) August 15, 2012@stricklinmsu#DWS2014
The stadium is FBS’ second oldest and finished its most recent expansion in 2002, which expanded the capacity to 55,082. The newest expansion is planned to add about 9,000 seats to the stadium and is set to be completed for the facility’s 100th anniversary in 2014.
"We're building close to 9,000 new seats. There's so much more than seats to what's going to be in here." -
— mstate Football (@mstateFB) August 15, 2012@stricklinmsu#DWS2014
Other things that are planned for this expansion include the typical additions of suites, restrooms, elevators and concession stands. Also:
"One of the really neat features is a terrace at field level; you can watch SEC football from the ground level." -
— mstate Football (@mstateFB) August 15, 2012@stricklinmsu#DWS2014
To get a quick idea of what it could look like, the team created a video with renderings of the new proposed elements to the stadium. As captured by Brandon Marcello:
The Bulldogs are excited for this expansion and are already taking orders on tickets in the new premium seats today. In fact, so many people know about this, the Bulldog Club website is down because of too many people visiting the site.
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