IdaBlue: $52M Kibbie Dome Upgrade Goofy

Item: U of I has an ‘ambitious, bold’ plan to upgrade the Kibbie Dome /Nick Jezierny, Statesman

More Info: The second phase, for which the $35 million is needed, involves lowering the football field 10 to 12 feet to allow for the addition of 3,600 seats. That will push the Dome’s capacity to 20,000.

IdaBlue: Given attendence at games in the dome, you gotta wonder what’s the point of adding seats. How do they justify the cost of reducing the percentage of seats filled in a season? I figure it’s about $9,722 per seat. What are they thinking?

Question: Do you agree with IdaBlue that the proposed Kibbie Dome expansion is a goofy idea, given the fact that the Vandals can’t fill the current facility? Or is it necessary?