What Tennessee football fans can expect as Neyland Stadium renovation timeline is updated

Adam Sparks, Knoxville News Sentinel
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Tennessee football fans will see an expanded concourse, new restrooms and improved WiFi capabilities at Neyland Stadium this season.

On Friday, UT released an updated timeline for renovations to the stadium as part of the $340 million project approved in 2017. Some of the latest work will be visible at the Orange and White game on April 15, including demolition to the stadium's south end.

The main concourse 1 will be expanded with additional restrooms and improved concessions experience. A kitchen, commissary and loading dock also will be added to the south end.

The Founders Suites will be a new addition to the west side of the stadium. Over the next few weeks, season-ticket holders with seats in sections and rows that will be impacted by that project will receive phone calls or emails related to a 2023 relocation.

Here is the timeline for Neyland Stadium renovations (subject to change), including the 2022 additions.

Fall 2022

  • Two new videoboards on the stadium's north and south ends

  • Return of the popular and nostalgic V-O-L-S letters atop the stadium bowl

  • Lower-west club

  • Upper-north social deck

Tennessee is starting renovations at Neyland Stadium, which includes two new videoboards.
Tennessee is starting renovations at Neyland Stadium, which includes two new videoboards.

Fall 2023

  • Removal of South Stadium Hall with structural strengthening of the stadium's south end

  • Partially completed Wi-Fi capabilities

  • Brick cladding around in-bowl vomitories

  • New restrooms under the Gate 10 ramp

  • Extended footprint for Truly's Tailgate, giving fans in the south end zone an expanded concourse

Fall 2024

  • Stadium-wide Wi-Fi connectivity

  • Stadium kitchen, commissary and loading dock

  • New southeast elevators vertically connecting all concourses

  • New Gate 4 entry plaza

  • Renovations and upgrades complete for all stadium skyboxes

  • Initial construction for the Westside Founders Suites

Fall 2025

  • Expanded south concourse 1 (increased restrooms, enhanced concessions, wider concourse)

  • Completed Founders Suites

  • Tee Martin Drive to shift south of the Gate 10 ramp

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This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee football: What fans can expect in Neyland Stadium renovation

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