Pittsburgh Football Podcast

The tarps are out! Pitt has rolled out tarps at Acrisure Stadium to decrease the size of the stadium from around 70,000 seats to 51,000+. And Pitt has done this for two primary reasons. Number one: the stadium is just too big. Pitt regularly has between 40,000 and 50,000 fans on average show up to football games, which is similar to most college football programs. Playing in a 70,000-seat stadium every Saturday makes attendance look a lot worse than it actually is because of all those empty yellow seats. Number two: Pitt wants to increase the value of each individual ticket and improve the atmosphere. Let’s face it, it’s hard to sell tickets at a competitive rate when people know there are tens of thousands of empty seats available to purchase. And having people spread out all over the place looks pretty bad and causes the game-day atmosphere to feel a bit emptier and less energized. The goal is a smaller, fuller, more energized Acrisure Stadium. As the tarps go up, what do you think about the change? Let me know in the comments.