TOareaFan
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There was definitely talk of digging down. There is no parking under the field, it is under the concourse that rings the stadium.
Sure.....but lowering the field only makes room for more seats if you also dig down around the field to put in a new "100" level....and that would eliminate the parking and introduce (i would imagine) some interesting structural/support type issues.
As for the rake of the first level seating, this would actually be improved because it could be made steeper with a dig down (one of the criticisms is that it is currently to shallow).
Well if as part of your dig down you are going to change the rake of the current 100 level you are getting into a whole other area....and getting darn close to just gutting the entire stadium. (yes...the 100 level is very shallow for football and soccer....as I noted earlier, it was primarily designed for baseball).
If you take out the word "easily" I might b closer to agreeing with you.An additional 15k seats could easily be accommodated for an NFL sized field.