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The NFL may be experiencing some problems with the in-game experience and continuing to sell seats, but there appears to be no such issue in the SEC.
Of the teams that keep an official attendance record, eight of the nine set the all-time mark since 2004. Five other SEC teams — LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Auburn and Vanderbilt — just announce a capacity crowd for sellouts and don’t have official stadium records for attendance.
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Four different SEC stadiums have a capacity of more than 100,000. Kyle Field, the stadium with the largest capacity, shrunk slightly in 2015 due to renovations. Vanderbilt Stadium, by the smallest in the conference, still seats more than 40,000.
Florida broke its home attendance record in 2015, as almost 91,000 people watched an anticipated game between the Gators and Florida State Seminoles.
Ole Miss will have every opportunity to break its attendance record in 2016 — perhaps on Sept. 17 vs. Alabama — as the Rebels are expanding Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The expansion leapfrogged the team past Mississippi State and Kentucky into 11th place in the conference in term of capacity. The expected capacity of 64,038 is almost 1,500 more than the team’s all-time record.
| Team | Stadium | Record Crowd | 2016 Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | Kyle Field | 110,633 | 102,733 |
| Tennessee | Neyland Stadium | 109,061 | 102,455 |
| LSU | Tiger Stadium | 102,321 | 102,321 |
| Alabama | Bryant-Denny Stadium | 101,821 | 101,821 |
| Georgia | Sanford Stadium | 92,746 | 92,746 |
| Florida | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | 90,916 | 88,548 |
| Auburn | Jordan-Hare Stadium | 87,451 | 87,451 |
| South Carolina | Williams-Brice Stadium | 85,199 | 80,250 |
| Arkansas | Razorback Stadium | 76,808 | 72,000 |
| Missouri | Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium | 75,298 | 71,168 |
| Ole Miss | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium | 62,657 | 64,038 |
| Kentucky | Commonwealth Stadium | 71,024 | 61,000 |
| Mississippi State | Davis Wade Stadium | 62,945 | 61,337 |
| Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt Stadium | 40,550 | 40,550 |
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
