After meeting with the Georgia athletics board at the Ritz-Carlton Lodge on Lake Oconee, UGA athletics director Josh Brooks made two announcements that will delight Bulldogs’ fans.
The first one being that Sanford Stadium will operate at 100% capacity this coming season, as expected. That means that when UGA hosts UAB on September 11 for its home-opener, 92,746 Georgia fans will be in attendance.
“We’re excited to have 100% capacity in the fall,” Brooks said, per Dawgnation. “And a lot of people can talk about having 100% capacity, but we can actually have 100% occupancy as well. So we plan to have full crowds at that first game against UAB on Sept. 1.
I cannot wait for that first home game.”
The second announcement to come out of the meeting has to do with Sanford Stadium’s concessions. This fall will feature much lower prices, similar to what you’d see in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium and at the Augusta National Golf Club.
- Bottled water: $2
- Bottled soda: $2.50
- Hot dogs: $2.50
- Candy: $2
- Small popcorn: $2
- Large bucket of popcorn: $5
“I’ve been in enough of our venues and I’ve watched a family walk up to a concession stand,” Brooks said. “I don’t want that family of four to pay $40 or more to feed their family. That’s not the experience I want to create.
It’s not always about profits at every turn.”
Georgia will continue to use mobile tickets this season, a method implemented last fall due to the pandemic.
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