No legacy seating: AD Dannen on ticket changes coming to Nebraska’s renovated Memorial Stadium

"Honestly, if every seat paid its donation this year, it's over $21 million of revenue," Nebraska Athletic Director Troy Dannen said. "And when you look at how the stadium is going to finance itself, that will more or less pay the debt service that we will take."

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The rebuilt Memorial Stadium will come with significant changes for season ticket holders.Nebraska Athletics Director Troy Dannen said Friday “legacy seating” will be no more. That means all season ticket holders will be required to pay the same donation and ticket prices, regardless of when the tickets were acquired. READ MORE: Nebraska Athletics discusses ‘Big Red Rebuild’ following approval from Board of RegentsRight now, Dannen said 40% of seats are considered legacy seating.”Honestly, if every seat paid its donation this year, it’s over $21 million of revenue,” Dannen said. “And when you look at how the stadium is going to finance itself, that will more or less pay the debt service that we will take. So when I talk about the stadium growing by revenue of 40%, most of it is capturing revenue that just is not captured in the stadium right now.”Dannen said keeping affordable options has been a focus. He said just like today, 25% of season tickets will not require a donation. He said the cheapest season tickets in the new stadium will be “in the low 200s.” That’s different than today, Dannen said, where the season tickets are more than $400 each across the stadium, but the donation levels are different.READ MORE: NU Board of Regents approves ‘Big Red Rebuild’ plan for Memorial StadiumThe lower two levels of the new south endzone seating will be reserved for students, which will also impact season ticket holders.Dannen said he understands many fans are wondering, “What about me?” But he says Nebraska Athletics doesn’t have all the answers yet.”It’s going to be months,” he said. “I don’t want to tell anybody and then change our minds, but we’ve got to get through more of the construction design before we know exactly.”Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |

LINCOLN, Neb. —

The rebuilt Memorial Stadium will come with significant changes for season ticket holders.

Nebraska Athletics Director Troy Dannen said Friday “legacy seating” will be no more. That means all season ticket holders will be required to pay the same donation and ticket prices, regardless of when the tickets were acquired.

Right now, Dannen said 40% of seats are considered legacy seating.

“Honestly, if every seat paid its donation this year, it’s over $21 million of revenue,” Dannen said. “And when you look at how the stadium is going to finance itself, that will more or less pay the debt service that we will take. So when I talk about the stadium growing by revenue of 40%, most of it is capturing revenue that just is not captured in the stadium right now.”

Dannen said keeping affordable options has been a focus. He said just like today, 25% of season tickets will not require a donation.

He said the cheapest season tickets in the new stadium will be “in the low 200s.” That’s different than today, Dannen said, where the season tickets are more than $400 each across the stadium, but the donation levels are different.

The lower two levels of the new south endzone seating will be reserved for students, which will also impact season ticket holders.

Dannen said he understands many fans are wondering, “What about me?” But he says Nebraska Athletics doesn’t have all the answers yet.

“It’s going to be months,” he said. “I don’t want to tell anybody and then change our minds, but we’ve got to get through more of the construction design before we know exactly.”

Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.