Rutgers-Ohio State Sold Out - Can RU Accommodate More than 52,454?

[Source]

Glad to see the Rutgers-Ohio State match up has already officially sold out. But my question is, can Rutgers exceed the 52,454 seat capacity of the Stadium? If so, by how much and where would the extra fans be put?

Do they need an okay from local fire or police officials to sell standing room tickets for safety reasons?

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2015/10/rutgers-ohio_state_officially_a_sellout.html

 

[AreYouNUTS]

IIRC for "turnstile" count every person who enters the stadium that night, other than the teams and coaching staffs, count? Press, sideline passes, etc., etc., etc.,, which can bring that # up quite a bit, right?

 

[MADHAT1]

Well that ends the probably no sellout theory that I think was posted here about a week ago.

 

[Terry_2426]

The top 5 attendance games are all 52,700+ (highest being 53,774) so they can definitely hit over the 52,454 number. I think Nuts is right with sideline passes counting towards turnstile numbers, and people buying extra hospitality areas are usually a good bet for overflow as well. I feel like for the sold out games last year there were a good number of people standing on the concourse behind the student section near the scoreboard.

 

[RutgersUnion]

Cant they put more bleachers in 1 of the North corners? Didnt they do this for the band?

Edit: See the below photos, band was in front of the old student section in NW corner.

http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/fo...l-Band-Locations&p=38709&viewfull=1#post38709

 

[e5fdny]

Glad to see the Rutgers-Ohio State match up has already officially sold out. But my question is, can Rutgers exceed the 52,454 seat capacity of the Stadium? If so, by how much and where would the extra fans be put?

Do they need an okay from local fire or police officials to sell standing room tickets for safety reasons?

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2015/10/rutgers-ohio_state_officially_a_sellout.html

There are some who say it already does.

 

[Source]

Thanks for the replies. I guess I'm trying to find out if there is an actual limit once you go beyond 52,454, what the limit is, and what entity says "That's it, no more fans allowed in."

 

[Scarlet Shack]

There are some who say it already does.

Wonder who that was aimed at?

 

[Upstream]

Thanks for the replies. I guess I'm trying to find out if there is an actual limit once you go beyond 52,454, what the limit is, and what entity says "That's it, no more fans allowed in."

I am going to guess that the limit is determined by the Plumbing Code, which specifies a minimum number of toilets per 1000 people for arenas and stadium. I believe that in planning the stadium expansion, Rutgers hit the minimum right on the nose (accounting for fans, stadium workers, and a reasonable number of sideline passes). So there probably is not a lot of room to go above 52,454.

Compare that to the construction of MetLife Stadium, where the stadium was built with 88% more toilets than required by code (and 2.5 times the number of men's toilets than required by code):

At the new Meadowlands football stadium, where New Jersey dictates the use of the National Standard Plumbing Code, requirements called for at least 420 toilets for women and 277 fixtures for men.

The stadium will have 608 for women (nearly a 50 percent increase from Giants Stadium) and 704 for men (a more than 40 percent increase), including 523 urinals, according to the New Meadowlands Stadium chief executive, Mark Lamping.

Football crowds tend to be overwhelmingly male — the Giants estimate 70 percent at Giants Stadium — which is why most of the extra fixtures are for men.​

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/sports/baseball/13potty.html?_r=0