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| Plans would up UA stadium to 100,000 plus Plans are continuing for an expansion of Bryant-Denny Stadium's South end zone, which would increase capacity in the University of Alabama's football stadium to approximately 101,000. University officials began looking into the project as ticket sales exceeded capacity this season. The university, under president Robert Witt, is rapidly growing and the hiring of new coach Nick Saban also boosted interest in the football program. Crimson Tide athletic director Mal Moore, in town on Monday evening to speak to the Montgomery Quarterback Club, outlined a planned expansion of the South end zone in his comments about recent facility upgrades made by the university. After the meeting, Moore cautioned against speculation until the proposed expansion was approved by the university's board of trustees. In an October story in the Tuscaloosa News, Moore continued to stress the athletic department was in an "exploratory phase" but the continued talks with stadium architects and designers appear to have moved past that phase. Moore said he would present a proposal for stadium expansion to the board of trustees "in the near future." Full Story
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