Florida State for the '16 football season is "on pace to surpass last year’s number of season tickets sold," according to Jim Henry of the TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT. FSU Assistant AD/Ticket Operations & Service Jack Chatham said that renewal percentage is "trending at a rate comparable to the record-setting mark" in '14. The school "sold 45,000 season tickets" following their national championship season in '13. Chatham expects '16 renewals "to reach 40,000 -- an increase over last year’s mark of 38,500." Henry noted capacity at Doak Campbell Stadium "will be reduced from 82,300 to 78,000 due to the new construction in the south end zone that is replacing about 9,000 bleacher seats with the indoor-outdoor premium seating Champions Club." Thursday "is the deadline for season ticket holders to renew" for the '16 season. Chatham said that FSU "has received just under 24,000 season ticket renewals and 2,000 in new sales." The cost "has increased" to watch FSU games for Seminole Boosters and season-ticket holders. Changes include an "increase of slightly more" than 8% across every Seminole Boosters donor membership level and a method that "sets minimum per-seat requirements by section." It represents the "first change in the policy by the FSU Athletics Board in 10 years" (TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT, 3/28).
BIG & TALL: In Orlando, Brendan Sonnone reported FSU for the '16 season is adding "new state-of-the-art LED video displays" at Doak Campbell Stadium with the "intent to install them" for the home opener on Sept. 10. The largest videoboard, which is "56 feet tall and almost 120 feet wide," will be by the north end zone. It is "three times larger and more than two times higher than the old system." Auburn, Texas A&M and Texas "are the only schools in the country with a larger video board" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 3/26).
