Kentucky has had plans to make Rupp Arena a spectacle for the last few years, and those renovations are now more concrete, as UK has announced that chair-back seating is coming to the upper levels and there will be new club areas starting in the 2019-20 season.
According to UK’s release, the capacity of Rupp Arena will decrease to 20,500. Four club sections will fit around 3,000 to 4,000 total, according to Kentucky Sports Radio.
“Rupp Arena has long been hallowed ground, home to the greatest tradition in college basketball and the best fans in the world,” athletics director Mitch Barnhart said in a press release.