The Liberty Bowl is a dinosaur and every dime spent on it is a waste. It's way to big for everything but the occasional Liberty Bowl match up. It has horrible weather 7 out of 10 Liberty Bowls. It was the Jacksonville's Stadium renovations that won them the franchise over the cheapness of the Liberty Bowl renvations which was those mile high suites. It totally lack the value added seats to be a better revenue generator. The list goes on and on. Even the new video board is Walmartish.
45,000 is what's needed in Memphis, if they can add temp seat in the eND above a complete lower bowl and get it to 55,000 for the Liberty Bowl then swell. If 55,000 plus all the new club, loge, aND corporate suites can't make up the difference of 60,000 bleacher seats and a handful of sky high suites, Earhardt needs new work. 20,000 chair backs in lower level with the rest artfully hidden away for Soccer
Baseball stadium sightlines suck for Football and soccer unless you add temp seating which in turn give you maintainance issues for natural grass.