JACKSONVILLE – The vision is coming into view.
So is the Stadium of the Future in downtown Jacksonville, with Jaguars President Mark Lamping on Wednesday morning meeting with media to update how stadium renovations will affect the fans and team in the coming seasons.
Much has happened to get here, with much more to come.
"What I find particularly exciting is that these things are actually coming to life right now," Lamping said in a 45-minute discussion with media at the Miller Electric Center.
Lamping on Wednesday discussed multiple issues – including the team's plans for playing in London the next two seasons – and specified that EverBank Stadium's capacity for Jaguars home games in Jacksonville will be 42,507 in 2026, down from 68,300. The '26 capacity includes 1,260 standing-room tickets.
The Jaguars will play home games away from Jacksonville in 2027, with the renovated "Stadium of the Future" scheduled to open in 2028. They initially proposed playing away from Jacksonville in 2026 and 2027, opting for the current plan after feedback from fans and local businesses.
The stadium's upper deck – the 400 level – will be closed in '26, with 22,000 of the 27,637 removed seats located there.
"All of those season-ticket holders in the upper deck will be given the first chance to relocate down the lower level if they choose to," Lamping said, adding that, "We will be offering some pricing incentives to those displaced season ticket holders."
Lamping, too, said the Jaguars are also accepting new season-ticket deposits.
"We have been for a while," he said, "but we are not assigning those seats until we get through this process of relocating any existing season ticket holders that are displaced. We'll deal with our displaced customers first, then we'll begin filling in, assuming we have inventory available, with new season-ticket holders.
"We do have room for new season-ticket holders, but the interest has been very high."