Capacity
The seating capacity of the stadium's permanent seating, including the north end zone bleachers, is 60,600. This number was reduced from 62,870 when it was announced on 12 April 2011 that 2,200 south endzone bleacher seats added in 1982 would be removed. The 62,870 number had been reduced from 69,249 as part of the Illinois Renaissance program which was completed in 2008. The east main holds approximately 18,000 with the east balcony adding 10,000. The west main holds less than 13,000 on the first level plus 5,000 in the balcony. The south end zone "horseshoe" holds nearly 9,800 (12,000 before the removal of the aforementioned 2,200 seats), while the north bleachers add 5,000 more seats.
The stadium's highest single event attendance was 78,297, for a football game against the University of Missouri in 1984.
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