The Jaguars organization gave an update on stadium construction on Wednesday, detailing everything from parking, stadium capacity and upcoming games in London.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Good news has come out of the construction zone that is EverBank Stadium.
The Jaguars organization addressed the media on Wednesday, where they announced that construction on the “Stadium of the Future” is on schedule and 15% completed.
“We’re progressing well,” said Jaguars President Mark Lamping. “We’re on schedule, but have a long, long way to go.”
With the 2025 NFL season now in the rearview mirror, heavy construction is visible both inside and outside of EverBank Stadium.
Six large crawler cranes are currently operating around the stadium. All structural steel is scheduled to be finished by November 2026, including 100 steel trusses being installed for the roof system.
The team has also relocated both football and business operations to allow demolition and renovation work to accelerate.
“One of the first things we had to do was get all the football staff out of the stadium to enable renovations to occur,” Lamping said. “Here we are sitting in the Miller Electric Center.”
Fans can expect noticeable changes when the stadium opens for the 2028 season, including expanded concourses and new corner “breezeways” designed to improve airflow and comfort. The main concourse will eventually be about four times wider than it is now, Lamping described.
“If you ever find yourself during a Jaguars game on the concourse, there’s significant crowding,” Lamping said. “All that crowding will be relieved because there’ll be significantly more room for our fans.”
To keep games in Jacksonville during the 2026 season, the Jaguars will temporarily reduce stadium capacity and close the entire upper deck. The 2026 capacity will be 42,50, including 1,260 standing-room-only tickets.
A far cry from the normal capacity of 68,300. Of the more than 27 thousand seats that will be unavailable this coming season, more than 22,000 are in the 400-level upper deck, which will be fully closed.
“To stay on schedule, we have to change what the experience inside the stadium will be like for our fans this year,” Lamping said.
Additional seats in certain lower-bowl areas will also be removed to accommodate construction and updated NFL broadcast requirements. The Sky Deck and Sky Patio will be closed to the public in 2026 as well. The team will contact affected season ticket members individually. Upper-deck season ticket holders will receive priority to relocate to available lower-level seats and will be offered pricing incentives.
“We’ll deal with our displaced customers first,” Lamping said.
Despite the reduced capacity, Lamping said the team expects a strong demand for ticket sales.
“You can’t lose a third of your inventory and expect to generate the same ticket revenue,” he said. “I would expect that we would have a big change in this supply-demand dynamic. I think it’ll be a pretty electric experience for our fans.”
He added that the smaller capacity means the stadium “should be packed each and every game.”
One thing that’s on a lot of fans’ minds is where the team will play in the 2027 season when the stadium is completely closed for construction, which Lamping says that nothing is finalized; However, he did say that a decision is expected soon.
“I think we’re getting very close to a resolution on where we’ll be playing in 2027,” he said, adding that the matter is expected to be taken up at the NFL owners meeting in Phoenix at the end of March.