It's a money issue for the athletic dept. Basically, the 500 seats needed to take the full band they want to sell to fans. They expected to lose a lot of money for not having the stadium ready for two home games, so they figured selling 350 extra tickets to (let's assume) Bama would help slightly. Final verdict: Vandy Although I am hearing many rumors about us going to Tennessee next year.
Depends where you are flying from. You can get a roundtrip ticket out of Houston Hobby or Austin to Nashville for around 250. If they have fun fares it could be under 100.