So, I talked to a guy I know that's working on the thing today, and he told me that there aren't currently any plans at this point to close the north end zone, which is the only thing they can really do to significantly expand seating. He said they may ultimately do it, but if so, it wasn't going to be a part of this phase unless they want to spend a crazy amount of money.
Also, he said that renderings aren't going to come out any time soon because the whole thing was put on hold (which he told me a while back, but CC said no). Well, he again said that's what he was told by the people that give him his marching orders, and it was on hold until the whole conference thing was taken care of because we obviously had budgeted some of this expansion from the TV money.
Anyway, just passing along what he told me.