Amie Just

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In 2026, John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center is going to look different.

The bleacher seats in the lower bowl will be replaced with chairback seats. The temporary walls lining the arena’s upper level will be removed, and roughly 1,500 seats will take their place.

Ahead of the 2026 season, Nebraska volleyball season ticket holders will go through a reseat — something that hasn’t happened since the Huskers migrated to Devaney from the Coliseum after the 2011 season.

“Reseating is the most contentious thing that happens,” Dannen said in a two-hour, wide-ranging interview with the Journal Star on May 24. “People will get upset. And I understand that.

“... The typical thing with a reseat is you notify everyone at least a year in advance so they can

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