Original sentence: During the planning stages of the arena, many Springfieldians were wondering if the arena would be able to be expanded from 11,000 seats.Even though the arena can be expandable, they can only add 1,500 more seats to a capacity of 12,500.Once JQH arena reaches the 12,500 seat capacity, it will only be 3,500 seats larger than its 37 year old brother, the Hammons Student Center.This angered many residents, and the University is being blamed for a lack of foresight and planning for the future