EverBank Stadium, seen here in October 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
Published on February 25, 2026 at 11:58 am
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The Jaguars are reaffirming their commitment to playing in Jacksonville this upcoming season.
Capacity at EverBank Stadium will be capped at 42,507 as the team renovates the facility. Team president Mark Lamping says the team will play two home games in London this season.
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The team played two games in London during the 2023 season. However, one of those was a designated road game.
EverBank Stadium renovations began in February 2025 but ramped up in earnest at the start of this year. Lamping says there are more than 550 people working on the renovations.
The city of Jacksonville committed $775 million in public dollars to the renovations. The Jaguars have committed to cover the remaining costs. Though it was initially tabbed as a $1.4 billion project, Lamping said Wednesday that the project will exceed the initial projection.
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“To stay on schedule, we have to change what the experience inside the stadium will be like for our fans this year,” Lamping says. “Lower capacity, closing the upper deck and, then, coming into certain parts of the lower deck where some seats are being removed — principally to remove those seats in each of the corners to open up the breezeways to increase the comfort inside the stadium.”
The team will personally contact season ticket holders whose 2025 seats will not exist this upcoming season.
“We will, probably, be pretty aggressive on the secondary market in managing to have the price of the ticket reflect the value based on the demand,” Lamping says.
The Jaguars will not play in Jacksonville during the 2027 season. Orlando and Gainesville are the presumed front-runners as temporary sites. An official announcement for the 2027 location is expected as early as March.
The Jaguars are slated to play the New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Commanders and Cleveland Browns at home. That quintet is alongside its AFC South opponents: Houston, Indianapolis and Tennessee.
Locations, dates and times for the 2026 season will likely be revealed in May.
The renovated stadium remains on schedule to open at the start of the 2028 NFL season.
