Why not go vertical and horizontal? There are drive throughs under buildings all the time. expand the AC towards the scoreboard at 2 levels high. part of that first level will be the drive through, but visually from the stands, it will look like a building. put a 40yd scoreboard spanning the top of the building and ditch the 2 postage stamp boards in the corners. the building will look massive, will close off the end to contain sound and could almost be legit.
Existing building is more vertical than this. Remove the scoreboard, and go from there. Site lines are very important and you do this with windows and ceiling ht.
It's not shown in the rendering but I remember hearing that the central video board would be replaced with TWO video boards on each side that were the same size as the current one. Now maybe that has changed but renderings are not always the final product.
It would obviously be more expensive, but your suggestion of going vertical is spot on. Close in that end of the stadium somehow to add some overall intimacy to the stadium and keep the crowd noise in. Add a floor or two of additional suites. Maybe an elevated walking concourse on either side to tie into each side of the stadium. If it blocks off the windows of the current AC, so be it. The windows can overlook a nice atrium. We just need to win a billion dollars in a lottery!
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