That report is not even close to what is being talked about here in College Station. Number of seats my be right but they are probably going to close the stadium for a year and play games in Dallas (Jerryworld), Houston (Reliant) and and San Antonio (Alamo Dome), (sounds like 2nd or 3rd year in SEC), demolish both sides, connect to the north endzone, and then add a south endzone.
Basically, the stadium is completely out of code. The reason the north endzone doesn't touch any of the other stadium is because they would have had to bring the entire stadium up to code. Their biggest issue is electrical that is over 40 years old and old decks intact under the current stadium.
Edit: The article linked here is from August and the article he links is from 2004.