re: New LSU Arena? - EBR Metro Council Agenda

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- LSU plans to build a new arena.
- LSU plans to build an arena with the capacity large enough to hold concerts, conventions in addition to basketball, gymnastics, volleyball...

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They acknowledge a proposal about a potential new LSU arena for sports and entertainment (i.e. a new PMAC), nothing about conventions.

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- LSU plans to build a hotel for the new arena
- LSU is requesting that the River Center to remain at it's current capacity so that the River Center will not compete with the New LSU arena.

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Completely false. There is nothing in the agenda or the proposal they reference that says anything about an LSU hotel. They only say IF the LSU arena is built, they will not hold events with an attendance larger than 3500 at the existing River Center.

They do authorize the mayor to come up with a strategy (they do not mention funding, so its extremely early) for a possible convention center and hotel, but that has nothing to do with LSU arena.