re: New LSU Arena? - EBR Metro Council Agenda

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The field house is connected to the track stadium

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It's not. They are both completely separated. The only thing they share is a walkway between the two facilities.

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new track stadium

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That is the big question. We can get a new outdoor track that's configured for better space utilization. Most outdoor facilities use the infield of a track for throwing events, as seen below:

We have sprint lanes for 100m and 100mh/110mh races which IMO is an absolute waste of space but does conserve the normal track so that it doesn't get totally torn up. Shotput is the only throwing event inside the track. Javelin/discus/hammer are all outside the track with weird viewing angles:


I've posted several times in the past about it, but ideally we would have something like Arkansas's new outdoor track. Don't necessarily need two sets of grandstands, but we can make a longer/shorter grandstand on the home stretch, build outward and use that space much more efficiently:
tour of Arkansas $15mm facility
The facility includes offices, treatment room, weight room, locker room, everything. This would consolidate everything into one location and tremendously benefit the program. $20mm is the price I last heard for LSU to do it.

Carl Maddox can easily convert into a basketball/volleyball practice facility if they move asap.