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Tiger Stadium....
Posted on 6/27/10 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 6/27/10 at 12:43 pm
I know that Alleva is pushing the renovations to the outside, but will LSU ever renovate the inside of Tiger Stadium?.... I'm talking about the chain link fense that surrounds the field, maybe some hedges or something? I don't see how they could with the field being level with the first row of seats surrounding the field...hell, a new paimnt job would even help. Or could they lower the field, or maybe not because it's so close to the river? Besides the video boards, which was a waste of money because LSU apparently does not know how to work them.....and other than the upper decks, which again, apparently LSU considered those "renovations", nothing has been done to the place...Things are being done all over the SEC and Tiger Stadium is at a standstill....will anything be done to the place? not bashing, just asking....
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Posted on 6/27/10 at 12:45 pm to Daigeaux
As long as I can sit in it I'm fine. Spending enough money as it is on season tickets now.
Posted on 6/27/10 at 12:45 pm to Daigeaux
I'd rather a track around the field before hedges.
Posted on 6/27/10 at 12:52 pm to Daigeaux
I agree, get rid of the chain link fence and stadium upgrades are badly need to Tiger Stadium. Both the outside and inside are in need of repair/upgrades. Other schools are out in front while LSU is falling behind when it comes to stadium work.
Posted on 6/27/10 at 2:04 pm to Daigeaux
In 2005 a group had 60 Million in bonds ready to be sold for a project to restore Tiger Stadium. In private meetings the plan was approved, the TAF was going to be a partner to it and in May of that year the group was told that they would receive the RFP in 60 days. Well Katrina hit and that was the end of that. All politicians cared about was not messing up and the project was halted. The same group offered to build a free baseball stadium using a design that would have the stadium ringed by leased space, condos' etc and it would have paid for itself, giving LSU the pre-eminant baseball facility in college athletics. Skip turned that down as well. I could write a book on why things don't happen. Can someone tell me what miracle has to happen for things to happen?
Bond market is dead, so that project can not be financed.
The same guys that tore down the old tiger cage instead of using it in the new design are going to be in charge of fixing Tiger Stadium. You wouldn't believe what some of the designs included. It was unimaginable.
There will be many more questions like this, but the answers are hard to come by.
Bond market is dead, so that project can not be financed.
The same guys that tore down the old tiger cage instead of using it in the new design are going to be in charge of fixing Tiger Stadium. You wouldn't believe what some of the designs included. It was unimaginable.
There will be many more questions like this, but the answers are hard to come by.
Posted on 6/27/10 at 5:37 pm to Daigeaux
I hope not. I do not like the hedges. I went to GA last year, and I was not impressed with the hedges.
Posted on 6/27/10 at 7:20 pm to Daigeaux
There are so many inaccuracies in the OP, I don't even know where to begin.
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the upper decks, which again, apparently LSU considered those "renovations"
Posted on 6/27/10 at 7:50 pm to Daigeaux
They should plow up the playing field and drop it several feet so people down low can see the game......and put in an artificial turf....
Posted on 6/27/10 at 8:37 pm to Daigeaux
Malaysian Tiger had it right. There used to be hedges in Tiger Stadium and were removed. What would you put to separate the field from the fans? I'm pretty sure the track around the field was a sarcastic answer. At least I hope so.
Yes, there needs to be some cosmetic upgrades to the stadium but money is tight so changing all the windows becomes a low priority item when compared to a new basketball practice facility. And don't forget, TAF is footing part of the bill for the new band facility.
As for putting in artificial turf...not happening in Tiger Stadium.
I'll just be happy when Sept. 18 finally arrives so I can get back in and watch our Tigers play.
Yes, there needs to be some cosmetic upgrades to the stadium but money is tight so changing all the windows becomes a low priority item when compared to a new basketball practice facility. And don't forget, TAF is footing part of the bill for the new band facility.
As for putting in artificial turf...not happening in Tiger Stadium.
I'll just be happy when Sept. 18 finally arrives so I can get back in and watch our Tigers play.
Posted on 6/27/10 at 9:16 pm to Daigeaux
As fans, we should worry more about restoring the most important reputation of Tiger Stadium: Loud, rowdy, intimidating instead of mass exodus at halftime, fans sitting down as if at the opera, etc. TS was never known as being "pretty" - Bama can have that.
Oh crap, I'm being the fan police.
Oh crap, I'm being the fan police.
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