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The real question is how can we have such bad facilities in the other sports compared to the others in the SEC. I understand having some bad ones, like the Natatorium, building a new Nat would be crazy expensive because of the technical aspects. But what about easier facilities, indoor track, Tennis courts/indoor tennis facility/ a legit Gymnastics practice facility. I know Rome wasn't built in a day, and I guess we are starting to see improvement (i.e. softball, baseball, outdoor track, soccer) but I think we should see more, hopefully it is on the way.

They are planning if not already building a new tennis facility and are planning a gymnastic practice facility. I was a kinesiology major at LSU and spent a lot of time in the Maddox field house, it has good bones but it needs some renovation bad.

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Posted by TheDude321

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Posted on 1/20/14 at 12:33 pm to willthezombie

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spent a lot of time in the Maddox field house, it has good bones but it needs some renovation bad.

In the 1970s, LSU had the best athletic facilities in the SEC--new basketball arena, new track stadium, new tennis stadium, new field house, the new natitorium was in the works (of course, Tiger Stadium and Alex Box were old but were still two great facilities). Heck, as recently as the early 1990s, LSU used to host the SEC indoor track championship every other year because Florida was the only other SEC school that even had a field house! Now LSU is behind the rest of the conference in most facilities...

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Posted by Stuckinthe90s

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Posted on 1/20/14 at 1:02 pm to willthezombie

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They are planning if not already building a new tennis facility and are planning a gymnastic practice facility. I was a kinesiology major at LSU and spent a lot of time in the Maddox field house, it has good bones but it needs some renovation bad.

That's good, I'm glad that they are working to solve those problems. I just hope that now that we are doing so well financially (athletics at least), the school continues to improve and maintain those facilities from here on out, and not let them fall apart like they did in the 90's.

Edit: Mudminnow, do you think that we are still at a disadvantage financially at this moment in time? Or is it that we are trying to get out of the hole that the athletics dept. was in 20 years ago. (low funding, putting of maintenance and repair)

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