Bama Expanding the stadium

We can and will let them have a larger stadium for at least 5-10 more years. Face it.

lsu needs to close in the south end zone. skip had said 10 years when they were doing the west upper and thats been 4 years now.

why not there is a waiting list for season tics now. im sure lsu can sell 10k more tickets.

i agree with you 100% we need to schedule better ooc opponents. im not saying we need powerhouse programs but give us some diff. teams.

If the AD can muster up the money, that's fine. But now is not the time. Especially with the economy and the budget cuts LSU is facing. I know the AD is completely separate, but I think this expansion can wait.

Renovations, on the other hand, might be a little more practical at this stage. Our stadium is far from perfect as it is.

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If the AD can muster up the money, that's fine. But now is not the time. Especially with the economy and the budget cuts LSU is facing. I know the AD is completely separate, but I think this expansion can wait.

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LSU football program -and TAF- pays for everything itself, as does our Baseball team. The higher education budget cuts do not affect the football or baseball program.

In fact, LSU Baseball is the ONLY baseball program in the country that isn't paid for by another program (i.e. Football, or Basketball).

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My question is when is LSU going to be expanding

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Simple - we won't.

Ticket prices will continue to hike and TAF's corporate members will pay whatever it costs to book seats. By expanding to 105 K, ticket value is not nearly as high, as competition to become a season ticket holder is significantly decreased. Not only that, but the stadium has rarely been FULL (every seat in the house taken) and the last thing we need is another empty upper deck. The main reason, though, is the former as LSU, by keeping the capacity at 92K, will continue to be able to raise the price of a ticket and continue to increase its TAF membership #'s as current non-holders will donate large amounts of money to get on and move up on the priority list.

The TAF was an ingenious club to create at LSU. The founding members knew what they were doing. Although the TAF contributions have allowed LSU to stay on pace with the nation's best universities as far as facilities and rennovations go, a lot of bad has come from the greed and the allowing of businesses to secure rows and rows of seats. Death Valley will never be the same, thanks to this. LSU will get richer, facilities will get even better, and TIger Stadium will become lamer and lamer. Some of the best LSU fans will rarely sit inside of the stadium that they once could afford to get wasted and have a loud, drunk, and noisy fun time in.

100% true the sports dept.funds itsself the state contributes no $ to the athl.dept.the club level has a 3 to 4k taf trad.fund.when those tickets went on sale they soldout in 30 days so i know 10k more season tickets would sell with no problem.

tiger jeux: if it werent for the rich old white guy that place would be shite.

The TAF people I feel bad for are the ones who donate $1,000 or so a year and then wonder why they remain stagnant or even fall behind when it comes to point standings. What's REALLY in it for them aside from their appreciated, but miniscule gift to the university they love?

As I have said before...the top ten percent of the TAF is much, much richer than the remaining 90 percent.