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Question about 1983 Washington game being 83,000 in stadium cap. of 79,000
Posted on 9/5/13 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 9/5/13 at 4:59 pm
Know there were a bunch of standing room people (needless to say), but can this happen again where more people are in the stadium than it can hold? If so what limits this? Just curious if fire rules and no more general admin seating means you cannot have more than a stadium holds
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Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:00 pm to lsuallsportsfan
No idea, but I was there 
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:02 pm to AlxTgr
Yep, me too., Dalton - James gang blew them away.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:04 pm to AlxTgr
I think they caught hell from the Fire People for letting so many people go in. I think at that time there was no restriction on the Student Section and they let everyone in that showed up with an ID. I had Season Tickets in the South End Zone and people were everywhere and you could not walk. My Nephew was in the Student Section and he said you could not move, go to the bath room, or anything.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:11 pm to Malaysian Tiger
It was awesome! I was in the student section every guy had a girl on his lap whether they were his date or not. That's how I met my college girlfriend
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:26 pm to Malaysian Tiger
quote:
I think they caught hell from the Fire People for letting so many people go in. I think at that time there was no restriction on the Student Section and they let everyone in that showed up with an ID.
This is the story IIRC. Fire Marshall forced LSU to limit the # of students in the SS.
What's interesting today is that there are localized pockets in the SS that are every bit as dense as was the whole SS in '83. If the ability to evacuate students from the higher sections is the concern, then ok. If other, it would seem the same problem exists today as then just on a lesser scale.
Also, I thought the "capcity" of TS then was approx 76K, not 79K. Can someone confirm?
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:27 pm to AlwysATgr
My father sat in a folded chair behind the sidelines for it.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:30 pm to AlwysATgr
I was at that game. "Official" capacity was 78,000 at that time. And you are correct, the difference was the number of students attending the game-they were the only persons without assigned seats. At that time, there was no limit to the number of students allowed in. If they had a valid student ID, they got in.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:31 pm to DenverTigerMan
BTW, that was the best and only good game Jeff Wickersham ever had at quarterback!!
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:35 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
No idea, but I was there
This!!! It was crazy.... Great game too
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:35 pm to DenverTigerMan
I was there. Most students ever by far. I think it was the first home game of the season so everyone was there. Great game.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:36 pm to ShermanTxTiger
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Great game too
Yep - only great game of that year.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:37 pm to DenverTigerMan
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If they had a valid student ID, they got in.
Yep
Awesome days they were. Just show up, get in.
Every stair in the SS had like 3 people on it.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 5:50 pm to yallallcrazy
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Every stair in the SS had like 3 people on it.
This is how you get 83,000 people into a 78,000 capacity stadium!
Posted on 9/5/13 at 6:25 pm to DenverTigerMan
I was there. I had season tickets in the new upper deck, but loved it/ It was packed and loud. Washington had been ranked #3 the previous year and a close game was expected. We won easy with 2 running backs grinding it out.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 7:26 pm to yallallcrazy
The south end zone was so full you couldn't move. People were on the stairs and the top row was filled with people standing against the wall.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 7:26 pm to yallallcrazy
The south end zone was so full you couldn't move. People were on the stairs and the top row was filled with people standing against the wall.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 7:42 pm to lsuallsportsfan
I know ppl that went to the game and they claim that ppl were sitting in the isles. Apparently the fire marshall really cracked down after that.
Posted on 9/5/13 at 7:48 pm to Hoodatt
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Yep, me too., Dalton - James gang blew them away.
sophomore yr - I think the score was 40-14?
Posted on 9/5/13 at 8:21 pm to lsuallsportsfan
I was in the student section. It was packed.
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