re: For the Old Timers. What was it like living in Tiger Stadium?

I lived in Johnson Hall and Hatcher Hall freshman and sophmore years (65/66 & 66/67). It was hot, as all dorms were back then and rooms were on both sides of the hallways limiting air circulation. I chose to move to South Stadium Dorm in my Junior & Senior years primarily because there were rooms only on the outside edge of the stadium. Except for where the hall bathrooms were on the opposite side of the hall, there were large windows in the hallway looking underneath the S. Stadium seating. This provided great cooler draft type breezes especially if you left your dorm room door open to the hallway as well as your room window open facing South Stadium's small lawn area and parking lot. It also ended up providing quieter living conditions without dorm rooms being on the opposite side of the hallway. Rooms were pretty spartan but only 2 to a room was nice. Since I hated Hatcher cafeteria grub, having a room in S. Stad. dorm put you closer to your car parked in the S. Stad. parking lot and venturing out to Tiger Town or whereever one wanted for meals.

I went to all the home football games, so it was fun watching fans coming in for the games and having fun at their expense sometimes and I really never met anyone who stayed in their room during games to hear what the experience was like.

Overall, regardless of which dorm I lived in it was a great experience meeting, sharing, cutting up, and making friends with students of all walks of life compared to old home town life growing up where everyone was typically like yourself in economic status, school life, social life, religious life, and overall interests.

I really hated seeing So. Stadium dorms getting torned down for the S. Stadium upper deck expansion!