re: Off season topic- 1970's LSU football let's hear about it

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Someone correct me on the specifics but TS's capacity was expanded in '77 with the addition of the first west side upper deck to around 76K. We actually put 83K in TS for the '83 Washington game. Afterwards, the fire marshall implemented controls to preclude that from recurring. The original west side upper deck was replaced in the early 2000s to match the since added east side upper deck.

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Construction was ongoing during the ‘77 season. I would sit in our seats and look at those huge concrete supports jutting out over TS. It had two huge escalators that went straight from the ground to the deck. My first season tickets were up there. Three rows from the bottom on the 35 yd line. We were closer to the field and lower than the top row of the bowl. When the new upper deck was built, everything was pushed higher and further back to make room for the 3 level champions club.