re: What is Brant Denny stadium like?

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LSU's architecture and the live oaks trump anything you'll see in Tuscaloosa.

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I'll give you this, Memorial Tower is probably one of the most impressive university clock/bell towers, especially with the recent renovation. And the Italian renaissance style architecture is a nice contrast to the typical *insert typical red brick Georgian/Federal style building* you see at Bama and so many other universities. But their campus is just more cohesive, cleaner, well landscaped and maintained than LSU's.
That said, I'll take Tiger Stadium over BDS any day

Very nice stadium but the last time I went it smelled of corndogs the strongest......seriously

It's a beautiful stadium and very symmetric. It's a great environment. I came away thinking it's no surprise that they win so often there.

I haven't seen an Alabama LSU game in Tuscaloosa on TV since 2015 because I went in '17, '19, '21, and now again in '23.

It's loud and they have a funny end of the game scoreboard practice. When they win, the score stays up there.
When they lose, I.E. 2019, as soon as the clock strikes 0:00 the scoreboards go off. They are blank. Friend of mine was there and watched it happen.

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Obviously Nothing is better than Tiger Stadium, but when you’re talking about overall quality we’re behind in plenty categories. As hard as that is to accept, it’s a fact.

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Oh, I'm aware TS is a dump in terms of stadium quality.

My point was I don't think many stadiums in the SEC (unless you're in a stadium club type seat) are what I would call nice. When I think "nice stadium", I think Jerry World or Atlanta's new stadium.

No doubt our ads and sound system suck. Just hard for me to accept that large structures with exposed concrete differentiate greatly from the rest. I haven't been to Alabama since 2019, but I wasn't wow'd personally. It was a tad bit nicer, but it didn't blow me away or anything. To be fair I was in the lower bowl in the visitors corner and that may be an area that isn't kept up as well. I will say I thought Texas was noticeably nicer.

One thing LSU has focussed on in all sports is prioritizing player facilities over fan facilities. New hitting/pitching facilities and a weight room in baseball, upgraded locker rooms in basketball, the new gymnastics practice facility, and football ops. Those are all at the top of the mountain in college athletics. I like that approach, and as long at it leads to winning (which it has), it will lead to more money for an improved fan experience. I think we're starting to enter that phase, especially with recently released renders for both Tiger Stadium and Alex Box.

its actually a very nice stadium.

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Tide fans do not leave early.

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Yes, they do. This doesn't just happen at LSU. I was there in 2019 when we went up big before halftime, and a fairly sizable number of Gumps headed for the exits. They also frequently leave early when Bama is beating up on an outmanned opponent.

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Does LSU still have a soul?

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Yes, but I do agree that it's not what it once was. Far more people now attend games as a social exercise rather than having any real interest in what's happening on the field. Again, that's not just an LSU problem.

Traffic and horrible concessions don't help the situation, neither does the fact that games sometimes last up to four hours due to dozens of commercials (a 2:30 CBS game is an exercise in agony).

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Bars and restaurants near TS... are lacking IMHO....

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I definitely agree with you here. Other than The Chimes, there's not much available within walking distance. It's not like UGA, where their campus is adjacent to downtown Athens with lots of restaurants and bars within easy walking distance.

Scott Woodward has done a lot of good things since taking over as AD, but he really needs to do something to improve the overall gameday experience for fans, and I don't mean adding lame emcees and DJs.

I have been many times living in bama. It is no slouch but far from Tiger Stadium. Probably 4th best behind:

LSU
AUBURN
FLORIDA
BAMA

It’s like a major college football stadium wrapped itself in Oversized Egos wrapped in Houndstooth. The Bama Fans we would run into acted as though college football didn’t exist outside of Tuscaloosa.