Stuff to do on and around campus

We are doing the same but staying out in town. Saturday we are driving to Lafayette and Scott for food, bringing a cooler to take home then to the game. I’m taking my dad and 7 to.

Chimes to eat
Also Torchy’s
Mike the Tiger
Drive down River Road from LSU into downtown eat at Past Times, walk the levy, USS Kidd.
Pull on the doors at the PMAC (usually you can find one open and go look at the court)

go check out the LSU bookstore, maybe grab a bite in the Union after
if here on Friday go get some ice cream from the Dairy Store

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You'll be shocked how much it's changed in 15 years

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Yeah, I know. Didn’t they close off parts of the campus to cars?

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Didn’t they close off parts of the campus to cars?

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They close the campus from like 9-5 (fact check?) during school days. It is open to cars any other time

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Chimes to eat
Also Torchy’s
Mike the Tiger
Drive down River Road from LSU into downtown eat at Past Times, walk the levy, USS Kidd.
Pull on the doors at the PMAC (usually you can find one open and go look at the court)

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They have torchy's in Texas so you could find another place to eat at Chimes Street or the Perkins road overpass, though not technically on campus.

USS kidd is unfortunately not there right now.

Been many years since i explored LSU and people have told you some good stuff...just to add...

Go see the old Cow Palace and show them where BBall used to play and you used to be able to get into the old locker room area if you tried hard enough.

Try to get into Tiger Stadium. Its occasionally open and you can walk in just dont get on field anymore unless someone lets you

Baseball stadium is always open and you can get down to field as long as practice is not going on.

Let them see the parade grounds and go into some of the buildings. Bell Tower building has a museum in it if i remember correctly. if i am wrong its still a cool old building. Law school is interesting to see. Go into union and bookstore.

Take them to quad to see all the tang walking around. Middle schoolers will go crazy with what they see

Get them ice cream at the dairy

Enjoy the day

Go the the Iak Grove Memorial right behind the union.
Show them the underground network of tunnels that run all over campus. Kids love that idea. Can’t Go in them anymore.
Sugar kettle by the stadium- first granulated sugar and made LSU a lot of money 150 yrs.ago.
Louisiana Room in the library.
Natural Science Museum- very corny but well known
Indian mounds of course.
If you want a real blast from the past, go down Highland to Der Winerschnizel ! That place has survived for over 50 yesrs!!

State Capitol and Old State Capitol. Both free and both really cool looking inside. It's nice because you can stay a while looking around or just do a quick walk through.

Also, at the capitol building, you can go to the observation deck.

Check the operating hours. The Old State Capitol is somewhat limited. Also, probably much easier to go on Saturday because not much traffic downtown.

If you get there early enough on Friday go get some student made "Tiger Bite" ice cream from the LSU dairy store on campus. Louie's for breakfast and get the hashbrowns.