re: If someone pledged up to $1 billion for a "state of the art" replacement for TS

Well, the first thing they would do is move the stadium out of the core area of the campus. This is why they moved the baseball stadium. They want more space in the core area for day to day facilities rather than a stadium used only a few times a year.

I don't have a problem with it. Since LSU has been a speed team for a decade (and we are dreaming) , I would enclose the thing and get some field turf. I think LSU has played great in domes over the last decade.

This would piss off those who only look backwards, but would benefit the team and the fans on those steamy September days.

I don't really think we need 120k bad, cramped seats. I would be happy with 90k really good seats. Everyone wants to oversell the market. Leave them hungry ;-)