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re: Alexandria made its bid to regain the Top 28 today
Posted on 3/30/17 at 12:29 pm to southernelite
Posted on 3/30/17 at 12:29 pm to southernelite
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The Burton Coliseum
Are they going forward with the planned on campus arena at McNeese?
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 12:30 pm
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Posted on 3/30/17 at 2:35 pm to Obi-Wan Tiger
LA has the worst collection of college basketball arenas of any state, and it shows in the recruiting and fanbases...
Meanwhile everyone's expanding and building their baseball fields...
Meanwhile everyone's expanding and building their baseball fields...
Posted on 3/30/17 at 2:46 pm to chalmetteowl
The burton is awful. Too small. Seats were dirty. Saw a teams cheerleaders get held in the staging area until after their games tip had already taken place. They made fans stand outside in the pouring rain for 30 minutes on saturday.
Laffy has been the best host for the tourney. No doubt about it.
Laffy has been the best host for the tourney. No doubt about it.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 2:46 pm to burdman
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The Top 28 should be back in Lafayette. Should've never left in the first place.
This
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:05 pm to LABred08
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Coliseum 3
hey... you can see me in that pic
not really... but I'm in it and know exactly where to find myself
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:09 pm to rt3
ETA:
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:20 pm to rt3
That looks way too small
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:23 pm to lsu31always
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That looks way too small
it now seats about 10,000 with suites and other work rooms
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:24 pm to lsu31always
It does look too small. You get some big matchups between two schools that are close, and you aren't going to have room. I can remember several games where the cajundome was full and i think it seats 13k.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:27 pm to chalmetteowl
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I went to Burton Coliseum and couldn't find my car after it was over, the whole building and surroundings looked the same from all sides...
lol, I mean, there are roads on two sides and livestock halls on the other two. FWIW, McNeese is building a new (smaller) basketball arena by their football field, so Burton is pretty much done for basketball.
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Are they going forward with the planned on campus arena at McNeese?
Yes. Let me see if I have pics....
No pics worth a damn on my computer. I'll get some more this afternoon.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:51 pm to rt3
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it now seats about 10,000 with suites and other work rooms
no way its 10,000 in a basketball configuration.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:53 pm to Andy Bernard
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The most logical place is the PMAC. The state championships should be held at the flagship school. Period. End of discussion. Lafayette was ok. Everywhere else is a dump and no one goes to it. Plus a ton of the schools come from BR or NO
Thank you. LSU should've never allowed it to leave.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 3:57 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
My dad was on the LHSAA Exec Committee when it was in the PMAC. so I got to go to a lot of game between 87 and when it left. I got to see a lot of great great players from LA. A lot of future NBA players. There was something really cool as a kid getting to go to LSU and run freely on the court and shoot during the day and watch games from courtside seats.
I still think the Cajundome is a better venue all things considered.
I still think the Cajundome is a better venue all things considered.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 4:24 pm to Kracka
It now seats 10,800, 8,900 for Basketball. If you go back and look at the pics I posted which are from a wider angle you can see how many seats are actually still folded in. This was for the RRAC tournament, not a lot of people expected as most of the conference are teams from out of state. It would be all the way opened up for the Marsh Madness tourneys. This makes it larger than Burton and larger than the Thomas Assembly Center where it was in Ruston and only about 2, 500 seats smaller than the Cajundome in its basketball configuration.
That's plenty enough. Its not like those tourneys sell out every night BUT, you're going to have better crowds there from equal sides of the state because of location. We know you South Louisiana folks don't care about the drive but 2 hours from Shreveport and Monroe is much better than 3 and 3 and a half to Lafayette. That's the difference between 4 hour turnaround trips and 6 and 6 and a half. Makes a lot of difference.
AND the LHSAA would rather take a full house, rather than a quarter empty one, as they should.
That's plenty enough. Its not like those tourneys sell out every night BUT, you're going to have better crowds there from equal sides of the state because of location. We know you South Louisiana folks don't care about the drive but 2 hours from Shreveport and Monroe is much better than 3 and 3 and a half to Lafayette. That's the difference between 4 hour turnaround trips and 6 and 6 and a half. Makes a lot of difference.
AND the LHSAA would rather take a full house, rather than a quarter empty one, as they should.
This post was edited on 3/30/17 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 3/30/17 at 4:30 pm to CenlaMikePA
Either Alec or Lafayette. Both are easy to get to.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 5:35 pm to LABred08
With 36 games, Not all of them will draw. Was at the main event Friday night with country day. Decent crowd. But come Saturday there were issues with Marion and Peabody. We had to remain in the staging area for far too long. We showed up at our assigned time. They had no where to put us. Full v. Quarter doesn't really matter as much as the pure numbers do. I disliked the burton for my previously stated reasons. Feel the best venue I have been at for the tourney is the cajun dome.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 6:16 pm to sjmabry
It needs to be moved back to Lafayette because that is where it was the most successful. The city embraced the event and it drew more people. The teams were treated like royalty and it was a great experience for the players and coaches. If you look at the attendance numbers, it's a no brainer.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 7:01 pm to ThePistol
Posted on 3/30/17 at 7:35 pm to Cowboyfan89
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And I've always loved that faux attachment to the Cajun Culture in Laffy as well. That city is no different than BR with all it's transplants. Ville Platte has more cajun culture in the pinky toe of the mailman than Lafayette does.
MELT!
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:57 pm to LABred08
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It now seats 10,800, 8,900 for Basketball. If you go back and look at the pics I posted which are from a wider angle you can see how many seats are actually still folded in. This was for the RRAC tournament, not a lot of people expected as most of the conference are teams from out of state. It would be all the way opened up for the Marsh Madness tourneys. This makes it larger than Burton and larger than the Thomas Assembly Center where it was in Ruston and only about 2, 500 seats smaller than the Cajundome in its basketball configuration.
and have more they can add to the "end zones" if needed
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