re: No longer a fee to join the LSU Football season ticket waitlist

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But renovations to the existing part of Tiger Stadium have been absolutely too far and few between. We'll see how the renovations they're doing this summer turn out but I won't hold my breath.

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I don't think renovations or lack thereof really have much to do with it. People packed Tiger Stadium well before any renovations. It's really just an issue of supply/demand, finance and inconvenience.

1. Even as recently as 20 years ago not every game was on TV. Going further back it use to be that you had to go to the game to see it. Otherwise, the radio was your only option. Now that is no longer the case. Every fan can sit in the comfort and convenience of their home and watch every game. There's no "need" to go to the game.

2. Couple that with the fact costs and inconveniences are rising, and many casual fans just choose to stay home. Once the TAF fee is added in I pay ~$1,400 for one season ticket. That's just to sit in the stadium. That doesn't include parking or concessions.

3. Despite being perpetually "broke", LSU seems to constantly be expanding their infrastructure and in the process reducing places to park. So you either have to purchase an expensive parking pass OR fight for one of the few remaining "free" lots. Even those lots are becoming less and less as LSU, in their infinite wisdom, started trying to gouge people to park in the hayfield lots near the levee. I think they were charging $90 to park there for the Auburn game!

4. Due to the stadium expansion it's no longer an "exclusive privilege" to go a game. With 100k seats available it's not hard to find tickets. I can remember a time where it was a big deal to go to a LSU game. Now, you can get tickets for almost next to nothing if you wait until right before kickoff to buy. The "supply" has grown while the "demand" has decreased. Unfortunately, the costs have increase along with the supply, so LSU is forced to try to squeeze more and more out of the dwindling demand.

I think for many people the costs/inconvenience have exceeded the benefit. My family has 9 season tickets. 20 years ago we had to turn people away who wanted to buy them. This year we have almost had to beg to find people who might want to buy some.