re: Huey Long Field House has a hockey rink?

I agree that the Middleton Library has always been an eye sore. I also agree that it may be possible to repurpose the existing facility for significantly less money. However, that depends on what needs to be done to repurpose the facility to the new design. It is not out of the realm of possibility for it to cost more money to repurpose the existing facility. They want to keep the existing facility because of it’s historical value. Sometimes that means they know it will cost more money but they want to preserve the history. This is quite common and shouldn’t be a surprise that that could be the case. I’m not saying that is the case. I’m saying it could be a possibility and is not necessarily a far stretch. To scrape an existing building isn’t as costly as you might think. Remember, LSU chose not to renovate the North End Zone dorms in Tiger Stadium because the costs were prohibitive. I’ve not seen anything in anything LSU has put out stating that renovating the existing building was chosen because it was the less costly option.