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re: This Tiger Stadium problem was years in the making (long)
Posted on 10/13/13 at 6:31 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 10/13/13 at 6:31 pm to prplhze2000
The attendance problem is caused by our cursing students. Men can no longer bring their children and wives to the game without worrying about them hearing a 4-letter word.
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Posted on 10/13/13 at 6:52 pm to mattz1122
Posted on 10/13/13 at 7:10 pm to I20goon
I have been on the field twice in my life. Some of the best experiences I've had in TS were jumping over the wall while the troopers sat there. It was awesome
They should let it happen once every few of years(aTm game this year) IMHO. Everything should be about making the fan base more excited. Part of the draw of TS games was how wildly insane they were. Everyone wanted to go. If people stop showing up, people wont want to go to see the spectacle. I know that is a few years down the line, but I can see it happening
They should let it happen once every few of years(aTm game this year) IMHO. Everything should be about making the fan base more excited. Part of the draw of TS games was how wildly insane they were. Everyone wanted to go. If people stop showing up, people wont want to go to see the spectacle. I know that is a few years down the line, but I can see it happening
Posted on 10/13/13 at 7:37 pm to prplhze2000
It's the corporations, man.
Posted on 10/13/13 at 7:50 pm to UL-SabanRival
I do agree yesterday was a clusterfrick as far as traffic redirection. Once you get used to one way they do it, they change it up. But it doesnt really bother me enough to make me not come. Logic tells you getting 30,000 vehicles out of an area at about the same time will be tough
Posted on 10/13/13 at 8:16 pm to ToulatownTiger
Part of the issue is the tailgating which is a major change from LSU football in the 70's...another part is there is a difference between a 68K stadium and a 92K stadium; the infrastructure hasn't kept pace with the requirements for access and parking...
You used to be able to take a bus from downtown to Tiger Stadium (and there were a large number of them available on both ends)
you could take a train from New Orleans that stopped at a siding by old Alex Box...
those two things alone took care of about 10% of stadium capacity...
LSU needs some intelligently designed and strategically placed parking garages, garages should be built with 15 foot clearance and RV hookups on least two levels in each....
A serious study should be made on bringing back the gameday train from New Orleans
My personal pet peeves- canned music and not enough vendors selling drinks and snacks so we don't have to leave our as often...
You used to be able to take a bus from downtown to Tiger Stadium (and there were a large number of them available on both ends)
you could take a train from New Orleans that stopped at a siding by old Alex Box...
those two things alone took care of about 10% of stadium capacity...
LSU needs some intelligently designed and strategically placed parking garages, garages should be built with 15 foot clearance and RV hookups on least two levels in each....
A serious study should be made on bringing back the gameday train from New Orleans
My personal pet peeves- canned music and not enough vendors selling drinks and snacks so we don't have to leave our as often...
Posted on 10/13/13 at 8:17 pm to Tony The Tiger
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Tony The Tiger
So let's talk solutions:
- Real video boards that show multiple angles of action and replay, w/out all the ads and commercials
- Gameday (reliable) WIFI
- More band interaction with fans (less piped in music)
- Stats and scores all the time
- Highlights from other big games around SEC and top 25 during timeouts/halftime etc.
- Better traffic planning and more free/open lots near center of campus
Just some ideas.
When it gets down to it, you can now see almost every LSU game from anywhere. So it's about the Experience.
Bitching, bitching about bitching, all that aside... you can see that The Experience ain't what it was.
Tony here has practical "The Experience" solutions.
Posted on 10/13/13 at 8:31 pm to vol-boy
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vol-boy
harassed by paid event staff, 1/2 of student section moved to upper deck.
just so this whole thing isn't negative...
The event staff aren't terribly helpful at TS (not sure what they can do), but we don't get harrassed by them. Go to Arkansas, they won't even let you smoke on the street and aggressively watch every thing you drink during the game. And it's worse if you're wearing visiting colors.
Students got a pretty good setup at LSU. But, if you read all these previous posts you can see that they really can't gripe about having more tix.
Posted on 10/13/13 at 8:45 pm to The Mick
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The Mick
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Its a new breed of fan that is MORE interesting in tailgating then they are in the game itself. They drink all day and literally cannot sit in the stadium for 3 hours because they are itching to return to their tailgate to drink more.
This x1000. The tailgate culture at TS into the mid to late 2000's was decidedly male & decidedly hard drinking - forget this beer pong, keg stand who can get the drunkest and look like a fool idiocy. I'm talking bourbon & Coke types. Folks who could handle their liquor all day & were smart about getting it into the stadium. A good tailgate consisted of a BBQ pit, plenty of booze, maybe some tables & the pre-game show on the radio. If music was playing it was LSU music. The kids that were there were all playing football non-stop until it was time to go to the stadium. All of this translated into a culture that knew what good football was and were desperate to see it. This was the culture that would scream until their eyes bled deep into the fourth quarter against teams like Akron. Even after a LOSS, you could hear the shouts of "GOOOOO" "TIIIIGERS" all over campus. The fans & tailgates themselves were completely about football. LSU football.
Now, the LSU football fans who made the legend of Tiger Stadium are being replace by a bunch of immature retards who think LSU football, Mardi Gras & Bourbon Street are the same thing. Walk around campus on game day. You wouldn't even know a football game was going to happen.
Oh, the piped in music sucks. We used to do something before they started piping in music.
We were yelling.
Posted on 10/13/13 at 8:45 pm to tigerbutt
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Many rednecks can now afford to buy a flat screen and stay home to watch the game rather than spend money to go to an LSU game. Push out the poor with higher prices, parking, etc and you get a "little" bit more classy fans from Baton Rouge. Not much but a little. Baton Rouge doesn't really offer much entertainment which is why 92,600 fans continue to pay to see LSU play. It's a big party in BR on Saturday. Where else can you go and have more fun than tailgating at LSU?
I know I'm probably not in the majority here...
To hell with class! I want opposing teams AND fans to fear Death Valley. I want them leaving thinking "holy shite, WTF just happened, that was surreal"
I don't want spitting MSU fans, but I want the opposing team and fans and band to get a non-stop earful.
ETA: sorry, should read all before responding. If I did that I wouldn't have 3 or 4 posts. my bad.
This post was edited on 10/13/13 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 10/13/13 at 8:54 pm to prplhze2000
Jesus, quit being such a pussy.
Posted on 10/13/13 at 9:03 pm to I20goon
This thread should be stickied
Posted on 10/13/13 at 9:16 pm to TexasTiger08
AC and HD was what this was about. A night game would have been packed IMO despite the truff the OP is spitting.
Posted on 10/14/13 at 10:19 am to Tigerlaff
Posted on 10/14/13 at 10:33 am to vl100butch
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You used to be able to take a bus from downtown to Tiger Stadium (and there were a large number of them available on both ends)
You can take the CATS bus in, its called the TouchDown Express.
When I attend a LSU game, I'll drive to the stadium first thing in the morning and park my truck there with all the tailgating supplies. Then I get a ride home. A few hours before the game starts I'll take the touchdown express and head over and setup the tailgate. Don't have to deal with the traffic problem at all. At this point I can decide if I want to leave early to beat traffic, or if the game is exciting I can just take the touchdown express back and still beat traffic. Worth every penny of the $10 spent to avoid sitting in LSU game day traffic.
Posted on 10/14/13 at 10:49 am to PSU2LSU
LSU needs to allow re-admit with a ticket after halftime. If someone chooses to leave, they give their ticket to someone outside of the stadium who wants to get in. Keep crowd fresh and loud.
Posted on 10/14/13 at 12:12 pm to bravebyrd
I wanted 5 tix in a row for my family. We could only get tickets from stubhub, or lsusports if I wanted to buy a package that included Furman and Arkansas. Why wasn't I able to buy tickets to just the Florida game? In 2000, my mom got on the phone on the morning tickets went on sale. She scored 5 tickets together in the north end zone for the Tennessee game.
We had fun in the east upper. But, it was frustrating to look down and see tons of empty seats. I want to know who bought those...and why didn't I ever get a shot at them (as a non season ticket holder)?
We had fun in the east upper. But, it was frustrating to look down and see tons of empty seats. I want to know who bought those...and why didn't I ever get a shot at them (as a non season ticket holder)?
Posted on 10/14/13 at 1:30 pm to prplhze2000
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What the administration has done is reduce the experience for LSU fans
This
Posted on 10/15/13 at 6:10 am to bravebyrd
I would of gladly came with my wife and kids and filled up some of that empty space. We can't afford season tickets and usually make one game a season. I read that little children's book ," I wanna go" to my son all the time and when we get to the page about a ticket, he says where my ticket geaux dada. He will be three next month and already loves them Tigers! 
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