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re: 100 years ago today, LSU opens at its present location
Posted on 4/30/26 at 6:56 pm to nicholastiger
Posted on 4/30/26 at 6:56 pm to nicholastiger
LSU sounds better than first name:
Louisiana Seminary of Learning
Louisiana Seminary of Learning
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Posted on 4/30/26 at 7:19 pm to DestrehanTiger
quote:I've seen some dumb shite posted on tRant, but this is up there.
I know people like to hate aTm, but even their nightlife is better than BR.
As Jim Rome famously said: If God gave America an enema, College Station is where he would insert the tube.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 5:40 am to boxcarbarney
So Tiger Stadium preceded the campus?
Tiger Stadium celebrated 100 years during the 2024 Football Season.
Tiger Stadium celebrated 100 years during the 2024 Football Season.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 6:12 am to boxcarbarney
Pineville would have been a nice college town like Athens, Oxford, Fayetteville, Auburn, Starkville.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 6:42 am to TopWaterTiger
My grandfather actually worked on the new campus. As I was growing up he kept asking me when I would go to LSU. He talked about it up to the day he died in 1973.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 8:41 am to udtiger
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So Tiger Stadium preceded the campus?
Tiger Stadium celebrated 100 years during the 2024 Football Season.
Good catch. I had to google it. Looks like Tiger Stadium was one of the first structures on campus, and school business was taking place where the campus is now. But it wasn't until 1926 when LSU officially moved to the new campus.
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Tiger Stadium opened in 1924. While the university began moving to its present campus in 1922-1923, the university officially moved to the current site (south of downtown) by 1925-1926, making the stadium one of the first structures built on the new site, rather than pre-dating it.
Before 1924: LSU played at "State Field" on the old campus downtown, near the current Louisiana State Capitol building.
1924: The first game was played at the new "Tiger Stadium" on November 27, 1924.
The Move: The entire university relocated from the downtown campus to the current Highland Road campus in stages around that same time, with the move largely completed around 1925-1926.
Therefore, the stadium was built alongside the development of the current campus, not prior to its existence.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:59 am to udtiger
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So Tiger Stadium preceded the campus?
Huey said the students had to have somewhere to sleep.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:05 am to paulb52
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Pineville would have been a nice college town like Athens, Oxford, Fayetteville, Auburn, Starkville
I-49 would’ve been built a hell of a lot fast too if we could’ve left well enough alone.
But no way to foresee BR would end up an urban shithole. It is what it is. LSU isn’t moving like so many other Louisiana entities have or will.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:09 am to boxcarbarney
Should have bought all the land around it too - to MS Bridge AND South past Gardere LN
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:18 am to DestrehanTiger
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I know people like to hate aTm, but even their nightlife is better than BR. Centralized bar location, safer environment, volunteer designated driver system.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 5:40 pm to MrWalkingMan
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It’ll never be ready in time
It was ready in time
Posted on 5/1/26 at 7:06 pm to GeorgeWest
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Smartest move ever buying all that land for LSU.
Wish they had bought every acre between Chimes Street and Government Street.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 7:22 pm to DestrehanTiger
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I actually agree. I've been to all of the SEC schools (except Oklahoma). I had the most fun at the campuses that were the only thing in town; Auburn, Athens, Knoxville.
I know people like to hate aTm, but even their nightlife is better than BR. Centralized bar location, safer environment, volunteer designated driver system.
I think it just creates a better atmosphere when a college is in a small town.
I imagine Baton Rouge was considered a small town one hundred years ago. Not sure what year they actually broke ground to begin construction of the new LSU Campus but it was before May 1926.
There are aerial photos of Tiger stadium from 1924.
Someone here on TD's should be able to provide some input.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 8:36 pm to boxcarbarney
A better time with fewer low IQ losers. Express elevator to Hell.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 8:48 pm to boxcarbarney
Was white as snow back then
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:27 pm to boxcarbarney
How many on here graduated from LSU at its present location?
Who graduated AND represented the school in Athletics or Athletic Marching Band?
Who graduated AND represented the school in Athletics or Athletic Marching Band?
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:31 pm to semjase
Class of '81.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:00 am to boxcarbarney
*sniffles*
Thats my campus
Thats my campus
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