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re: Any new news on LSU's potential new arena?
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:47 pm to boxcarbarney
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:47 pm to boxcarbarney
I hope they snaz it up a bit b/c the initial renderings looked kind of boring. 
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:55 pm to ClintonTigerMS
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Last year, they said it was about $350,000,000 to build. We have almost half of that tied up in O, Kelly and Kiffin.
Different funding avenues. In the world of LSU athletic financing and underwriting, the people or entities that fund coaches' salaries and construction projects are rarely in the same arena, pun intended. People or entities that fund large facility upgrades or additions are typically community-facing organizations, such as OLOL. High-dollar individual donors or donor groups usually fund buyouts ot salaries.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:01 pm to mdomingue
Yeah, I know Oakview is behind the concept plus a partnership with OLOL. Metro council tax district a go. Location a go. When do we hear about final designs and ground breaking. I know it’s a 3 year build
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:03 pm to PSS101
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Any new news on LSU's potential new arena?
Hope not. LSU has plenty of things that need financial resources in front of an arena.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:04 pm to Jauquismos
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I hope they snaz it up a bit b/c the initial renderings looked kind of boring.
Yeah, all that dark gray seating kind of sucks the energy out of the space. I do like the wrap around jumbotrons though.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:04 pm to CDawson
LSU is not funding this, Oakview is
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:46 pm to whoa
So taxes will be used to offset the costs?
Posted on 12/16/25 at 5:53 pm to ChatGPT of LA
You have a way with words 
Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:12 pm to PSS101
It’s still a golf course which is fine with me.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:24 pm to CDawson
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Hope not. LSU has plenty of things that need financial resources in front of an arena.
You must be clueless. The state of the art arena is being funded by a company that will foot the entire 400 million free of charge. It won’t cost a damn thing.
Yet we have idiots that fight it knowing absolutely nothing about the benefits for LSU.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:29 pm to Yippie_Ky_yae
And could have had about $50 million dollars more.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:40 pm to KevinD
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You must be clueless. The state of the art arena is being funded by a company that will foot the entire 400 million free of charge. It won’t cost a damn thing.
That’s not correct if they are being paid with tax dollars.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:44 pm to PSS101
Spent the money on tSearch.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:46 pm to doubleb
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That’s not correct if they are being paid with tax dollars.
WRONG! Tax zone is only around the arena. If you don’t want to buy a coke, then you won’t get taxed.
Stop pretending like this is a tax throughout Baton Rouge! That is a lie!
This post was edited on 12/16/25 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:16 pm to doubleb
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So taxes will be used to offset the costs?
Sales tax and hotel occupancy tax within the special tax district, yes.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:28 pm to KevinD
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Stop pretending like this is a tax throughout Baton Rouge! That is a
Who said it was a tax throughout BR?
But you can not deny tax dollars are going to be used to help the developer build the arena,
How much? Does anyone know right now?
There’s a special tax district including LSU and surrounds.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 9:30 pm to lostinbr
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Sales tax and hotel occupancy tax within the special tax district, yes.
That’s what I thought despite what was originally stated.
Now I’m not opposing the special tax district, but initially the deal was to be all private funds.
This post was edited on 12/18/25 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 12/18/25 at 5:39 pm to KevinD
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The state of the art arena is being funded by a company that will foot the entire 400 million free of charge. It won’t cost a damn thing.
Wow so a $400 million donation no strings attached? It’s big money, always strings attached.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 9:28 pm to CDawson
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Wow so a $400 million donation no strings attached? It’s big money, always strings attached
Of course there are strings attached! The company that builds the arena will have all of the dates for the year except for about 60 days for LSU sports ( men’s basketball, women’s basketball, gymnastics and volleyball). The company will be able to hold concerts/activities to make money the rest of the days. The same set up that was done at the University of Texas. After 30 years they give it to LSU.
It is win-win. LSU gets a brand new arena that will cost them nothing. The company brings in concerts that will bring people to Baton Rouge that will spend money.
There are no major concerts in Baton Rouge anymore. They are in Lafayette or New Orleans. This will bring that money to Baton Rouge instead.
Anybody that is against the arena is either an anti LSU troll or and idiot!
Posted on 12/19/25 at 12:38 am to KevinD
Today’s Advocate reported there has been a lawsuit filed regarding the creation of the special taxing district…will be very interesting to follow how this is ultimately resolved.
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