re: Auburn updating their baseball stadium as LSU falls further behind

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quote:And yet LSU is still hauling in #1 recruiting classes Gotta hate it Serious question: What does this have to do with the fan experience (which is the point of this thread)?

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Good teams need good players and people aren’t going to come out and watch mediocre teams without good talent.

Signing top recruiting classes will do more to increase fan interest than changing the batters eye of making the concourse continuous.

You spoke of the loyal fan bases of the 90s. Arkansas hasn’t won shite but now they’re ahead of us. It’s a great fan experience there.

It used to not even be close. In 2000, Arkansas pulled only 1559 per game. By 2006, Baum’s first year and just 6 years later, they were at 7123 good for second already. Sure, their teams have improved but they have zero championships and have passed LSU and 24 other teams.

Keep making excuses and acting like people don’t want comfort even for good teams.

Im not sure how you are even debating this. I thought everyone in this fanbase was in agreement that lsu needs to improve it alot.

If they dont, its going to keep slowly dwindling. Its a different time. Fans want amenities to go to games now. Regardless of how good their teams are. Especially in a sport like baseball which is perceived as slow. If you turn your nose up at the fanbase long enough, we’ll fall further behind

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The 2017 team went to the championship series but the only time the stadium was packed was when we hosted State in the super.

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A few months before the 2017 season, I kinda remember a major natural disaster that a lot of fans were dealing with for about a year. I kinda remember that being a major distraction that impacted attendance.

I think you need to give fan attendance a mulligan for that season,

Most places need amenities to draw fans in.

When LSU is rolling - and we have not for a few seasons - you could have 10k wooden grandstand seats and they would be packed.

Any money we have for projects needs to be invested in player facilities for baseball and basketball.

Zephyr Field had a berm, a pool, hot tubs, and a party deck. How did that work out?

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Keep making excuses and acting like people don’t want comfort even for good teams.

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I told you our teams were not playing at the level we saw and that had hurt attendance and the atmosphere. You kept pretending it’s all the amenities we lack hurting attendance. Who is fool in’ who here?

And I’m not against improving things, but if I am the coach and the choice I’d building facilities thst the players use of revamping the seating in the stadium, it’s a no brainer. The players come where the facilities are best for them.

Baseball in a good year made a small profit. It’s not the cash cow for the department. Other sports need help you. Spending money on player facilities was the right choice.

We just spent money pushing a coaching staff out and spending even more on a new staff which did not come cheap. That was necessary to stop the bleeding and to reenergize the program. That was vital way more important than cosmetic improvements to the Box.

Moving forward I’d guess that Johnson’s wishes will take precedence over everything else. The bullpen change would likely come first and any restructure to the stadium that would entail.

Hopefully some things to the stadium would come next. I too would like a cover over the stands, better concessions and some new things. But first I want a championship caliber tesm.

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Zephyr Field had a berm, a pool, hot tubs, and a party deck. How did that work out?

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Bingo

When the novelty wore off the shrine on Airline became an empty tomb.

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Zephyr Field had a berm, a pool, hot tubs, and a party deck. How did that work out?

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The frick does this have to do with LSU or SEC fan base???