re: Huey Long Field House has a hockey rink?

To bring a building that was built in the 1920’s into current design standards will take a shite ton of money just to get to a point where it can begin to be rebuilt with current materials. That is no small cost. I’m not sure where it is that you get your numbers from. I’d be willing to bet that building was built with asbestos type products as well. You just throw it out there that you think it’s cheaper to remodel and renovate a structure built in the 1920’s. I know a little bit about construction and architecture. I can assure you that it’s no cheap undertaking to prepare that building such that it can begin to be rebuilt with modern materials. It’s not that simple. Lot’s of demolition will be needed before the building can begin to be put back together. It’s quite possible that LSU is aware it cost more money to do it that way and have chosen to pay the additional cost to keep the existing structure. That doesn’t necessarily mean that a scrape and rebuild isn’t a feasible alternative. I’m just saying, keeping the existing structure doesn’t necessarily mean that is the cheaper option.

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floor hockey was DEFINITELY in the huey long... the old wood floor behaved a lot like ice. slippery as hell! tons of fun though

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Little known fact: Floor Hockey invented in Battle Creek, MI. https://kolmenfloorhockey.weebly.com

That’s a lot of words when you could have just said you don’t know what you’re talking about

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s a hockey rink? by HuckFinn
Maybe that’s my problem. I’m not really the sentimental type of guy. That old building doesn’t do anything for me. That particular spot on campus is prime realestate. I guess I like to see something more substantial there if possible. It having HPL’s name on it means nothing to me. It’s an inanimate object as I see it. Hopefully, I’m impressed with what the finished product and will proudly stand corrected. I hope that is the case.

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That’s the kind of thinking that led to the construction of Middleton Library and Lockett Hall. You can take an old structure, bring it up to code and repurpose it very easily and economically.

Look at the Watermark Hotel in Third Street for a prime example.
Look on campus at the Cox Academic Center. They just renovated Evangeline Hall and Highland Hall and modernized those two old dorms and put in modern rooms.

I think I remember swimming in that building in the late 80's... Wasn't there a public pool open to students?

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Wasn’t their deal that the coach was volunteer and he was even pretty much funding the team himself?

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Yep. Ice time, even at that shithole Perry’s Iceland, was $200 a hour.

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.

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I can wear my LSU hockey jersey again.

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Sweater

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Sweater

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Jersey

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