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Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:33 pm to Filmat11
I remember those lines waiting to get in with everyone drinking out of someone's cooler full of red "jungle Juice". Just dip your cup in and have another. Not very sanitary but a good time. Wonder we survived, but it made us stronger, I'm sure. Ha!
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:35 pm to Filmat11
Great memory...I can recall walking around the stadium with my parents to get to our gate and seeing the students hanging out in their rooms with the windows open, calling out to the fans. Never forget this one guy had speakers out the window with a sign listing his "broadcast schedule"...something like Led Zeppelin from 4-5, AC/DC from 5-6, etc...as a pre-teen I thought that was so cool
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:36 pm to CP3forMVP
I lived in one of those dorms, on the east side, fall semester of 1986. I wish I had been inside it one time during a game to experience how loud it was from there, but couldn’t resist going to all the games in the student section. That was a good season, Tommy Hodson’s freshman year.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:36 pm to VanRIch
My dad lived there in the 70s. He claimed his roommate wanted to shoot Mike from their window with a crossbow and then the roommate ended up killing himself. Spooky stadium is actually spooky.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:39 pm to CP3forMVP
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Are the South side dorms still there?
Those were taken out when they did the renovations a few years ago that resulted in the South upper deck suites.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:41 pm to jp4lsu
I lived in South Stadium about '79, '80. It was wonderful, a huge room for 3 but only 2 of us there so lots of space.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:42 pm to AlwysATgr
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Tarzan yells
Don't recall, but the athletes barked at each other like dogs very realistically at all hours and it echoed and reverberated off the walls and buildings. Always got a chuckle out of that because they sounded so real.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:46 pm to CP3forMVP
The foundation of the that stadium probably weights more than 5000 tons, not counting the piles underneath. I give credit to the state for maintaining it as they have done so far as the structure is concerned.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:54 pm to CP3forMVP
I know my grandfather lived there when they were relatively new. All the athletes of that era did (he would have been class of ‘39 or ‘40.
Aren’t they been turned into office space?
Aren’t they been turned into office space?
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 11/10/26 at 2:57 pm to CP3forMVP
My dad lived in one right above where the band entered on gameday.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:01 pm to CP3forMVP
Angola > North Stadium
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:07 pm to TexasTiger08
I lived in north stadium in 1981. It was a total sheethole even then BUT there was easy access to the stands through a busted chain link fence that ran down the stairs to the dorm rooms. We had the run of the stadium including the field all week. My roommates name was Nzuzi . Guess where he was from? Bonus question: guess how long i lasted before moving to an apartment?
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:16 pm to CP3forMVP
One of my tailgate buddies is 70. He lived in them as a freshman and yup, no air conditioning.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:17 pm to jp4lsu
I lived in them in 1985. North Stadium 2nd floor. I believe Steve Scalise was also living there in the 4th floor during that time, although I didn't know him.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:19 pm to Pho Que II
North stadium IMO will not be torn down. My idea is that east and west lower bowl need to be redone, maybe one side a time like the upper decks were done.
Besides tearing down the east and west stadium dorms, the grandstands on each side should be torn down and rebuilt. The new grandstands should start where the old box seats are (rows 1 and 2) but row 1 starts at 6 feet above field level.
Now I'm not an engineer/designer, but does the possibility exist of adding 3 or 4 rows up top (lower bowl) now that the dorms are gone?
Besides tearing down the east and west stadium dorms, the grandstands on each side should be torn down and rebuilt. The new grandstands should start where the old box seats are (rows 1 and 2) but row 1 starts at 6 feet above field level.
Now I'm not an engineer/designer, but does the possibility exist of adding 3 or 4 rows up top (lower bowl) now that the dorms are gone?
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:21 pm to Mr. Curious
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Can still hear in my head the awful noises those steam radiators would make in the middle of the night. Never saw a RA the whole year.
I can relate to that and not to mention Mike waking me up numerous times during the night (we had to keep the windows open, because no AC). I wouldn't say it was like a prison, more like military.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:21 pm to CP3forMVP
My dad lived the stadium while at LSU in the 60s and he would tell me they would all go to the game in their pajamas 
He said the girls were in their pj's too
60s provocative rebellion
He said the girls were in their pj's too
60s provocative rebellion
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:26 pm to Ryan3232
The last time i was involved, parts of the the area below the bleachers were taken by different departments. For example at one time the geology department had soil samples in there.
I also know that part of the stadium had mechanical equipment installed in unused areas for other parts of campus (instead of having a mechanical building constructed).
The athletic department was not in charge of this- the housing department was (remember, this was funded as a housing project or at least the south end zone was).
I always thought some of these would be great tailgate areas.
I also know that part of the stadium had mechanical equipment installed in unused areas for other parts of campus (instead of having a mechanical building constructed).
The athletic department was not in charge of this- the housing department was (remember, this was funded as a housing project or at least the south end zone was).
I always thought some of these would be great tailgate areas.
Posted on 11/10/26 at 3:27 pm to Northeast Tiger
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I lived in the dormsin 75-76 and pretty certain they closed them at the end of 76. Miller dorm for the girls was finish and they moved out of power so we moved into the Power girls dorms. The stadium rooms were a terrible but made Power like moving into the Hilton.
No they were still being used in the late ‘80’s. I had a friend who lived there. Waiting online all night for Sugar Bowl tickets he dropped an extension cord out his window and typed a report for a class.
Other memory I have is they housed the athletes for the Special Olympics in the stadium dorms in 1983. They finally put AC (window units) for the athletes which was funny to most. All of the tuition paying students prior had no AC.
This post was edited on 11/10/26 at 3:29 pm
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