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re: The Dude is the real thing
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:17 am to Gulf Coast Tiger
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:17 am to Gulf Coast Tiger
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The only problem I have at the Box are the ushers.
I watched a group of Skip's players, that just left the field after being recognized, get told to leave the Champions Club because they weren't members.
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Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:21 am to mametoo
^^
Exactly there’s too many dam “rules”
I feel like I’m in middle school getting watched by a teacher the whole time I’m at the Box. “Can’t walk here…..can’t do that”
F*** off grandpa I’m here to have fun and act a little crazy. Go home and eat your cream of wheat and take a nap!!!!! Whew ok I’m done ranting. Geaux Tigers!!!
Exactly there’s too many dam “rules”
I feel like I’m in middle school getting watched by a teacher the whole time I’m at the Box. “Can’t walk here…..can’t do that”
F*** off grandpa I’m here to have fun and act a little crazy. Go home and eat your cream of wheat and take a nap!!!!! Whew ok I’m done ranting. Geaux Tigers!!!
Posted on 4/9/22 at 11:00 am to Coater
Man, you are giving me some baseball fever! I may just drive up for one of the games!
Posted on 4/9/22 at 12:08 pm to Tight 10
It's embarrassing that LSU still has an on-field bullpen among other obsolete things.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 12:39 pm to Coater
Something “similar” that I would like at Alex Box:
A building in an Italian style (terracotta roof tiles etc.to match the rest of campus) on each side of the batters eye in center would be cool. Enclosed parking on the bottom floor with two stories above it would be handy.
A large balcony on the second floor:
And a patio up top:
5 bedrooms with sleeping for 10-12, with a capacity of 50 for game day would fetch top dollar imho.
Rented as “Weekend series” for baseball, and 3 or 4 night stays for football games makes the most sense.
Outside of that, they could be rented for student visits, or provided as housing for important guest speakers etc.
If I’m going to dream, I may as well dream big.
This post was edited on 4/9/22 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 4/9/22 at 12:55 pm to Honkus
quote:
Its a damn shame Skip cheaped out on the new Box
Revisionist history
When the Box opened in 2009 it was praised all over the country as the best place in college baseball to catch a game.
What's happened is since 2009, a number of our conference friends have opened new parks and/or dramatically renovated their current ones, and ALL of them have these nice new features that completely blows the Box out the water.
it's crazy that what was state of the art in 2009 is just about obsolete in 2022. But that's due to other schools starting later on their projects.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 12:56 pm to Coater
It’s embarrassing that we are the elite baseball program with a two bit cheap stadium that isn’t top half of the sec
Posted on 4/9/22 at 12:56 pm to mametoo
quote:
I watched a group of Skip's players, that just left the field after being recognized, get told to leave the Champions Club because they weren't members.
No stadium construction is going to fix those issues.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 1:03 pm to LSUFanHouston
South Carolina and arky both came online around the new box and completely blow it out.
We need upgrades but we shall see if one of us can get it done
We need upgrades but we shall see if one of us can get it done
Posted on 4/9/22 at 1:08 pm to Big4SALTbro
quote:
South Carolina and arky both came online around the new box and completely blow it out.
When did they start planning?
IIRC, New Box was supposed to open a couple of years earlier but Katrina delayed stuff.
In any event, other schools set out to dramatically invest in baseball, and LSU went from being the school to invest the most, to middle of the pack.
We def need upgrades but not sure how much we can do with current layout.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 1:13 pm to LSUFanHouston
We could have adjusted plans for it but skip went cheap trying to make it like the old box.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 1:16 pm to Coater
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I’ll be at all 3 games this weekend. The new Dudy Noble is absolutely amazing. You can walk around the whole stadium on one level. Tons of students were there.
Not saying it isn’t awesome but being arse at literally every other sport helps bring students in for baseball
Posted on 4/9/22 at 1:35 pm to Coater
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they’ve got chic fil a.
All the food I need. Don’t they have people grilling out behind the outfield? That’s where I’d be to eat.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 1:36 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
quote:
The only problem I have at the Box are the ushers.
Tuesday night game with the kids, scarce crowd, usher wouldn't let my kid stand at the fence in the left field bleachers. I was standing right there. He wasn't blocking anyone's view, I understand if his fingers are in the fence and a ball is at the exact location of his finger he would be hurt.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 1:41 pm to CleanSlate
Skip definitely went cheap with the bleachers along both sidelines & outfields. He openly, and often bragged about the stadium being his creation after "touring the country for ideas". I may be mistaken on this & plead mea culpa if so, but didn't he take the bleachers from the Old Box as a cost saving measure? I'd be curious as to the comparisons in revenue with re to Moo State, the Hawgs & even the Black Bears new stadiums. The aggies have a new stadium as well but if not mistaken, it seats a lot less than the other new stadiums & The Box. Which arena should / needs to get renovated first, the Box or the PMAC???
Posted on 4/9/22 at 1:47 pm to Keltic Tiger
This will never happen but if I won a 200 million dollar lottery, I would donate 30 million to LSU baseball and ask them to make this Box better.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 2:26 pm to Keltic Tiger
PMAC by far
Posted on 4/9/22 at 5:07 pm to Honkus
quote:
Its a damn shame Skip cheaped out the new Box
I'm not one to make excuses for Skip, but the original plans for the new Box had many of the amenities that everyone brings up. The US economy went through the worst recession, from 2007-2009, since WW2. Most of LSU's TAF donors were not in a position to make additional donations during those uncertain times.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 8:52 pm to Coater
$2000-$5000 a year but when the stadium was built in 2019 they let the people who had spots have first come first serve. There are 84 "rigs" and they are customized how ever you want with each having a grill. If one ever comes open it goes to the highest bidder which I've heard $250,000. The 12 lofts in left field are rented each weekend for $3000 and you can also use them throughout the year. They also have a bar on top of the lofts. They are building 12 more lofts within the next few years. Incredible stadium!
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:18 pm to Coater
By far the Best experience in all of college baseball. Nothing else even close.
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