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Tiger Stadium Dorms
Posted on 1/8/16 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 1/8/16 at 4:58 pm
Dont know why, but the idea of the dorms in the stadium fascinates me. What was life like in those rooms?
Any ranters here have any good stories from their time in the stadium dorms?
Any ranters here have any good stories from their time in the stadium dorms?
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Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:00 pm to DustyDinkleman
not air conditioned...
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:01 pm to DustyDinkleman
hot
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:06 pm to DustyDinkleman
I heard stories that it would get so hot in the dorms, that they would wake up in the middle of the night to take a cold shower just to cool themselves off. They'd try to fall asleep still dripping wet before they got hot again.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:08 pm to km
No A/C, communal showers and toilets, one telephone in the middle of the hallway. 2 bunk beds per room but it was cheap ($85 per semester in 1966/67). It was also the easiest dorm to sneak alcohol and girls into. We had good times there.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:09 pm to DustyDinkleman
Never stayed there, but visited friends who lived there. It wasn't luxurious, but if you've been in the military or even been to summer camp, they weren't that bad. Some people actually liked it. And the RA's had a certain...laissez-faire attitude about the rules. If you didn't destroy University property or consume illegal substances where they could see it, they left you alone.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:12 pm to Jim Rockford
My cousin had a room directly over the student gates. When the gates would open he would repel to the front of the line.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:12 pm to Jim Rockford
When did they close them for good? I remember going to games as a child in the early 80's and seeing speakers pointing out the windows with music blaring.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:14 pm to sec13rowBBseat28
They are probably filled with asbestos.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:14 pm to John Keating
Are there any pictures of the dorms?
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:18 pm to toratiger
Was there really no way to access the stadium seats from the dorms?
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:18 pm to BillyBowlegs
quote:
No A/C, communal showers and toilets, one telephone in the middle of the hallway. 2 bunk beds per room but it was cheap ($85 per semester in 1966/67). It was also the easiest dorm to sneak alcohol and girls into. We had good times there.
I'd like to have a beer with you and hear some more stories.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:18 pm to DustyDinkleman
They were still open when I was there. They were really run down and miserably hot. I don't see how anybody could have lived there to be honest.
Pentagon was a lot better INHO.
Pentagon was a lot better INHO.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:29 pm to LSUwag
Moved in west stadium in'74. basically a concrete bunker for 3 occupants. Seems like the semester started in late August or early september-didn't matter. No a/c and that damn sun set in the west cooking west stadium to a toasty 85-90 degrees. All 3 of us went home first weekend and came back with a box fan. Man, it was like prison life. They had steam heaters that were arbitrarily cut on no matter what the temp was. . Really no rules but no comparison to north stadium-dude, that's where they put the animals!
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:30 pm to DustyDinkleman
This topic has been discussed here for many years. It was great yet shitty.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:32 pm to DustyDinkleman
quote:
Any ranters here have any good stories from their time in the stadium dorms?
It wasn't me, but my uncle lived in the dorm circa 1972ish.
Anyway, about the third night of his freshman year ppl were knocking door to door collecting money to pay some guy down the hall to streak around the stadium (streaking was really big back in the 70s).
Anyway, when they got to my uncles dorm my uncle said how much do you need and I think they said $25, so my unles asked how much do you have and they said $17, so my uncle said "frick that, I'll do it for $17". He did, and was a legend the rest of his days in the dorm.
The scariest part he said was rounding that southwest corner and running directly in front of campus police, but he didnt get caught
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:35 pm to LSUfan4444
I lived in West Stadium. It was hot. I took showers with thousands of bugs every night. Those were the cleanest bugs on campus. 
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:35 pm to LSUfan4444
He also said they used to go right across the street to Bernie Moore almost every night and play pickup football games.
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:46 pm to DustyDinkleman
I lived in South Stadium from 1962 through 1964 and it was a good experience. The dorm had just been remodeled and had a new feel to it. I have very fond memories of watching games in TS, going to the Pastime bar afterwards for pizza and the coldest beer in town! Geaux Tigers!!
Posted on 1/8/16 at 5:49 pm to DustyDinkleman
Stayed with my brother after returning from Vietnam. As bad as it was, no one was trying to kill you
LOL.
LOL.
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