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re: Does Anyone Remember the Convenience Store on the Side of Tiger Stadium?
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:21 pm to Shexter
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:21 pm to Shexter
I remember a store closer to the Amphitheater where we would get our scantrons and a coke. Not sure if this is what you're referring to or do you mean attached to the stadium?
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:24 pm to Shexter
Yep, I lived in East Stadium in 85-86. I used the laundromat weekly. Believe they also had hot sandwiches there too. I got cancer around 10 years ago and i blame it on the asbestos that I inhaled that year. Could hear Mike the Tiger most nights with the windows open. KLSU was around that area too between East and South Stadium.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:25 pm to herecomethetigers02
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fatty
Give the guy a break, that was back when 8 out of 10 doctors recommended smoking Marlboro Lights
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:27 pm to CleverUserName
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How is that not a thing anymore? That could have been renovated and an absolute premium charged for football weekend condo rentals. A condo rental and two parking passes next to them? Think of what a revenue stream that could have been.
Asbestos
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:33 pm to mack the knife
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The guy that ran the place was mostly blind
He was blind. That was part of a still running program called the Randolph Shepard Vendors of Louisiana. It places blind people working in snack shop/vending/cafateria types of buisnesses in state owned properties. Obviously its no longer there, but there are those types of businesses running in state facilities across the Louisiana.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 3:41 pm to Shexter
It was there in 1979.
I also remember the ticket office being on the northeast side of the stadium or at least a ticket window.
I also remember the ticket office being on the northeast side of the stadium or at least a ticket window.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 4:27 pm to 94LSU
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Pretty sure I saw Curley Hallman buy a pack of Zig-Zags there once.
Now it all makes sense
Posted on 8/26/25 at 4:37 pm to Red Stick Tigress
It was there in the 80's when my dad and I went to games. Not sure when it closed down. My dad is blind and still in that program today - he knew the guy well.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 4:44 pm to lsuin92
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Yep, it was attached to the laundromat. When I lived in Hatcher Hall, that’s where residents could go wash clothes and grab some snacks (late 1980’s)
Hatcher Hall graduate from the late 80s checking in.
Good times.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 5:01 pm to Mr. Curious
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KLSU was
The radio station was in the stadium in the late eighties correct? It's in the basement if Hodges now which was a dorm back then. Mass Comm building now.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:12 pm to dgnx6
Buying cigs with paw points on your dining plan.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:17 pm to holmesbr
quote:Early eighties. 103 East Stadium Drive, BRLA. Reveille mark-up room was down the hallway. In 1980 we moved to FM, first to 107.3, then to the current 91.1. I bought many snacks from the blind guy at the convenience sto'.
The radio station was in the stadium in the late eighties
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:53 pm to holmesbr
quote:WPRG was there at one time.
The radio station was in the stadium in the late eighties correct? It's in the basement if Hodges now which was a dorm back then. Mass Comm building now.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:24 pm to Shexter
I lived in North Stadium in ‘83-84. I went in that store all the time. That’s also where I washed my clothes, as they had washers and dryers in there.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:44 pm to W2NOMO
It was Deaf Valley Shell, corner of highland and W. State. Used to air up my bike tires there as a kid.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:51 pm to Shexter
Yes. I used to pop in there on occasion to get a snack and some smokes. It was on the east side of the stadium and run by a blind guy. They also sold pre-made sandwiches and you could get a "sausiage (sic) po-boy" for something like $1.50.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 9:57 pm to FizzyPop
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I remember a store closer to the Amphitheater where we would get our scantrons and a coke. Not sure if this is what you're referring to or do you mean attached to the stadium?
The place you're thinking about was in the basement of Foster Hall and had an awesome pulled pork sandwich also, during Lent, amazing seafood gumbo. I think it's a Subway these days.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 6:27 am
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:10 pm to Shexter
They had microwave burritos in emergency situations
Posted on 8/26/25 at 10:18 pm to lsuin92
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Late 80s
My era as well. Never knew this little place existed. I appreciate the nostalgia.
Hard to imagine that there was no such thing as bottled water as recently as then. You could only buy soft drinks.
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 8/27/25 at 2:42 am to G Vice
When I lived in Hatcher, you could buy pitchers of beer in the bar in the basement on movie nights. Good times.
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