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re: Old Tulane Stadium Info Mystery
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:29 pm to Shexter
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:29 pm to Shexter
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GBALL TOURNAMENT
This was the 1980 BolwingBall Tournament, in which contenders would pass bowling balls to their partners on the deck below.
As you might imagine, it was a one time event.
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:35 pm to cymonk985
A little more info....I remember going to the stadium as a kid and seeing a sign reading "Green Backers" entrance over one of the entrance lanes.
The Tournaments that they had were more alumni booster-type tourneys- golf, billiards and poker. Just excuses to get together, drink and have fun. Without knowing for sure, this room may have been their tourney room, with beer on tap for game day.
The Tournaments that they had were more alumni booster-type tourneys- golf, billiards and poker. Just excuses to get together, drink and have fun. Without knowing for sure, this room may have been their tourney room, with beer on tap for game day.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 3:54 pm to nealnan8
Thanks for the additional info.
You recall anything about the westfeld club level?
Im trying to locate the stairs to it.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 4:17 pm to nealnan8
Greenbackers is still a Tulane booster group. They meet Sportsbeat in Metairie on Thursday nights.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:39 pm to johnnydrama
All I know about old Tulane Stadium is that my parents attended Super Bowl IV there.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 7:22 pm to cgrand
Spoog bowl?
Nah, just kidding. I think that is a "G", not an S and it is "rugby tournament"
Nah, just kidding. I think that is a "G", not an S and it is "rugby tournament"
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:37 pm to BobABooey
Cool.. Yeah, that must have been quite a show. Probably affordable too.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:39 pm to Floyd Dawg
that must have been fun to do.. back when regular folks could attend the game and New Orleans was on the stage for the first time.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 9:21 pm to cymonk985
I was going to post something the other day in your first string, but I thought it might’ve been getting too much into the weeds. But since you brought this up....
One of the things I remember as a kid about walking into Tulane stadium is how they used to put (“store“) things underneath the stands. The one thing that always fascinated me as a kid was seeing the stencils for the playing field numbers underneath the stands.
I always entered the stadium from Claiborne Street by the married student housing building. I always went in by the side closest to Audubon Boulevard. I remember seeing those stencils (that they would use to paint the numbers on the field with) just sitting right underneath the stands.
I I always thought it would be so easy to steal those as they were just laying there. I really wanted one.
One of the things that fascinated me about those stencils (and the field markers themselves) was the font of the numbers. They used those “point“” numbers. As you were sitting in the stands, the numbers didn’t look big. But the stencils seemed huge - at least to a little kid.
This is what I mean by the stencil fonts...
One of the things I remember as a kid about walking into Tulane stadium is how they used to put (“store“) things underneath the stands. The one thing that always fascinated me as a kid was seeing the stencils for the playing field numbers underneath the stands.
I always entered the stadium from Claiborne Street by the married student housing building. I always went in by the side closest to Audubon Boulevard. I remember seeing those stencils (that they would use to paint the numbers on the field with) just sitting right underneath the stands.
I I always thought it would be so easy to steal those as they were just laying there. I really wanted one.
One of the things that fascinated me about those stencils (and the field markers themselves) was the font of the numbers. They used those “point“” numbers. As you were sitting in the stands, the numbers didn’t look big. But the stencils seemed huge - at least to a little kid.
This is what I mean by the stencil fonts...
This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 10/16/25 at 10:57 pm to Floyd Dawg
quote:
All I know about old Tulane Stadium is that my parents attended Super Bowl IV there.
My dad went to that one. He said he just went to the box office and bought regular face value tickets back then before the SB blew up into this huge event.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:16 pm to MMauler
quote:
They used those “point“” numbers.
The arrow on the field numbers came with the advent of TV. It was a way for the TV viewer to see which side of the field the ball was at a glance.
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:59 pm to MMauler
nothing in the weeds.. i love stuff like this.. So where under the stands did they store them?
Posted on 10/17/25 at 4:05 am to cymonk985
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So where under the stands did they store them?
Literally, just right under the stands. I couldn’t tell you what section other than the side closest to Audubon Boulevard. It was probably just convenient for them to put them there right after they got finished marking the field.
This post was edited on 10/18/25 at 10:34 am
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:49 am to MMauler
I will totally send you an email with some questions.. thanks for the outreach
Posted on 10/17/25 at 10:29 am to cymonk985
Posted on 10/17/25 at 11:34 am to Ben Hur
my girlfriend from LSU is an attorney and when she passed the bar in '79 she had to go to some meeting at Tulane and there was a big party afterward, I had to drive over from Lafayette to meet up with her and their meeting was in a building right by the old stadium and they were in the stages of preparing to tear it down, there was an opening big enough to drive through and from what I could see there was absolutely no one in the stadium, I drove my('77 Cutlass 
) out on to the field, did a couple of laps, and finished off my tour with a couple of donuts on the fifty yard line
) out on to the field, did a couple of laps, and finished off my tour with a couple of donuts on the fifty yard linePosted on 10/17/25 at 12:16 pm to 777Tiger
Im guessing they already removed the turf by then. They probably were opening up the fences to get equipment in there.
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