LSU’s Tiger Stadium Expansion To Hold 100,000

If you thought it was loud in Death Valley on a Louisiana Saturday night,  wait until the Tiger Stadium expansion project is completed.  It just may be the boost to turn LSU fans'  pouts  about the Tigers' loss to Alabama in the National Championship BCS Championship into smiles.

The university’s decision to expand Tiger Stadium by nearly 7,000 seats is an indication of how successful the Tigers are.  As the Baton Rouge Advocate reported, capacity at Death Valley will be a shade under 100,000. That moves LSU past Georgia and USC into seventh place in stadium size.

According to Athletic Director Joe Alleva as he told The Advocate, the plans to enclose the South end zone upper deck still need approval from the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Regents,  but the school's Vice Chancellor says "the ball is rolling."

The project, which would add 6,940 seats to Tiger Stadium's current capacity of 99,500, calls for the building of a free standing structure to connect the East and West upper decks.

The structure would include a 1,500 seat upper deck on top of a club level and two levels of suites.  The Tiger Athletic Foundation plans to pay for the construction and use proceeds from the suite and ticket sales to "retire the debt." The two levels of luxury will include 60 different suites, each with room for 24 guests to enjoy LSU football.

The increased capacity would make Tiger Stadium the third largest in the SEC behind Tennessee's Neyland Stadium that holds 102,455, and Alabama's Bryant Denny Stadium with a capacity of 101,821.  Closing in the stadium will also give LSU an opportunity to remove the existing scoreboard and replace it with two video boards in either corner and above the South end zone stands.

If you loved the graphics before, you'll really love them when construction on the expansion is completed.

The already deafening noise at LSU home games will be increased,  so fans may want to invest in earphones to protect their ears! Geaux Tigers!

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