I don't think it's doubtful. I doubt if we'll see a whole new stadium in my lifetime. That's all that's relevant to me. And by then, I'm pretty sure Osama will be dead. He's got quite a few years on me. Maybe you missed the part about me saying Tiger Stadium is IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN. At least with its connection to the fans. Just my opinion. Yeah, Yankee Stadium was great just like The Box in the example I gave. Yes, Yankee Stadium goes back a loooong time. But their fans ain't nothing like our fans. Yankee fans didn't really care about it being knocked down. They're New Yorkers. They're not too sentimental/emotional, etc. LSU fans on the other hand... Also, the Yankees are run by George Steinbrenner who wants to be responsible for everything that is New York Yankee baseball. LSU doesn't really have that. In the end, anything is possible. But I don't see it happening. I don't see the real need unless it starts falling apart. Any yes, they could get rid of the dorms and nobody would care. But touch the Roman Coliseum look and I promise people would care.
Yeah, it is awesome. I didn't know it was an old funeral home until my Dad told me. I live a few blocks away from there. Of course, I rent on St. Charles, I don't own. I don't have that kind of $$$.
A time will come when LSU must expand the stadium. The tendency among schools with big stadiums (90,000+) is to add more high-surcharge premium sideline seats rather than add more capacity. This is why LSU replaced the entire west upper deck but only adding 700 seats. But a time will come. But endzone upper decks will likely neevr be built. There will likely never be enough demand for endzone seats and it would just never pay for itself and nobody wants to see vast areas of empty seats. The students don't even fill the section they have now. The problem is that the lower bowl at LSU is huge! Those upper deck endzone seats are just too far from the field, people won't pay for that poor a view, not with so many TV games. The higher parts of the present sideline upper decks are very poor seats that people avoid if they can. Joe Dean did an estimate on end zone upper decks once and found that it would be far cheaper to go over to river road and build a shiny new 100,000-seat Tiger stadium. Complicating the situation is that the original sections of the stadium are 85 years old, have dark and narrow ramp areas, and have some real structural issues that will require their replacement in the next two decades. The entire lower bowl will have to be replaced before any further expansion can be considered. People paying those $400 sideline surcharges are demanding a better environment than the small, poorly lit ramp, restroom, and concession areas they are barely tolerating right now. Demolishing and replacing the lower bowl in a single season will not happen and will be prohibitively expensive. I expect to see a new bigger Tiger Stadium on River Road in about 15 or 20 years.
curious to hear the crying when tickets go up in a new stadium, considering the crying is pretty thick as is.
Thanks, glad to see they're still going through with the plans. The concrete may be fine, however it's not the concrete you have to worry about. The bigger concern would be the rebar inside the concrete, what kind of shape is it in? Concrete by itself will last a long time, but it's not strong enough to use alone for buildings. Steel rebar makes concrete tremendously strong, however if the rebar starts to rust, and it will, then eventually it will cause the concrete to crack and/or de-laminate from the bar. This allows more oxygen to reach the steel within and accelerates corrosion even further, etc, etc.. I've not seen places inside the old part of the stadium that are indicative of this happening. But then again, I've never really looked. Meh.. sorry to be so long winded.. the field of work I'm in is kind of relevant to that so I rarely get to say much about it without people looking at me like "WTF are you talking about bro?" :lol:
I understand, im a construction management major so i had to learn all of that jazz. but the guy i was talking to was from topcor, which restores concrete structures. where do you work?
i think there's a better chance of having the south-end torn-down and rebuilt than LSU building a new stadium, especially so soon.
I split atoms. Ok, just kidding.. molecules.:lol: I work for a small local company that develops metallic coatings for various applications. Corrosion resistance for rebar in concrete being one of them. We basically own the patent for the process and are working with a few companies in the steel and energy industry to develop it and bring it to market. Been doing a lot for Nucor and Schlumberger lately. Guess my work was on my mind while I was forum reading at work.. :rofl: /End Hijack :grin:
