Does anyone know if the west facade is going to change or look the same? It would be a shame to lose the iconic identity.
I think with the new upper deck we will be fine, with around 96000 or so. Anybody know the numbers after the new deck is up? Anyways, I believe that is plenty because we are not always going to be good and the stadium will not always be full. It just looks bad with alot of empty seats. I mean not everybody that tailgates likes to go into the game.
I have heard that there may only be "several hundred" new seats. The emphasis in rebuilding the upper deck is on adding more high-surcharge, club-level seats rather than total seats.
I think it will raise the total cap. to just at 92,000. That is an increase in 400 seats from our present capacity. I can't wait for the WUD to be complete.
I would like to see us getting capacity up to the 100,000 range. I don't get the philoshophy of "we're not always going to be good, and we don't want empty seats." I perfer to think that we can start beating out Ohio State, Michigan, and Tennessee when we have good seasons, or even just competitive ones. I would think the extra seats would eventually pay for themselves when we sell out a few times over the years even if there isn't always a large number of people in that section.
The problem is that additional seats are going to be very high and in the end zone. People just won't pay for views that bad, in my opinion. Especially premium club-level seats. Not with all of the TV games available. LSU cannot fix surcharges on such poor seats, not even on the current upper deck. They would never pay off the construction costs on a south end zone upper deck.
The college football team with the highest paid coach in the nation needs to have the largest capacity stadium in the nation. The nosebleed sections need to be at a reasonable price so the average wage earner can come and cheer on the National Champions. The luxury boxes don't make noise,the true Tiger fans do. If they make seats avalible at a reasonable price they will fill up and the entire country will see why there is NO football like LSU football!
