re: SEC Ballpark Rankings

Lsu packs the box. Its a fantastic place to play. However, the majority of the seating is aluminum bleachers without much else around it (down the lines and in the OF). Didn't Lsu redo Alex Box for like 20 M ~15 years back? Even with inflation that's only like 30 M. Places like Bama, Florida, UK, etc are doing new ballparks for 50, 60, 70 M. They're not giant capacity-wise but very nicely done and well thought out. Even nicer ballparks like Baum are kind of behind them due to the lack of planning when expanding. They have some terrible sight lines down the line with evenly spread seating instead of having more in the infield.

Blue Bell is in a similar spot as Alex Box. Its nice enough, but the extra seating are bleachers or berms and not a well-thought-out OF. We're probably about a year or two away from adding some player facilities (playing catch-up) and then more fan facilities to finish out our OF.