re: How are the expansion projects coming? Part II

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just wonder why they didn't but in a banked track?

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According to the Reveille one reason was so the facility could serve as a triage center as it did during Katrina.

I myself think the AD just said "good enough" and let it be. Remember it was supposed to get decorative treatment for the walls and ceiling also along with a banked track. Obviously, that didn't happen.

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In an effort to continue the growth of LSU Athletics and rival top Southeastern Conference programs, the LSU Track & Field program is the beneficiary of an extensive renovation project to the Carl Maddox Field House that will benefit both the men’s and women’s squads.

Highlighting the updates is the addition of locker rooms for both the Tigers and Lady Tigers, featuring 52 lockers per team, so every student-athlete will receive his or her own locker. The complex will also feature a newly-built team meeting room equipped with multimedia capabilities

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In Focus: Extreme Makeover

Maybe at some point in the future, LSU will re-visit this issue.