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LSU's PMAC gets largest scoreboard in nation! More upgrades in work.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:40 am
Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:40 am
The Maravich Center will be home to the largest center hung videoboard in the nation!
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Soon, the PMAC could have more than just a new video board.
Imagine club level seating, possibly even suites and an expansive entrance lobby. Those are long-term plans for LSU’s 45-year old basketball arena, school officials revealed Monday during the Tiger Athletic Foundation’s Tiger Tour in Baton Rouge.
Architects have already been at work on possible plans for the arena, said Eddie Nunez, LSU’s deputy director of athletics in charge of projects. The two areas of emphasis are the entrance to the building, currently two ramps up to the second floor, and premium seating, which is nonexistent at the PMAC.
“We’ve already had some conceptual plans drawn up to see kind of how we make it better,” Nunez said. “We had some architects do some preliminary work. It is something we really need to do for that venue.” The arena is getting a new four-sided video board, suspended over midcourt, this summer. The HD-quality board is scheduled for installation in July, Nunez said.
There are plenty of other changes coming in the future. Athletic director Joe Alleva told the crowd on Monday that he’d like to raze the two ramps, replacing them, potentially, with escalators and constructing a “nice lobby in the front of the building.”
On the inside, officials are hoping to remove seating, possibly decreasing the 13,215 capacity, in order to add club or suite levels, Alleva and Nunez said. “It has to be modernized,” Alleva said of the PMAC.
“I’d like to build a club level at the PMAC. Just like in football and baseball we have club areas. We need a club area in the PMAC. Those will be plans we’re laying out here in the near future I hope.” The location of the club level is uncertain, Nunez said. The most illogical would be on the floor level because that would remove too many seats, he said. The ideal location is on the second or third (top) tier of the arena.
“The good part about it is our second level really isn’t a second level traditionally. It’s not far up,” Nunez said. “If you take that area ... Is that the best? Or is it the third level? Those are things (architects) are going to try to figure out.”
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Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:49 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Interesting the last few years that LSU did this, UF remodeled the ODome, OM and AU have really nice arenas.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:53 am to TigersOfGeauxld
That arena looks like shite. What an embarrassment to the SEC.
This post was edited on 7/22/17 at 6:54 am
Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:53 am to SpartyGator
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Interesting the last few years that LSU did this, UF remodeled the ODome, OM and AU have really nice arenas.
Let me quote the rest of the article, since it specifically mentions Florida, among others...
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Florida recently spent more than $60 million renovating its 36-year-old basketball arena, the O’Connell Center. The renovations included beautifying the entrance and decreasing the capacity by about 1,400 to add club level seating.
Those seated in club levels are allowed to purchase alcohol, and normally those patrons have access to their own bathroom facilities and concessions.
O’Connell Center renovations include the addition of a 50-person seating area with access to a private dining area and bar. About 530 more club seats are available, along with several four-seat loge boxes.
Similar renovations have unfolded at Clemson and Georgia Tech, said Nunez.
“They’re older venues that had to have a facelift,” he said. “Florida’s one of the better ones. They basically took away some seats but added more premium seats. Every place that’s done it, the one thing they keep telling (us) is ‘What’s the balance? How many tickets do you actually need? How many premium seats do you need?’”
Edit: Architects planning major renovations to 'modernize' LSU's PMAC
This post was edited on 7/22/17 at 6:55 am
Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:56 am to TigersOfGeauxld
I didn't read the link in OP 
but is good to see some investment to the bb facilities in this conference.
but is good to see some investment to the bb facilities in this conference.This post was edited on 7/22/17 at 6:56 am
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:01 am to SpartyGator
AS good a job as Florida has done with the O Dome, I would hope LSU renovates the PMAC more along the lines of what GA Tech did with theirs...
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McCamish Pavilion is named for Hank McCamish, a long-time insurance executive in the Atlanta area whose family provided the lead gift for the $50 million facility. The arena footprint expanded by about 30,000 square feet over that of Alexander Memorial Coliseum, and the former circular seating bowl was demolished and replaced with a rectangular bowl along with an upper deck. The most obvious difference is that the walls separating the concourse and the bowl were removed, meaning that the floor is visible from almost every point in the concourse. The familiar domed roof and the 32 steel support beams remain, but the McCamish interior looks nothing like the old Thrillerdome.
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Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:34 am to TigerTalker16
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What an embarrassment to the SEC.
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Missouri Fan
Well, you would know.
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Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:36 am to TigersOfGeauxld
That'll come in handy for all those thrilling basketball games LSU has.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:37 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Lipstick on a pig
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:43 am to Gary Busey
I hope we can put a team together that is at least competitive this year.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:47 am to TigerTalker16
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That arena looks like shite. What an embarrassment to the SEC.
Baw, your basketball program is an embarrassment to the SEC.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:47 am to im4LSU
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Well, you would know.
I would know. I've been to Mizzou Arena and the Scott Trade Center, so I know what a good arena looks like. Does the PMAC even have box seats? Because it doesn't look like it.
This post was edited on 7/22/17 at 7:55 am
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:48 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Copying Auburn once again.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:48 am to TigersOfGeauxld
I like the look.
This isn't a flame by any means but are the higher ups at LSU finally taking the steps necessary to renovate and upgrade some of the other buildings and classes on campus?
This isn't a flame by any means but are the higher ups at LSU finally taking the steps necessary to renovate and upgrade some of the other buildings and classes on campus?
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:50 am to TigersOfGeauxld
I don't care about basketball. Its a sissy sport. Football is the only sport that matters to me.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 7:51 am to WildcatMike
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Baw, your basketball program is an embarrassment to the SEC.
Have you not been paying attention lately? Mizzou basketball is back. Kim Anderson is gone, baw.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 8:00 am to TigersOfGeauxld
So all 800 fans can see the disaster that is LSU basketball. How considerate of you.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 8:00 am to RainKing96
I'm sure you only cared about football during the Dubose and Shula era.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 8:06 am to SpartyGator
Yeah so what. It was a bad time but we are the best. We were the best under Bear and had a little down years but now we are back to stay. Saban was a good coach before he came to Bama. But now that he here he is the GOAT.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 8:11 am to SECdragonmaster
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Copying Auburn once again.
nah, they copied A&M whose is actually in true 1080p
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