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Yep, those beautiful aesthetically gorgeous renovations at Bryant Denny really make it feared and ear-splitting. We've lost to Alashama in BD exactly ONCE since last century. Somehow the renovations make it louder, I don't understand. But it is just DEAFENING.
Why, Tiger Stadium is a solitary confinement chamber in a Monastery library compared to Bryant-Denny.

And BTW, Joe Alleva has been planning the SEZ addition to Death Valley, the renovations to the outside and grounds surrounding North Stadium Drive since he came to LSU after Skip retired.

Death Valley will seat 100,000, have a pedestrian mall and more tailgating areas, and have a beautiful new outside beautification makeover to Tiger Stadium within a year or two.....And it has been in the works since Skip Bertman was AD, not 'just this year' but for several years.......

If y'all have the money to do all this stuff then why the hell can't LSU/Alleva afford to bring the whole LSU Band to away games?

LSU is known across the South for having one of the finest bands around. I've told my kids a the last few times what a great band LSU has and I've been dissappointed to see y'all only bring the damn pep band to BDS.

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Posted by tiger perry

Member since Dec 2009

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Posted on 6/14/12 at 12:34 pm to RT1941

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LSU is known across the South for having one of the finest bands around. I've told my kids a the last few times what a great band LSU has and I've been dissappointed to see y'all only bring the damn pep band to BDS.

this pisses me off as well.

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Posted by KillianRussell

New Orleans

Member since Jan 2012

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Posted on 6/14/12 at 12:49 pm to RT1941

Like it or not band travel does not produce the return on investment as facilities upgrades.

In today's arms race if a program does not keep up they will not be able to feed the cash cow

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Posted by CajunBandit4Life

Baton Rouge, La

Member since Dec 2010

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Posted on 6/14/12 at 1:53 pm to RT1941

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You may love it but the fact is that Tiger Stadium is an asbestos filled dump compared Bryant-Denny. It's not symmetrical in design, everything is rusty, the paint peels off everywhere, there are broken windows all over... It's loud, there's no arguing that LSU fan create quite the atmosphere there, but it's a dump.

Bryant Denny Stadium is one of the finest football stadiums in the country and possibly tops in college football. Being from Louisiana I will confess that some of our fans could learn a thing or two from LSU fans when it comes to creating atmosphere, but there really is no comparing the buildings.

I've been hearing about these renovations for years too. I've spoken to the guy who owns the construction company. The logistics to making Tiger Stadium a 100,000 seater are a lot more complicated than just signing the check.

As noted, the renovations are coming to Tiger Stadium and it will be as nice as and hold as many fans as Bryant Denny.
You can't pay to fix atmosphere and that is something that LSU will always have over Bama. The people/tailgating/food are a lot more important than a little paint.