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It's a little early for the offseason threads, but what the heck...Facilities upgrades
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:36 pm
The first offseason thread should be about the ongoing facilities race IMO.
Most conference schools have significant upgrades either in the works or starting shortly.
If anyone has anything in the work I missed, please feel free to post the info yourself.
LSU
Expansion of Football Operations Center, addition of Nutrition Center. (photo subject to change)
Advocate
About 150-200 dorm rooms were removed stretching from the west to the east side of the south end zone. Future home of new food court and possibly sports bar. (photos courtesy of MirrOlure)
Renovation of Tiger Stadium bathrooms for 2017, concessions in 2018.
Advocate
Addition of weight rooms to Alex Box Stadium and Tiger Park Stadium. New batting cages for Tiger Park.
LSUsports
Almost forgot...
BroBible
Reposting from sicboy's thread on the rant:
Advocate
A new and very large video board has been installed at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center
The Maravich Center will be home to the largest center hung videoboard in the nation!
Here's what the old one looked like:
Most conference schools have significant upgrades either in the works or starting shortly.
If anyone has anything in the work I missed, please feel free to post the info yourself.
LSU
Expansion of Football Operations Center, addition of Nutrition Center. (photo subject to change)
Advocate
About 150-200 dorm rooms were removed stretching from the west to the east side of the south end zone. Future home of new food court and possibly sports bar. (photos courtesy of MirrOlure)
Renovation of Tiger Stadium bathrooms for 2017, concessions in 2018.
Advocate
Addition of weight rooms to Alex Box Stadium and Tiger Park Stadium. New batting cages for Tiger Park.
LSUsports
Almost forgot...
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LSU’s Stadium Could Be Getting The Sickest Feature In College Football By Next Fall
A beer garden could be coming to LSU’s Tiger Stadium before the first kickoff next Fall according to a report from the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report:
Limited beer sales in Tiger Stadium could become a reality by the start of the fall football season. LSU officials confirm that plans for a beer garden in the stadium are firming up, though the deal hasn’t been finalized yet.
“We are aggressively working to have it in place in the fall,” says LSU Spokesman Ernie Ballard. “But we are still working through everything to make it happen.”
BroBible
Reposting from sicboy's thread on the rant:
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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.”
Advocate
A new and very large video board has been installed at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center
The Maravich Center will be home to the largest center hung videoboard in the nation!
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Those PMAC renovations Alleva spoke of earlier this year? Here's LSU's new, massive scoreboard. A new court may be on the way too.
Here's what the old one looked like:
This post was edited on 7/20/17 at 10:42 am
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:49 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Florida
$60 million standalone football complex
Gainesville Sun
BASEBALL FACILITY RENOVATIONS
SOFTBALL FACILITY RENOVATIONS
UF Gators
$60 million standalone football complex
Gainesville Sun
BASEBALL FACILITY RENOVATIONS
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A renovation of McKethan Stadium, home to the baseball team. The new look will feature shade structuring, five new rows of premium seating directly behind home plate, new club seating and an expanded press box, a new second-level concourse, plus refurbished and improved player amenities.
SOFTBALL FACILITY RENOVATIONS
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A renovation of the softball complex at Seashole Pressly Stadium. Existing bleachers behind home plate will be replaced with chair back seating, with additional bleachers extended down each foul line to accommodate 750 to 1,000 more seats; expanded press box, concession and restroom areas, upgraded coaches and players' facilities, as well as some shade structure.
UF Gators
This post was edited on 6/7/17 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:51 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Who will have the biggest screen in the country? Wasn't Auburn in the running?
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:51 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:53 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:53 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
I'm gonna have to get down to starkvegas when this is done that looks amazing
Posted on 5/29/17 at 6:55 pm to Captain Crown
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Who will have the biggest screen in the country? Wasn't Auburn in the running?
Not sure, I thought Texas was building a bigger one, but might be wrong.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:00 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:01 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Construction has started on two new facilities. The 56,000 square foot $40 Million dollar outdoor track facility and the new $28.6 Million dollar softball complex. From what I've read they are hoping to finish both by March of 2018.
Also, a 250,000 square foot new hotel/conference center is being built next to Kyle Field. It will have 250 rooms and 12 luxury suites. Also includes several restaurants, shops and a bar. Will be finished by August of 2018.
Also, a 250,000 square foot new hotel/conference center is being built next to Kyle Field. It will have 250 rooms and 12 luxury suites. Also includes several restaurants, shops and a bar. Will be finished by August of 2018.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:02 pm to jlbasm
MSU is about to have a world class baseball stadium. Best one in the conference when it gets completed.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:02 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
We love our aTm bathhouses don't we folks?
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:09 pm to Errerrerrwere
Auburn
$28 million football facility-Recruiting center, new locker rooms, new press box in SW corner of JHS.
AL.com
$28 million football facility-Recruiting center, new locker rooms, new press box in SW corner of JHS.
AL.com
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:11 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
What do you mean it's early? Offseason threads have been going on since January. How else would you classify all those kilo threads about Kentucky?
ETA: Auburn is replacing the flowers with that tunnel?
ETA: Auburn is replacing the flowers with that tunnel?
This post was edited on 5/29/17 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:11 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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Auburn
$28 million football facility
What the frick is this supposed to be??
This post was edited on 5/29/17 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:13 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:14 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Oh yeah that's right Godzilla Tron
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:17 pm to CrimsonCrusade
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Auburn is replacing the flowers with that tunnel?
Looks like.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:17 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Universities burn through so much money. It's insane. Most of these upgrades will be unnecessary.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:18 pm to stomp
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What the frick is this supposed to be??
Recruiting center, new locker rooms, new press box in SW corner of JHS.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:43 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
SC new football operations building already under construction.
https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-football/article151992132.html
Video: https://youtu.be/sj8-qZw8RDo
Video: https://youtu.be/sA2_xglaHZM
https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-football/article151992132.html
Video: https://youtu.be/sj8-qZw8RDo
Video: https://youtu.be/sA2_xglaHZM
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