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re: For the Old Timers. What was it like living in Tiger Stadium?
Posted on 11/14/22 at 5:06 pm to Run DMC
Posted on 11/14/22 at 5:06 pm to Run DMC
I lived on the 4th floor in North Stadium during the 1980 season, directly beneath the scoreboard and directly above the players' entrance to the locker room.
Game days were wild. Watching the build-up of the crowd outside the stadium all day from the dorm room windows was fun. During halftime, we would run back to the room for "refreshments", and then make it back to the student section for the 2nd half kickoff. Obviously, your dorm room would become Party Central for everyone you knew.
Most of all, it felt like I was living on holy ground. I was an LSU fan from birth, so I knew the history of the stadium and LSU football. I knew the things that had happened in that stadium in the past. It was an amazing feeling.
Game days were wild. Watching the build-up of the crowd outside the stadium all day from the dorm room windows was fun. During halftime, we would run back to the room for "refreshments", and then make it back to the student section for the 2nd half kickoff. Obviously, your dorm room would become Party Central for everyone you knew.
Most of all, it felt like I was living on holy ground. I was an LSU fan from birth, so I knew the history of the stadium and LSU football. I knew the things that had happened in that stadium in the past. It was an amazing feeling.
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Posted on 11/14/22 at 5:12 pm to LSU Weirdo
It was hot as hell in August. Helped move my brother in the stadium 1978. My mom and his girlfriend (now wife) cried all the way back home LOL Brother said you'd take a show in the hall bath and by the time you got back to your room you were already wet with sweat!!!
EDIT: I'm sure most of you know the story but if it weren't for the dorms in the stadium , it might not be what it is today thanks to Gov. Huey Long:
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EDIT: I'm sure most of you know the story but if it weren't for the dorms in the stadium , it might not be what it is today thanks to Gov. Huey Long:
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In 1936 Tiger Stadium capacity was more than doubled when the north end zone was enclosed with a 24,000-seat addition. Money was not allocated in the state budget for the seating expansion, but money was allocated for dormitories. To bypass the legislature and increase his beloved school's stadium capacity, Governor Huey P. Long ordered that dormitories be built in the stadium, with seating above the student living quarters.
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This post was edited on 11/14/22 at 5:27 pm
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