BATON ROUGE - Tiger Stadium (92,400)

[adeaide]

[Joao V.X.C.]

Originally Posted by Indiana Jones

I like monstrosity of the college stadiums. Most of them are pretty ugly, but they pack a lot of people in close and serve the purpose of being intimidating. They are aesthetically pleasing in their own odd way. Then again if you are really into modern design these are not going to be your cup of tea.

Concrete monsters are often beloved stadiums all over the world. The San Siro, Azteca, Camp Nou, The Bombonera, all brilliant.

You forgot the brazilian Maracana,that held in the 1950 World Cup final 199,900 people.
I am Brazilian and I love these U.S. college football stadiums, with high capacity and always crowded. It is different from most of the stadiums in Brazil, with a capacity of about 40,000 people and only half occupied. In college football, regardless of time of staff, the stadiums are always full

[burroughsmvp]

Originally Posted by rantanamo

DKR has a dorm and office space in Belmont Hall, which is built into the west side stands(the big curved upper deck side. All active and home to the athletics department. That's why it looks like a big grey monolith on the exterior of that side.
also shows that there is an exterior on large college stadiums

There is no dorm in Bellmont. Offices, classrooms, handball courts, press box, luxury suites. No dorm.

[rantanamo]

my bad. I stand corrected and change my answer to thank goodness if it helps us avoid that ugliness.

[slipperydog]

The south expansion for Tiger Stadium cleared its first hurdle. Capacity will increase to 99,500, and it will link the east and west tiers in the southern endzone, and the exterior will replicate the historical architecture of the north side facade. They will also build a championship plaza similar to the one outside Bryant-Denny Stadium. The athletic director hopes it will be ready by 2014 or 2015.

http://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/21...-advances.html

[GunnerJacket]

Strange. Though supposedly connecting the upper tiers the new addition apparently won't match the form.

The addition would include a lower level containing 4,000 club seats, two levels of suites totaling 60 in all with seating for 24 people in each, and a 1,500-seat upper deck topping the entire addition, Alleva said.

After all the work they did to match the older upper stand with the newer one, I would've assumed they'd simply complete the tier, as it were. I'm also surprised they're doing this for a comparably small addition. I realize the premium seating will draw big bucks, but you'd think if they're going to do this they'd maximize the capacity of the space, and I'm sure they could squeeze another 1-2,000 seats into the deal. Plus there's the marketing appeal of saying "100k." Guess we'll see.

[slipperydog]

Originally Posted by GunnerJacket

Strange. Though supposedly connecting the upper tiers the new addition apparently won't match the form.

After all the work they did to match the older upper stand with the newer one, I would've assumed they'd simply complete the tier, as it were. I'm also surprised they're doing this for a comparably small addition. I realize the premium seating will draw big bucks, but you'd think if they're going to do this they'd maximize the capacity of the space, and I'm sure they could squeeze another 1-2,000 seats into the deal. Plus there's the marketing appeal of saying "100k." Guess we'll see.

It's likely a money thing. Premium seating simply brings in more revenue. I don't think the endzone necessarily has to match the tiers. As long as it connects them. Like baseball, where the tiers are usually interrupted by the press box.

[504souldja]

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle...CLID=205415591

[GunnerJacket]

Looks a more graceful addition than Lambeau Field. CAD image could go a little easier on the shading, though.

[504souldja]

[slipperydog]

State passes final approval on financing, expansion to be ready for 2014 season

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.s...n_gets_ok.html

[po-boy]

I hope to get to visit this stadium sometime. I'm an Auburn fan and have been to several great college football stadiums such as the Swamp, Jordan-Hare, Samford Stadium, Williams-Brice, etc. They have so much more personality than the mostly generic NFL stadiums.

Tiger Stadium is next on my list!

[www.sercan.de]

So cap. will be 100,000+ ?

[Benn]

No, it should be just under from everything I have heard, within a few hundred seats, but they seem to have gone more for premium amenities and technology than capacity even though they would have no trouble selling a few more seats. Would be cool to have another college stadium in the 100,000+ club but that will have to wait.

[WesTexas]

This place is loud enough. No need for 100,000

[Nikola10]

why loud enough that we dont really want but supporters can...but the club and the stadium looking at money so they would expand anyway it not about how loud

[FloridaKnight]

I can't help but think that those upper decks must be some of the highest in the last row than any stadium in NCAA football.

[RMB2007]

New lighting system (video clip can be found in the link below):



http://lsuverse.tumblr.com/

[slipperydog]

The south scoreboard is coming down to make way for the new upper deck

[www.sercan.de]

New tier?
Any renderings