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Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Tiger Stadium
Death Valley
LSU Tiger Stadium.jpg
Location West Stadium Road
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70893
 United States
Coordinates 30°24′43″N 91°11′8″W / 30.41194°N 91.18556°W / 30.41194; -91.18556Coordinates: 30°24′43″N 91°11′8″W / 30.41194°N 91.18556°W / 30.41194; -91.18556
Owner Louisiana State University
Operator LSU Athletics Department
Capacity 12,000 (1924–1930)
22,000 (1931–1935)
30,000 (1936)
46,000 (1937–1952)
67,720 (1953–1961)
67,508 (1962–1965)
67,510 (1966–1973)
67,720 (1974–1976)
67,744 (1977)
76,092 (1978–1983)
76,869 (1984–1985)
77,542 (1986)
78,882 (1987)
80,140 (1988–1992)
80,150 (1993)
79,940 (1994–1999)
91,600 (2000–2004)
92,300 (2005)
92,400 (2006–2010)
92,542 (2011–2013)
102,321 (2014–present)
Record attendance 102,321
(Four times, most recently October 17, 2015 vs Florida)
Surface Celebration Bermuda Grass
Construction
Broke ground 1924
Opened November 25, 1924
Renovated 1994, 2006, 2011, 2014
Expanded 1931, 1936, 1953, 1978, 1988, 2000, 2014
Construction cost $1,816,210.58 (1936 horseshoe)
($31.3 million in 2017 dollars)
$60 million (renovations)
Architect Wogan and Bernard
Trahan Architects (renovations)
Tenants
LSU Tigers football (NCAA) (1924–present)
New Orleans Saints (NFL) (2005) (Four games)
South Carolina Gamecocks football (NCAA) (2015) (One game)

Tiger Stadium, popularly known as Death Valley, is an outdoor stadium located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the campus of Louisiana State University. It is the home stadium of the LSU Tigers football team. Prior to 1924, LSU played its home games at State Field, which was located on the old LSU campus in Downtown Baton Rouge.

Tiger Stadium opened with a capacity of 12,000 in 1924. Renovations and expansions have brought the stadium's current capacity to 102,321, making it the third largest stadium in the SEC, sixth largest stadium in the NCAA and the seventh largest stadium in the world. When filled to capacity, Tiger Stadium ranks as the fifth largest "city" by population in the state of Louisiana.

Tiger Stadium is well known nationally for having among the best game day atmospheres in college football as well as being one of the most difficult places for an opposing team to play.

Despite being 14–2 at Tiger Stadium, famed Alabama head coach Bear Bryant once remarked that "Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum." In 2001, ESPN sideline reporter Adrian Karsten said, "Death Valley in Baton Rouge is the loudest stadium I've ever been in." In 2002, Miami (Ohio) coach Terry Hoeppner said of Tiger Stadium, "That's as exciting an environment as you can have ... we had communication problems we haven't had at Michigan and Ohio State." In 2003, ESPN's Chris Fowler called LSU his favorite game day experience. In 2009 former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee stated on Sean Hannity's Fox News show that "Unfair is playing LSU on a Saturday night in Baton Rouge."


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