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| Address | West Stadium Road |
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| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30°24′44″N 91°11′2″W / 30.41222°N 91.18389°W |
| Capacity | 102,321 (2014–present) 92,542 (2011–14) 92,400 (2005–10) 91,600 (2000–04) 80,000 (1994–99) 80,150 (1987–93) 78,000 (1978–86) 67,500 (1953–77) 46,000 (1936–52) 24,000 (1931–35) 12,000 (1924–30)[5] |
| Record attendance | Football: 102,321 (Sixteen times, most recently November 11, 2023, vs Florida) Concert: 102,000 (The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour, April 30, 2022) |
| Surface | Celebration Bermuda Grass[1] |
| 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)[2] ($39.9 million in 2023 dollars[3]) $183 million (renovations and expansions) |
| Architect | Wogan and Bernard[4] Trahan Architects (renovations) |
| Tenants | |
| LSU Tigers football (NCAA) (1924–present) New Orleans Saints (NFL) (2005) | |
| Website | |
| lsusports.net/tiger-stadium | |
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 second largest stadium in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) behind Kyle Field of Texas A&M, the fifth largest stadium in the NCAA and the seventh largest stadium in the world.
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- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Ruffin, Thomas F. (2002). Jackson, Jo; Hebert, Mary J. (eds.). Under Stately Oaks: A Pictorial History of LSU [The New Campus]. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-8071-2682-9. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
- ^ "LSU Tiger Stadium Expansion Gets OK from Bond Commission". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans. Associated Press. July 19, 2012. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.