Lsu's tiger stadium turns 100 this football season
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STATE OF PLAY: Tiger Stadium's inaugural football game was held Nov. 27, 1924, in an LSU loss to Tulane, 13-0. * The Baton Rouge stadium (not to mention LSU's football program) has
evolved plenty since then as historic moments have played out on its field over the past century. THE INTRIGUE: Today, the capacity inside Death Valley sits at 102,321, making it the
nation's 5th largest college stadium, but getting there took several upgrades and renovations over the years. * Perhaps the most legendary expansion came when Gov. Huey P. Long hoped to
add stadium seating. * Denied the funds for the project by state lawmakers, Long discovered there was money in the budget for additional dorms. So, he had the state build those … with
stadium seating along one side. * Students lived in Tiger Stadium in those dorms from the time the first section was complete in 1932 until the late 1980s during an enrollment drop,
according to The Daily Reveille. WHAT THEY SAID: "When Death Valley is rocking," writes Wright Thompson, "it seems as if it might actually take flight."