ddog...question.

[dawgoneyall]

You seem to be an old dawg like me. What do you think about doing away with the LFL?

Or any other intelligent responses.

Hummm....don't expect many!

 

[Bulldogg31]

Not Ddog but I'll give two cents. I hate to see it go. Like most (all?) great traditions, the Left Field Lounge is truly organic. Nobody needed to encourage fans to do it, or develop an implementation plan, or regulate the fun out of it. Just some guys thought it would be cool, the school said no problem, and it grew from that.

To me the LFL isn't so much the food, or the trailers, as much as just the mindset. "We came up with this truly original idea, it's awesome, and it's ours." I'm sure the new stadium will be spectacular and I will be proud to visit and call it my own, but it will never be as real as the LFL. It will be a great venue, but not something that some other school with money and desire can't replicate. That's the loss in my mind.

 

[tcdog70]

You will only be able to Grill if the wind is right. How is that going to work?

 

[Go Budaw]

Not Ddog but I'll give two cents. I hate to see it go. Like most (all?) great traditions, the Left Field Lounge is truly organic. Nobody needed to encourage fans to do it, or develop an implementation plan, or regulate the fun out of it. Just some guys thought it would be cool, the school said no problem, and it grew from that.

To me the LFL isn't so much the food, or the trailers, as much as just the mindset. "We came up with this truly original idea, it's awesome, and it's ours." I'm sure the new stadium will be spectacular and I will be proud to visit and call it my own, but it will never be as real as the LFL. It will be a great venue, but not something that some other school with money and desire can't replicate. That's the loss in my mind.

I'm too lazy to do it, but I would be interested in the results of a multiple question poll across our entire baseball fanbase that included the following:

1) Do you currently occupy a LFL spot at Dudy Noble (current stadium)?

2) Do you have access to a trailer or other spot in LFL that you can visit regularly?

3) Do you support the new plan for LFL in the new stadium?

Seems to me that most in favor of the new plan would answer "No" to both questions 1 & 2, whereas people who would answer "Yes" to these questions typically oppose the new plan. But personally I've talked with current lounge occupants that are in favor of the new blue print (they like having the amenities such as provided electricity and not dealing with the hassle of loading / unloading as many items). Also, I've talked to many people who oppose the new plan even though they don't ever get to visit the outfield, just because they still like the atmosphere it creates.

 

[Palos verdes]

I thought LFL was going to remain in place between the outfield and the Lofts. Is it scaled down?

We need the new facility for the recognition and recruiting possibilities alone. However, after this weekend, I'm beginning to question the feasibility of building such a palace of a stadium, while seeing scapes of empty chair backs at every game. Are they using the motto 'if you build it, they will come' for measuring the expectations? I don't see an urgency within the fanbase for any of that right now. On top of that, we are going to have to expect better a baseball team on the field to fork over the amounts they're asking.

I support the project, but I'm skeptical about fan commitment combined with on field results.

 

[121Josey]

I support the project, but I'm skeptical about fan commitment combined with on field results.

There will be more motivation to fill the seat when you are paying top $$ for it. But as for the present time, I think that nobody wants to use their "lifetime seats" anymore.**

 

[engie]

I thought LFL was going to remain in place between the outfield and the Lofts. Is it scaled down?

It is. It's going to be engineered, permanent customizable structures now. Which people will ***** about -- but alot less than they would have had one collapsed on SBW and the whole thing been taken away after the lawsuits. It's about preserving the future. Anyone that called every lounge out there safe is kidding themselves. Many are -- but it's hardly the standard.

We need the new facility for the recognition and recruiting possibilities alone.

We need the new facility to preserve what we are to college baseball. To promote "who we are" to the next generation rather than them having to hear stories from the distant past about how good we were and how far ahead we were facilities-wise...

However, after this weekend, I'm beginning to question the feasibility of building such a palace of a stadium, while seeing scapes of empty chair backs at every game.

What part of that is new? There are empty chairbacks year round sans SBW and regional play. Thanks to the lifetime seating arrangement -- which is a pretty big reason that the current structure has to go.

Are they using the motto 'if you build it, they will come' for measuring the expectations?

No.

I don't see an urgency within the fanbase for any of that right now.

Really? We're averaging 7k per right now with terrible weather and mostly terribly uninteresting matchups. We're 2nd in total attendance right now.

On top of that, we are going to have to expect better a baseball team on the field to fork over the amounts they're asking.

Say what?

I support the project, but I'm skeptical about fan commitment combined with on field results.

You are going to be calling for Cohen's head at some point this season aren't you?

 

[dawgstudent]

Do what?

 

[Mjoelner]

1) Do you currently occupy a LFL spot at Dudy Noble (current stadium)? Kind of. My name is not on it (like I care) but I help pay for the spot and with the maintenance and moving of the trailer.

2) Do you have access to a trailer or other spot in LFL that you can visit regularly? Yes. Several. Its easy to do if you know how to make friends.

3) Do you support the new plan for LFL in the new stadium? No. Not at all. Especially with the way it's being sold. Its either being sold as a)increased access for everyone or b)because of liability. Increased access? You're going to increase access by limiting the number of people in each spot to between 10 and 16 when some spots hold over 30 now? If anything it's going to be more crowded with regulars standing in the concourse because they've lost their seating although they retained a spot. Don't even get me started on the liability excuse. There have been more people injured due to being hit with cowbells than have been injured in the LFL yet we pay money to the SEC every year to keep the bells. There was bigger liability risk in the Junction at the Auburn game alone this year than several baseball games combined yet nothing is ever mentioned about that.

Should they increase the price of a spot? Yes. Should have happened years ago.

Should they require that each spot buy a certain number of season tickets and maintain a certain attendance level with those tickets? Yes.
This could have been implemented as soon as they started scanning tickets years ago instead of just tearing them. Nothing looks worse than an empty spot in the lounge although the lounge usually fills up first since most of the people are locals.

Should they require that the owner of each spot have insurance? Yes. It may already be a requirement I don't know but I do know that we have it and that the folks in front of us also have it. Do you have insurance on your tent pole, grill, generator, extension cord and big screen tv that I'm going to trip over in the Junction this fall? Bet you don't. Good luck! I need a new generator.

 

[AHSDawg]

To be fair, Cohen hasn't been to the CWS final in 2 years...*** #OurFans...

 

[Palos verdes]

It is. It's going to be engineered, permanent customizable structures now. Which people will ***** about -- but alot less than they would have had one collapsed on SBW and the whole thing been taken away after the lawsuits. It's about preserving the future. Anyone that called every lounge out there safe is kidding themselves. Many are -- but it's hardly the standard.


We need the new facility to preserve what we are to college baseball. To promote "who we are" to the next generation rather than them having to hear stories from the distant past about how good we were and how far ahead we were facilities-wise...


What part of that is new? There are empty chairbacks year round sans SBW and regional play. Thanks to the lifetime seating arrangement -- which is a pretty big reason that the current structure has to go.


No.


Really? We're averaging 7k per right now with terrible weather and mostly terribly uninteresting matchups. We're 2nd in total attendance right now.


Say what?


You are going to be calling for Cohen's head at some point this season aren't you?

Calling for Cohen's head? You're jumping the gun there. I'm not arguing against the project, I'm stating the obvious concerns that are shared by many.

 

[engie]

Calling for Cohen's head? You're jumping the gun there. I'm not arguing against the project, I'm stating the obvious concerns that are shared by many.

The same crowd that said we could never tear it down in the first place or it would lose the magic of the place? "Many" would be a pretty drastic overstatement IMO.

 

[121Josey]

Calling for Cohen's head? You're jumping the gun there. I'm not arguing against the project, I'm stating the obvious concerns that are shared by many.

The answer is simple: people are still buying season tix for basketball. Would these opponents of the new stadium stop and consider that people will be more eager to buy season tix for a state-of-the-art baseball stadium? It's not about who shows up for the games. It's about how many season tix are sold for the games.

 

[512taylor]

It will never be completed on time.

 

[Hammer Down]

Really? We're averaging 7k paid per right now with terrible weather and mostly terribly uninteresting matchups. We're 2nd in total paid attendance right now.

Fixed that for you.

 

[engie]

Fixed that for you.

You think we have significantly smaller percentage of asses in seats than anywhere else at the top of that list? You haven't been paying very close attention. Ours just looks worse because lifetimers have alot of the seats right behind the camera angles on tv and are practically never there.
True or false -- a new stadium complete with reseating goes a long way toward fixing this?

LSU brought in $9.63mil in baseball last year. Their best year in the old Alex Box was $2.48 mil.

MSU had our best year ever in Dudy Noble last year @ $3.37mil. 1/3 of LSU's revenue. New Dudy Noble skyboxes alone before considering clubs, loge, or lounges - $2.446mil. Overall, very similar numbers to Alex Box now. There's only one way to be the Joneses.

 

[KurtRambis4]

You've seen the tapes?

*

 

[Dawgbite]

The only way to put more asses in the seats this time of year

us to start the season later when it's warmer but that's another subject all together. They don't call them the boys of summer so I can sit in a freezing rain to watch them. I do not have a lounge but have access to one most weekends. If I could get one, I would because I would like to be able to entertain friends and business associates without feeling like I'm imposing on somebody else. I like most everything about the new plan, the lifetime seating is BS in my opinion. I was at State when that was done and my father who was a huge Bulldog Baseball Fan considered getting lifetime seats but decided that my education was more important. I have been on the waiting list for years and still do not have chairbacks so I look forward to improving my seats like I did last year at DWS.

 

[121Josey]

The athletic department uses Quickbooks. Sales tape stopped years ago.**

 

[Hammer Down]

You think we have significantly smaller percentage of asses in seats than anywhere else at the top of that list? You haven't been paying very close attention. Ours just looks worse because lifetimers have alot of the seats right behind the camera angles on tv and are practically never there.
True or false -- a new stadium complete with reseating goes a long way toward fixing this?

LSU brought in $9.63mil in baseball last year. Their best year in the old Alex Box was $2.48 mil.

MSU had our best year ever in Dudy Noble last year @ $3.37mil. 1/3 of LSU's revenue. New Dudy Noble skyboxes alone before considering clubs, loge, or lounges - $2.446mil. Overall, very similar numbers to Alex Box now. There's only one way to be the Joneses.

I do not know nor care enough to agree or disagree with your legions of numbers. I simply corrected your post. No, I am not worried about it, there has been ****** weather.

 

[paindonthurt_]

1. Not my spot but I pay and can go and come as I please. I can drink beer. I can drink whiskey. I can cook although I usually let someone else cook for me.

2. Yes.

3. 17 yes.