Incorrect. That is a myth. It is up to the school. Neither the NCAA nor the SEC ban alcohol. This is a rumor that started years ago and LSU has been fine with letting people believe that it's true so fans don't put heat on the University. Chuck Dunlap is the assistant director of media relations for the Southeastern Conference. I think he would know. http://www.lsureveille.com/news/prohibition-in-tiger-stadium-stands-1.1175629 I won't discuss this any further here, as I do not want to derail the thread, but I just wanted to dispel that myth.
Correct, there was an article with Herb Vincent who said there is no rules preventing it but LSU wold not be the 1st to do it in the SEC.
If I was AD I'd demolish the Bill Lawton Squad room. It is superfluous now that the Football Center has been built and the damn thing ruins pedestrian traffic around the stadium by sticking out into the former broad walkways . . . especially on game days. It was a stupid idea and now needs to go away.
Why are you hating on Bill Lawton? But seriously, a lot of people donated money to build and furnish that. I think it would be kind of disrespectful to just throw it way.
I'm hating a building that became redundant when the LSU football center was built. Actually Bill Lawton paid for 100% it to get his name on an LSU building. They can name something else for him, I don't give a chit. If I was AD, I would put the convenience of the ticket-buying, game-day fans over a fat-cat's ego.
I must be thinking of a different room then. I thought the Lawton Room was that big team room. The one I'm thinking of is semi circular and all of the chairs have an engraved plaque saying donated by So and So.
Actually, that is not true. It's a gentlemen's agreement of sorts between all of the SEC institutions. This was discussed recently and Herb Vincent also released some statements confirming this. I can't find an actual link atm, but this is accurate: "It's easier to control," said LSU Associate Vice Chancellor Herb Vincent. "It's a game management issue." Vincent says because none of the other schools in the Southeastern Conference allow alcohol in general seating, LSU does not feel pressured to change their policy. "It's kind of an unsaid decision that's been made among the league schools that we're not going to sell alcohol," Vincent said. When he says easier to control, it is in the suites that he means.
