Inside LSU's $28 Million Football Building

Louisiana State University (LSU) unveiled its $28 million renovated Football Operations Building in July 2019. The new facility features a state-of-the-art locker room with sleep pods, charging stations, and new technology. The renovated building was designed by HNTB Architecture, which previously designed other multimillion-dollar athletic centers.

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Inside LSU's $28 Million Football Building

[colinfoil]

Yall seem to forget how much profit LSU gets from their football games. This is a key to recruiting. Better recruiting = better players = better teams = better games = more people and crowds coming in. And because football is such a big deal to LSU on a regular basis, they prioritize. You can talk about the rest of the student life, but not one single thing brings in money to lsu like football

[TheLastKillZone]

As an LSU Student, this has nothing to do with tuition rates or student loan debt; however, it has everything to do with donations. Alumni donate money to a specific organization, and thats what the money is designated to be used for. At the end of the day its a business, and like it or not the money is going to go where the donors intend for it to and what generates the most profit for the university. And no, I am not affiliated with any LSU athletic organization

[somosjuntosadelante]

Then we wonder why tuition rates are so expensive

[MuhammadIrfan-yezf]

Folks, this is why you have student loan.

[noahfick]

This is disgusting, what’s a misuse of funds

[AlexYoon]

$28 million that enefits less than 1% of the student population.

[milhouse]

I wonder if they spend that much on academics.

[ChrisInvests]

College football seems to be becoming increasingly popular 🤷‍♂️

[Zeratul]

Wait what this is a WTF America Here in Germany colleges are tuition free even for foreign students ....

[Darkstreamx]

why do they need sleep pods? Doesnt look like you can really relax in there when there are 40 guys around you

[the_seahawk]

People in the comments section be complaining about how they spend their money. People say it is excessive until you realize that all this money is from people who donate directly to the football program and the fact that they manage to bring in 90000 fans every game. The school would spend more money on academic facilities too until you realize that 90000 people don’t show up to watch Sarah study for her calc 150 class. Just realize that student athletes work 60-70 hours a week with school and sport.

[lambbone]

Hey, great locker room. Oh what’s this? 1 in 5 American children live in poverty? Lmao nah

[evelynloubster]

One kid in my school was offered a spot at HARVARD if he could get a 27 on his ACT while other people I know got 35 on theirs and still didn't get in. It's not just about test scores but the fact that certain athletes get an easy pass bothers me

[roderickdrew]

Smfh I never seen so many haters In my life y’all always complain why they ain’t donate, or why they spend so much as far as I know it’s not y’all fuckn money so stop criticizing!! #Louisiana⚜️ #LSU🐅

[Tigerroux]

LSU is a very loved university, so the donations fair well especially by a lot of wealthy people. I still think it has the most beautiful campus in the south.

[juggiebonebrain]

Some guy donates 1/28 of the funds and gets a mention. As if others haven't put up funds.

[sungha]

The price tag on this locker room is just a fraction of what the football team brings in every season.

[MrCheeto]

WOW, it’s obvious what LSU’s priorities are, meanwhile the debate team still meets in a borrowed custodial storage room

[Zoddddd]

To all the people complaining about wasting university money and tuition being high. YOU ARE WRONG. I know you’re wondering were the money is coming from. Well let me tell you about booster and private donations. See the money that is given to the ex: tiger football campaign. Is used for equipment building, updates, scholarships, and etc. same thing as private donations. And for the people that say that they don’t need all that extra stuff, I ask do you know what it takes to be a D1 Athlete and to add to that be a LSU football player which at the time they are 1 in the entire country. Let’s not forget that they are still young people and entertainment would be nice since you get up 6 in the fricking morning every day to put 100 and 10 percent out on the field. So for people who say this is a waste even though it’s there money do what they do. And you will understand stand why they get this stuff

[CuriosityCulture]

I wonder how the LSU's Cross Country Locker rooms look like.... lol