Renovation Planning Continues for The Tigue

[DaddyCajun]

Do we have pics of what the Newly Renovated Tigue would look like? If there are some other more updated renderings please post them!

[MelRock]

The poles have arrived for the new lights at The Tigue. #cajunsbaseball #geauxcajuns #ullafayette

A photo posted by Ragin' Cajuns Athletics (@ulragincajuns) on Jan 4, 2016 at 8:12am PST

[CajunJack55]

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[GeauxCajuns]

2016 gonna be sweeeeeeet!

[Fais do-do]

Frenchie,

Do not apologize. We should all be adults enough to express our opinion without threat of ridicule. Sadly, some people do not see it this way. Some people are super manly behind a keyboard!

To all,

My in-laws have had basketball courtside seats for 25 years, rebounds club, 6 football season tickets for years, tailgating spots, etc. and he thinks he will lose his courtside seats after the reassignment. So even people that give are expecting to lose out to a "bigger" fish. That's just the sad, sad truth.

[CrazyCajun]

Frenchie,

Do not apologize. We should all be adults enough to express our opinion without threat of ridicule. Sadly, some people do not see it this way. Some people are super manly behind a keyboard!

To all,

My in-laws have had basketball courtside seats for 25 years, rebounds club, 6 football season tickets for years, tailgating spots, etc. and he thinks he will lose his courtside seats after the reassignment. So even people that give are expecting to lose out to a "bigger" fish. That's just the sad, sad truth.

Because he is paranoid? Or because someone told him he would lose them? Your In Laws sound pretty far up the ladder. I'm far from a big fish and I certainly don't want to lose any of my seats. However, when they lay out the plan and the rules of reseating, if my loyalty, monetary donations, number of tickets etc don't add up to someone else and I can't afford the new price of my tickets, that's life. Why should the program be held back by my personal monetary limits. Most season ticket holders are happy with their seats, because it's THEIR seats. Why is everyone assuming thousands of people will be coming after your seat? Not everyone likes the same seat or thinks the same seats are premium. I personally don't like behind the plate bc I've always sat down the line. They could offer me behind the plate and I would keep mine. Particularly baseball when you are close to selling out the stadium in season tickets, you have to maximize that monetarily. Everyone gripes how we do everything small time around here, then when they try to do it big time it's poor me and that's not fair and all kind of btching. Let's see how it plays out before everyone starts throwing a fit.

[CajunRebel]

I think Frenchie and you and your in-laws have every right to their opinion. I don't agree with it though.

IMO UL has a right and a responsibility to price it's tickets in line with the market. Right now at the Tigue there is a long line of people who want to buy grandstand tickets for baseball. It has been this way for at least a decade now. So the demand is clearly there. Yet they only sell grandstand tickets for $175/seat. That's only $6.25/game! UL is leaving so much money on the table here! If we ever want to compete with other universities we absolutely cannot do things like take tickets that market would buy for $300-$600 and sell them at a deep discount for $175.

I'm happy to hear that the new Tigue renovation will have suites and club seating. There are lots of people who would love to pay thousands of dollars for premium seating. I'm glad UL will be able to find a way to take their money and provide that to them.

Even with the added club seating there will still be plenty of great seats available at the Tigue for really cheap. I have all the respect in the world for guys like Frenchie who have supported the Cajuns through good times and bad for decades. However, I can't say I'll feel sorry for them if they'll end up having to move over a few sections. I don't think UL owes them a lifetime of premium seats for cheap prices.

[Just1More]

Let's see how it plays out before everyone starts throwing a fit.

If you're policing the fit throwing party... you have your work cut out for you.

I don't think it's the point you were trying to make as much as it was your delivery. Now be a good guy and apologize to Frenchie for your harsh post.

[CrazyCajun]

If you're policing the fit throwing party... you have your work cut out for you.

I don't think it's the point you were trying to make as much as it was your delivery. Now be a good guy and apologize to Frenchie for your harsh post.

I will when he does...I'm sure the "fat catz" building us a new stadium didn't appreciate it. I'm not trying to police it, trying to not get it started. The biggest problem we have here is a lot of the "fit throwers" have the ear of the people in this administration and athletic department...that's exactly how we end up with the " that's not how we do it here" and the " good ol boy" network and mentality. Progress gets squashed before it ever gets started because people are scared to lose their seat at the table.

[Cajun90]

Right now at the Tigue there is a long line of people who want to buy grandstand tickets for baseball. It has been this way for at least a decade now. So the demand is clearly there. Yet they only sell grandstand tickets for $175/seat. That's only $6.25/game! UL is leaving so much money on the table here! If we ever want to compete with other universities we absolutely cannot do things like take tickets that market would buy for $300-$600 and sell them at a deep discount for $175.

Not sure where you are getting your info. First off tickets are $250.00 for Grandstand and not $175.00 That is in line with other MAJOR college baseball programs. You can certainly find some more expensive but to paint this in a light that the University is giving them away is wrong. I'm sure with the new configuration not all Grandstand seats will get priced the same. Directly behind home plate in a lower box should cost more than the top left field corner.

Suites and Club level will demand more money obviously and I have no problem with that however I do believe it is wise to keep pricing within the general parameters of your contemporaries and I'm not talking the SBC. I'm talking SEC etc.

If I remember correctly our softball season tickets are some of the more expensive in the country. Nothing wrong with that just pointing it out.