The Building of Russo Park at Louisiana

[BeauCajun]

For tonight's game.

Due to construction, only the first base gate located next to the Cajun Cooking Club will be used for entrance to tonight's McNeese contest at Russo Park. The main gate located at the corner of Stadium Drive and Reinhardt Drive will be closed. We thank everyone for their patience as we continue to make progress toward the completion of the renovations to Russo Park.

[HelmutVII]

Brick layers are quickly running out of things to do.

[Rougarou]

Brick layers are quickly running out of things to do.

That's a good problem.

[HelmutVII]

That's a good problem.

If you are not a brick layer.

[Boomer]

So Tigue/Russo gets named the "Brick House".......might not be a bad nickname as it will be kind of intimidating as one first observes it!!!

[LaCajunsFan]

Look, let's not go crazy here. The Tigue will be very, very nice, but the box is is a $60 million facility. To say Russo is much better than Zephyr and Alex box is kinda out there.

I stand by my statement: the possum box may be bigger and cost more, but we have a more up to date facility that has better amenities. Having the entire grandstand raised a whole story for the main concourse is just genius and really knocks it out of the park (pun intended), IMHO. Not to mention that overall it is waaaaaaay better looking aesthetically.
Over the last few days, and especially today after seeing the latest pic of what the interior looks like, I keep going back to what some wise folks said before the USM series: despite not being finished, from that point on we would be in a fantastic facility......and that it would just keep getting better and better. How very very true.

[moorecajun]

I stand by my statement: the possum box may be bigger and cost more, but we have a more up to date facility that has better amenities. Having the entire grandstand raised a whole story for the main concourse is just genius and really knocks it out of the park (pun intended), IMHO. Not to mention that overall it is waaaaaaay better looking aesthetically.
Over the last few days, and especially today after seeing the latest pic of what the interior looks like, I keep going back to what some wise folks said before the USM series: despite not being finished, from that point on we would be in a fantastic facility......and that it would just keep getting better and better. How very very true.

The Tigue/Russo Park project is further proof then that we can do much more with less; the results of our 16m project far exceed (imo) the 60m for the box (not my numbers but using the yokel).

We have a very, very nice facility that continues to look better each day.

I am thankful to each and every individual that has given to this project!

[wcd35]

The Tigue/Russo Park project is further proof then that we can do much more with less; the results of our 16m project far exceed (imo) the 60m for the box (not my numbers but using the yokel).

We have a very, very nice facility that continues to look better each day.

I am thankful to each and every individual that has given to this project!

As the post after yokel's said, theirs was a completely new stadium for $37.8 million which is about $46 mil with inflation give or take a couple million

[CajunAmos]

As the post after yokel's said, theirs was a completely new stadium for $37.8 million which is about $46 mil with inflation give or take a couple million

I don't think the construction of two new bleachers and the new clubhouse office complex that will be constructed at the Tigue will add up to more than an additional $10M. That being said, a $26M overall project is pretty sweet.

[LaCajunsFan]

I don't think the construction of two new bleachers and the new clubhouse office complex that will be constructed at the Tigue will add up to more than an additional $10M. That being said, a $26M overall project is pretty sweet.

To refresh my memory, phase 1 was the lighting, and we are now in phase 2. So phase 3 is the bleachers, dugouts and new locker room? And I think there have hints that phase 3 is a lot closer than most realize?