The football facilities arms’ race was taken to another level when the LSU Tigers showed off their new locker rooms on Sunday night. LSU’s new facilities rival and may surpass those at Alabama and Clemson, and the university reported that the cost to renovate the Football Operations Building was a whopping $28 million. From the video that LSU football released on Sunday night, it looks like the Tigers got their money’s worth.
Setting The Standard pic.twitter.com/d7QUJfKL6M
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) July 22, 2019
Former LSU greats and state-of-the-art features abound in the new building, and past and present Tigers alike celebrated the renovations.
There are locker rooms… And then there's the #LSU locker room pic.twitter.com/3f7FG8QDu8
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) July 22, 2019
Each locker comes with its own sleeping pod and television, and current LSU players were quick to voice their approval of their new digs on social media.
Huge thank you to the awesome folks at @lsutaf for putting all of this together and giving us the best facility in college football! pic.twitter.com/2IGeAqkbdd
— Blake Ferguson (@blakeferguson48) July 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/Terracemjr/status/1153114470304178176
Thank you so much @LSUfootball @lsutaf for making me feel like a kid on Christmas. Nothing but the best for the best🔥 #ForeverLSU
— Chasen Hines (@chasen_hines) July 22, 2019
I’m truly at a special place
— Joey Burrow (@JoeyB) July 22, 2019
The reveal was something to remember too. Not too long after LSU debuted the new facility on Twitter, current Tigers’ players were able to see their new home for the first time. The celebration was uproarious and unanimously positive, and this is going to be a place that players won’t want to leave.
This is why you come to LSU pic.twitter.com/qoDcoguQ2y
— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) July 22, 2019
Leonard Fournette, Tyrann Mathieu, and Odell Beckham Jr. were among the recent greats immortalized in the new building, and all-time greats like Billy Cannon and Jerry Stovall are honored too.
GREATNESS COMES AT LSU!!! pic.twitter.com/IEU5X4d68T
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) July 22, 2019
HUMBLED TO HAVE THE MATHIEU PLAYERS LOUNGE @LSUfootball
SO MANY MEMORIES COME TO MY MIND WEARING PURPLE AND GOLD. I HOPE THE PLAYERS ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I HAVE! FOREVER LSU pic.twitter.com/y8UcwleDaz— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) July 22, 2019
7EGEND pic.twitter.com/B7LjnBK1an
— 7⃣ Leonard Fournette (@_fournette) July 22, 2019
According to USA Today, the renovations added 25,000 square feet to the building, and they are sure to make high school recruits smile with delight when they tour the facilities throughout the year.
LSU has won eight or more games in every season in the 21st Century, and the Tigers are seen as the second or third-best team in the SEC West again this year. The Tigers were picked to finish second in the SEC West by media members in Hoover last week, and there is plenty of optimism surrounding the program. LSU begins its season against Georgia Southern on August 31.
H/T USA Today
