SEATING NOTES:

Best Seat in the House

• Interstate 90 carries you into eyesight of Tiger Stadium and serves as the bridge between you and a serene experience in the SEC. Serenity is usually reserved for the calm, however as you park and saunter into the gates of Death Valley you'll realize that serenity is eerily similar to unbridled excitement. One is unable to find a bad seat in this house given its bowl quality so you'll be looking for a little atmosphere to sprinkle in with your Death Valley meal. Section 214 will give you just that dash of needed atmosphere to soak in as the game marches on. The student and band sections are directly to your right. You can practically smell the return of your youth as you embrace 60 minutes of powerhouse football. Sit too far up and you'll miss the chants, the band playing. Sit too far on the other side of the field and you'll only echo the excitement. Get seated in the mouth of the Valley and you'll be just right.
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General:

LSU allows fans to tailgate in a respectful manner. Tents can up as early as 7 a.m., but must be taken down before entering the game. Portable generators and cookers larger than 55 gallons are not allowed. Alcohol is also not allowed inside of Tiger Stadium and intoxicated fans will be removed. Artificial noisemakers are also prohibited. All persons entering Tiger Stadium, regardless of age, need a ticket. The box office is open during the week from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. and hours vary on game days. Backpacks, coolers, bags larger than 8.5 inches x 11 inches, outside food, glass bottles, cans, poles, banners, oversized stadium seats and smoking are not permitted at Tiger Stadium.

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP

Alabama Crimson Tide vs LSU Tigers

Jan. 9, 2012 | 8:30 p.m. ET | ESPN

Stadium Guide: BCS National Championship

HISTORY

Year Opened: 1924 | Field Surface: Natural Grass

Tiger Stadium, otherwise known as Death Valley to friend and foe, has undergone several refurbishments since it opened in 1924. Capacity has gone from 12,000 to nearly 93,000.

Tiger Stadium has been called by various coaches and writers the toughest place to play in America and home to the best college football experience. In the 1930s, Louisiana Gov. Huey P. Long helped to get the stadium expanded by more than 20,000 seats. The state budget did not allow money for stadium expansion but did for dormitories, so Long got around the legislation by ordering that dorms be built in the stadium and seats be built above the living quarters. The stadium had dormitories for 1,500 students for decades -- including the LSU football team in 1986 -- until the early 1990s.

The seventh-largest on-campus stadium in college football was expanded to include 70 skyboxes, called "Tiger Dens," in the late 1990s. The field at Tiger Stadium has unique yard lines numbered every 5 yards, as opposed to the traditional 10 yards of most stadiums, and the goalposts are an "H" style as opposed to most teams' "Y" style. The players run through the goalposts in the north end zone to enter the field.

TRADITIONS

Mike the Tiger is Louisiana State's live Bengal tiger mascot and lives in a 15,000-square-foot habitat with a waterfall and river near Tiger Stadium. Named after Mike Chambers, the athletic trainer and person most responsible for the care of the original Mike in 1936, Mike's wheeled cage is set outside the opposing team's locker room at Tiger Stadium. Players then must pass by Mike to reach their locker room. A statue of Mike the Tiger stands near his habitat.

Tailgating, Cajun food and night games are the stuff of legend here, and the stadium has made several lists as the noisiest in the country. Fans at Tiger Stadium had such a reaction to a winning touchdown pass in the final minute of a night game against Auburn that they caused what was equivalent to an earthquake to be registered on a seismograph on campus. Known as the "Earthquake Game," Tommy Hodson's TD pass to Eddie Fuller gave the Tigers a 7-6 victory over No. 4 Auburn on Oct. 8, 1988.

The LSU pregame march down the hill between Tiger Stadium and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center is one of the school's better-known traditions. Fans line up on both sides of the road as the players, coaches, Mike the Tiger, cheerleaders and the band march toward the stadium.

Source: Louisiana State University

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