Alex Box Stadium

Alex Box Stadium
Alex Box Stadium
Location	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°24′25″N 91°11′14″W / 30.40696°N 91.18731°WCoordinates: 30°24′25″N 91°11′14″W / 30.40696°N 91.18731°W
Opened	2009
Owner	Louisiana State University
Operator	Louisiana State University
Surface	natural grass
Architect	Grace & Herbert (architect); DLR Group (stadium design); Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company (playing field design)
Capacity	10,326
Record attendance	12,313; (17 April 2010 vs. Alabama)
Field dimensions	Foul lines: 330 ft; Power alleys: 365 ft; Center Field: 405 ft; Outfield fence height: 10 ft; Center Field fence height: 15 ft; Batter's Eye height: 40 ft
Tenants
	Louisiana State University baseball (NCAA)

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This article is about the LSU Tigers current ballpark. For the previous ballpark, see Alex Box Stadium (1938).

Alex Box Stadium, sometimes pronounced as "Elec" or "Alec" Box, ^[1] is a baseball stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the home field of the Louisiana State University Tigers college baseball team. The stadium (and its predecessor 200 yards to the north) were named for Simeon Alex Box, an LSU letterman (1942) who was killed in North Africa during World War II.

A design team of Grace & Herbert, DLR Group, and Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company designed the new Alex Box Stadium which opened during the 2009 season. New Alex Box was slated to hold 8,500 fans but the addition of left field seating from the old Alex Box brought capacity up to 9,200. Additional seating in right field was added before the 2010 season, bringing the total (official) capacity to 10,150. Construction of additional suites for the 2012 season will bring the capacity to 10,326.

The first game of the new stadium was played February 20, 2009. LSU beat Villanova by a final score of 12–3 in front of a crowd totaling 9,054.^[2] Alex Box was named the American Sports Builders Association Facility of the Year 2009.^[3]

Renderings of new stadium

[edit] Attendance

In 2011, the Tigers ranked 1st in Division I college baseball in attendance, averaging 10,534 per home game.^[4]

[edit] Tournaments Hosted

NCAA Regional Tournaments : 2009
NCAA Super Regional Series : 2009

[edit] LSU Record in Alex Box Stadium (2009-Present)

Year	Games	W-L-T	Win Percentage
2009	42	33-9	.786
2010	38	30-8	.789
2011	37	28-9	.756
Totals	117	91-26	.777

[edit] Compared to the original Alex Box

The following table compares features of the old Alex Box Stadium with the present venue.^[5]

Original Alex Box		New Alex Box
7,760	Seating	10,326
2,800	Grandstand (under roof)	3,896
0	Suite	464
4,522	Bleachers	5,966
2,000 sq ft (190 m²).	Restrooms	9,274 sq ft (861.6 m²).
2,200 sq ft (200 m²).	Concessions	5,000 sq ft (460 m²).
N/A	Arcade	500 sq. ft.
N/A	Suites	8,588 sq ft (797.9 m²).
N/A	Club Lounge	1,800 sq ft (170 m²).
3,000 sq ft (280 m²).	Team Area	9,380 sq ft (871 m²).
250 sq ft (23 m²).	Press Area	2,000 sq ft (190 m²).
N/A	Hall of Fame	1,900 sq ft (180 m²).

[edit] Pictures

Inside the new Alex Box Stadium.
The new high-definition scoreboard provided by Daktronics.
Outside the main entrance.
The Intimidator, a large billboard in right field that displays LSU's six national championships.
The exterior façade.