A design team of Grace & Hebert, DLR Group, and Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company designed Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field which opened during the 2009 season. Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field was slated to hold 8,500 fans but the addition of left field seating from Alex Box Stadium 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 brought 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.[4] Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field was named the American Sports Builders Association Facility of the Year 2009.[5]
Attendance
In 2012, college baseball writer Eric Sorenson ranked the Alex Box Stadium as the second best big game atmosphere in college baseball behind Mississippi State's Dudy Noble Field.[6] Stadium Journey Magazine also listed Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field among the "101 Best Stadium Experiences of 2012", the only college baseball venue so honored.[7]
Total and Average attendance
In 2013, the Tigers ranked 1st among Division I baseball programs in attendance, averaging a record 11,006 per home game.[8]
As of the 2018 baseball season, LSU has finished No. 1 in the final college baseball total attendance rankings in 23 straight seasons. LSU posted a total attendance figure of 399,085 in 37 games.[9]
Additionally, as of the 2018 baseball season, LSU finished No. 1 in the final average attendance rankings for the 22nd time in 23 years. (Arkansas finished No. 1 in average attendance in 2007.) In 2018, LSU averaged 10,786 tickets sold per game.[9]
Total Attendance at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field [10]
Year
Games
Attendance
Average
2009
42
403,056
9,596
2010
38
404,916
10,655
2011
37
390,595
10,557
2012
44
472,391
10,736
2013
43
473,298
11,006
2014
39
424,321
10,880
2015
39
421,771
10,815
2016
41
433,783
10,580
2017
39
418,291
10,725
2018
37
399,085
10,786
2019
40
425,377
10,634
Total
439
4,666,884
10,631
Top paid attendance figures at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
Top 20 Paid† Attendance Figures at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.[10]
Rank
Attendance
Opponent
Date
Winner, Score
1.
12,844
Notre Dame
Feb. 16, 2018
LSU, 7-6
2.
12,727 †
South Carolina
Apr. 27, 2013
USC, 4-2
3.
12,472
New Orleans
Feb. 14, 2014
LSU, 2-0
4.
12,373
Maryland
Feb. 15, 2013
LSU, 1-0
5.
12,313
Alabama
Apr. 17, 2010
LSU, 9-7
6.
12,223
Notre Dame
Feb. 17, 2018
ND, 10-5
7.
12,193
Ole Miss
May 17, 2013
LSU, 5-4
8.
12,164
Ole Miss
Mar. 14, 2015
OM, 5-3
9.
12,153 ††
Oklahoma
Jun. 8, 2013
LSU, 11-1
10.
12,085
Sam Houston St.
Jun. 1, 2013
LSU, 8-5
11.
12,076
Florida
Mar. 18, 2011
UF, 5-4
12.
12,070
Wake Forest
Feb. 18, 2011
LSU, 15-4
13.
12,042
Texas A&M
Apr. 24, 2015
LSU, 9-6
14.
12,038
Texas
Feb. 24, 2018
LSU, 10-5
15.
12,007
Oklahoma
Jun. 7, 2013
LSU, 2-0
16.
11,976
Stony Brook
Jun. 10, 2012
SB, 7-2
17.
11,906
Cincinnati
Feb. 19, 2016
LSU, 6-5
18.
11,838
Louisiana
Jun. 2, 2013
LSU, 5-1
19.
11,836
Mississippi St.
Jun. 10, 2017
LSU, 4-3
20.
11,827
Arkansas
Apr. 8, 2017
LSU, 10-8
† The regular-season record for actual attendance is 10,246 set April 27, 2013, against South Carolina (L, 4-2). †† The LSU record for actual attendance at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field is 11,401, which was set June 8, 2013, in the NCAA Super Regional game 2 against Oklahoma (W, 11-1).