BATON ROUGE — The LSU softball team will host the 2008 Southeastern Conference Tournament and be in action for 19 regular season games and two pre-conference tournaments at Tiger Park. SEC Tournament tickets, along with LSU season and individual game tickets, went on sale this morning to catch the action all season.
Season tickets are available for $60 for reserved seats, while single-game tickets are available at a cost of $5 for adults and $3 for youth. Fans are encouraged to get their season tickets this year to guarantee great seats in the new Tiger Park for next season.
Fans can purchase tickets online at the official web site of LSU Athletics, www.lsusports.net, at the ticket office or call (225) 578-2184 or (800) 960-8587. LSU students, faculty and staff are admitted free to regular season games with an LSU ID.
The SEC Tournament will be held from May 8-10 at Tiger Park, the first time the Tigers have hosted the event. The three-day single-elimination tournament will determine the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. LSU has advanced to the championship game eight times in the last nine seasons, winning the title an unprecedented five times, including last season when the Tigers defeated Florida, 1-0, in nine innings.
Tickets for the tournament also went on sale at the LSU Ticket Office, along with regular season tickets. Tournament books are available for $20 each for adults and $10 each for youth between the ages of 3 and 12. All children under three get into Tiger Park for free.
Last season, the Tigers averaged a school-record attendance of 824 in 21 dates at Tiger Park. For the second-straight season, LSU also recorded 30 wins at home, going 30-4 on the year. The Tigers own a spectacular 308-45 record in 11 seasons at Tiger Park.
LSU will move to its new home next season. The new stadium will be located on Skip Bertman Drive, across from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and adjacent to the LSU Women’s Soccer Complex. The stadium is expected to be completed in time for the Tigers to play their first game in the new facility in the spring of 2009.
The new Tiger Park will feature 1,289 seats? including 587 chair-back seats? and the capability of accommodating 1,200 more fans on an outfield berm. The softball stadium will also feature first-class team facilities, including a locker room, team lounge, meeting facility, training facility, equipment room, indoor batting cages and umpire locker rooms.
You can join in the success of the project by following the construction phases of the stadium and making an online contribution by accessing www.MakeYourPitch.net/tigerpark, the official web site of the new Tiger softball stadium.