Tiger Park

Tiger Park is a softball stadium located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It serves as the home field of the LSU Lady Tigers softball team and is located south of Skip Bertman Drive across from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. The official capacity of the stadium is 2,671 people. Tiger Park's record attendance of 3,242 came on March 25, 2016, in a game versus the University of Florida. The stadium also features an outfield berm, renamed the Tiger Park Terrace in 2016, that can accommodate in excess of 1,200 fans. The stadium opened prior to the 2009 college softball season.^[3]

Address80 Tiger Park Lane
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
 United States

LocationCampus of Louisiana State University

OwnerLouisiana State University

OperatorLSU Athletics Department

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Tiger Park

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Address	80 Tiger Park Lane Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803  United States
Location	Campus of Louisiana State University
Owner	Louisiana State University
Operator	LSU Athletics Department
Capacity	1,289 (2,671 including 1,200+ Tiger Park Terrace Seats)
Executive suites	1
Type	Stadium
Event	Sporting Events
Surface	Natural Grass
Scoreboard	One in right field One over home plate press box
Record attendance	3,242
Field size	L - 200, C - 220, R - 200
Field shape	Softball diamond
Acreage	3.94
Parking	Free asphalt paved and gravel lots
Construction
Broke ground	2007
Opened	2009
Construction cost	$12 million[1]
Architect	Trahan Architects[2]
Tenants
LSU Tigers softball (NCAA) (2009-present)

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In 2010, Tiger Park was rated the fifth-best architecture building on LSU's campus by the LSU Faculty Senate Monthly Newsletter.^[4] According to the newsletter, it is described as

"Best seen at night, when its gables and overhang seem to brighten into a shimmering white sails winging through cool ebony skies, the softball stadium shows that LSU can come up with a building that plays to something other than the local taste for plantation imagery and Greco-Roman bric-a-brac. Welling out of a hillock in a way that suggests strong shoulders on the brink of swinging a home run, the softball stadium evidences a modest freshness that brings a smile and popcorn and hot dogs."

In 2013, Tiger Park was honored with the prestigious Field of the Year award by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) for the college and university softball division.^[5] Tiger Park hosted the 2015 SEC softball tournament and 2015 NCAA Division I Regional.

In terms of official capacity, Tiger Park is the fourth largest softball stadium in the Southeastern Conference.