Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field

Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field is a baseball stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the home stadium of the Louisiana State University Tigers baseball team. The stadium section (and LSU's previous baseball stadium 200 yards to the north) were named for Simeon Alex Box, an LSU letterman (1942), Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross recipient, who was killed in North Africa during World War II. On May 17, 2013, prior to a game against Ole Miss, the field was named and dedicated in honor of former LSU head baseball coach and athletic director Skip Bertman. 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. Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field was named the American Sports Builders Association Facility of the Year 2009. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Top paid attendance figures at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field Tournaments Hosted NCAA Regional Tournaments : 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025 NCAA Super Regional Series : 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025 LSU Record at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field v. Alex Box Stadium Marucci Performance Center The LSU Baseball Marucci Performance Center and Worley Family Hitting Facility are located behind the right-field wall of the stadium. The performance center is a 4,300 square-foot structure that includes a weight room for the baseball team. Gallery See also LSU Tigers baseball LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers List of NCAA Division I baseball venues References External links Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field at LSUSports.net Archived 2009-11-25 at the Wayback Machine Photos and Review on Ballparkreviews.com Simeon "Alex" Box at baseballinwartime.co.uk