Legacy

• The Athletic Department raked out an average of $62,000 per month earlier this year to pay for Tiger Stadium’s utility bills from January through July.
• The sum of the stadium’s utility costs during that six-month stretch: $437,487.
• The University could have purchased 36 new Smart cars with that amount of money and still have more than $5,000 left over.
• If the University chose not to purchase Smart cars, it would have enough money to buy 18 new Hybrid Honda Civics and still have more than $9,000 in spending cash.
• By the way, the Athletic Department spent $437,000 to keep a stadium running that host’s just one game — the annual spring game — during that time frame.

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• The old Alex Box Stadium’s utility bills from July 2008 until January 2009 totaled more than $23,000.
• After spending that $23,000 on a stadium that’s scheduled to be torn down, the Athletic Department coughed up more than $21,000 to cover the costs of the January and February utility bills for the new Alex Box Stadium.
• The University could have used that $44,000 to purchase 26 wind turbines that produce more than 15 kilowatts of energy.
• In other words, the Athletic Department spent more than $21,000 in two months on a stadium that hosted a total of six games during this time. It also shelled out an additional $23,000 for utility bills for a stadium that will never host another game.

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• Facility Services currently has 207 vehicles in service — none of which are hybrid vehicles.
• The University spent nearly $874,000 on gas for these vehicles over the course of the last four years.
• That’s more than $18,200 per month on gas.
• The nation-wide average of E85/Flex Fuel gasoline is $2.71* per gallon.
• Facility Services could have bought more than 6,666 gallons of Flex Fuel per month — at its current per gallon price — with that $18,200.

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• The Campus Committee for Sustainability was developed to “prepare a comprehensive inventory of LSU’s existing carbon footprint, document LSU’s existing efforts toward achieving sustainability, develop an action plan to improve LSU’s sustainability efforts and promote public awareness of LSU’s efforts toward sustainability.”
• The committee was formed a year ago.
• Chancellor Mike Martin said, “LSU continues to work in large and small ways to address the complex issues associated with global climate change. We have a number of activities and initiatives underway.”
• Cas Smith, Assistant Director of Campus Development, said “a very minimal amount” of money has been spent on the Sustainability program. “The only real costs [we have incurred] have been additional manpower.”
• How does the University expect to go green if it continues to put forth “a very minimal amount” of money toward its Sustainability program?

Old Alex Box Stadium’s Utility Bills (July – October 2008)

Old Alex Box Stadium’s Utility Bills (November 2008)

Old Alex Box Stadium’s Utility Bills (December 2008 – January 2009)

New Alex Box Stadium’s Utility Bills (January – February 2009)

Tiger Stadium’s Utility Bills (January – June 2009)

Tiger Stadium’s Utility Bills (July 2009)