This morning’s announcement that Saturday’s football game between LSU and the University of South Carolina is being moved to Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge sent some local event planners scrambling to come up with alternate locations.
The Alzheimer’s Services Walk/Run to Remember is being relocated from the LSU Golf Course to the State Fair Grounds at 16072 Airline Highway. No other changes are being made to the event, which kicks off at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Also upended by the football game is the LSU College of Agriculture’s “Your Friend’s Closet Sale” fundraiser, which has been moved from Saturday to Sunday on campus. The sale will still take place in the LSU AgCenter 4-H Mini Farm near Parker Coliseum on campus, with doors opening at 7 a.m.
And the “Modernism in Louisiana” symposium slated to take place on Saturday on campus from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. is being moved to the LSU Hilltop Arboretum at 11855 Highland Road.
Saturday is also the inaugural Cap City Beer Fest, which is being held downtown to benefit the Companion Animal Alliance. Event Coordinator Renee Dugas says the event, scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. at the North Boulevard Town Square, is going on as planned.
“We’re going full speed ahead,” she says, adding the football game will be aired on the large screen at Town Square unless it ends up being a night game. “It will either be tailgate at the beer fest or watch the game at the beer fest.”
Meanwhile, the Capital Area Transit System says it will unfortunately not be able to run its Touchdown Express gameday shuttle service on Saturday due to the short notice.
“Because of the resources required to operate both the regular routes and Touchdown Express, the short notice does not allow CATS the time to properly plan and execute both services. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause Touchdown Express customers,” says CATS CEO Bob Mirabito in a prepared statement.
Details on tickets for Saturday’s game are slowly trickling out, and kickoff has been set for 2:30 p.m., according to LSU. LSU officials have scheduled a 5:30 p.m. press conference to announce more logistical details of the game. Kickoff, ticket and parking details are expected to be announced. WAFB-TV will carry this news conference live on WBXH-TV and will stream it live on its website.
—Steve Sanoski
