Welcome Letter 3 Contact Information... 4 Home Schedule... 5 Visiting Team Information (A to Z)... 6-8 Sample Game Protocol... 9 Visiting Team Travel Form... 10 Complimentary Ticket Request Form... 11 Area / Directional Maps... 12-14 Driving Directions... 15 Baton Rouge General Information.. 16-17 2
Dear Coach/Administrator: Louisiana State University is pleased to make available this Visitor Basketball Operations Guide. The material provided is to familiarize you and your team with the various attributes and operational conditions associated with a LSU Basketball event at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The LSU Athletics Department is committed to ensuring a high standard of athletic excellence for all home events so we hope you find the subject matter useful and informative. Also, please complete the enclosed travel form (page 10) and return to Jon Allen Assistant Director of Event Management (fax #225-578-4799). The sooner we receive your information, the more likely we will be able to assist with coordinating practice times and/or special requests. Please contact Tom Kelsey - Director of Basketball Operations for all practice and shoot-around requests. We will gladly accommodate your schedule, when possible. In addition, please remember, adjustments may be necessary based on local and/or national events. Subsequent changes will be formulated depending on the situation and administrative assessment. If you have any questions or concerns regarding any of the supplied material, please feel free to contact us directly. Sincerely, Jon Allen Assistant Director of Event Management Louisiana State University - Athletics 3
ADMINISTRATION Vice Chancellor / Director of Athletics Joe Alleva Office: 225-578-3600 Athletics@lsu.edu Senior Associate AD Eddie Nunez Office: 225-578-1801 Fax: 225-578-2430 enunez@lsu.edu ATHLETIC TRAINING Senior Associate Athletic Trainer Shawn Eddy Office: 225-578-4151 reddy1@lsu.edu EVENT MANAGEMENT Assistant Director of Event Management Jon Allen (Primary Contact) Office: 225-578-8424 Cell: 225-436-5134 Fax: 225-578-4799 jballen@lsu.edu Event Management Graduate Assistant Richard Dempsey Office: 225-578-6617 Cell: 504-210-5323 pfreib1@tigers.lsu.edu FACILITIES Operations Manager (PMAC) Dreyfus Milstead Office: 225-578-9136 dmilst1@lsu.edu EMERGENCY CONTACTS LSU Police Department (Campus) 225-578-3231 Baton Rouge Police Department (City) 225-389-2000 Emergency 911 East Baton Rouge Sheriff s Department 225-389-5000 LSU BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach Johnny Jones Assistant Coaches David Patrick Eric Musselman Charlie Leonard Director of Basketball Operations Tom Kelsey Office: 225-578-1265 Fax: 225-578-1293 tkelsey@lsu.edu Video Coordinator Zack Kendrick Office: 225-578-2891 Fax: 225-578-1293 zkendr1@lsu.edu Basketball Office Executive Assistant Brittany Carvalhido Office: 225-578-8217 bfd1@lsu.edu MARKETING & PROMOTIONS Director of Marketing Daniel Nunes Office: 225-578-8960 dnunes1@lsu.edu PARKING Director of Parking Operations Adam Smith Office: 225-578-3999 asmit56@lsu.edu SPORTS INFO/MEDIA RELATIONS Senior Associate Sports Information Director Kent Lowe Office: 225-578-1864 clowe@lsu.edu TICKET OFFICE Director of Ticket Operations Tim Messa Office: 225-578-2010 tmessa@lsu.edu 4
Friday, Nov. 7 Saturday, Nov. 15 Tuesday, Nov. 18 Saturday, Nov. 29 Tuesday, Dec. 2 Saturday, Dec. 13 Monday, Dec. 22 Monday, Dec. 29 Saturday, Jan. 3 Saturday, Jan. 10 Saturday, Jan. 17 Wednesday, Jan. 28 Thursday, Feb. 5 Saturday, Feb. 7 Tuesday, Feb. 10 Saturday, Feb. 21 Saturday, Feb. 28 Wednesday, Mar. 4 Morehouse (EXH) Gardner Webb Texas Tech McNeese State UMass Sam Houston State Charleston Southern Miss Savannah State Georgia Texas A&M South Carolina Auburn Alabama Kentucky Florida Ole Miss Tennessee 7:00 PM 12:00 PM 8:30 PM 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 8:00 PM 11:00 AM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 6:00 PM Please note: All Game Times are Subject to Change 5
ATHLETIC TRAINING The LSU Athletic Training Staff will provide your team locker room with water, cups, and a cooler with ice. A hydrocollator will be placed in your locker room with moist heat packs. Athletic Training Facilities at the PMAC will be available based on necessity. In addition, the Broussard Training Room, located at Tiger Stadium, will be available through the LSU Athletic Training Staff for emergency situations A paramedic crew will be available courtside for any emergency situations. They will be positioned at floor level of the Northeast Corridor of the Maravich Center. All questions regarding Athletic Training should be directed to Shawn Eddy at 225-578-4151 or reddy1@lsu.edu Important Numbers: Pete Maravich Assembly Center Training Room 225-578-4151 Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training 225-578-2050 Baton Rouge General Medical Center Mid City 225-387-7000 225-387-7603 (ER) Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center 225-765-6565 225-765-8826 (ER) LSU Student Health Center 225-578-6271 BENCH LOCATION The visiting team bench will be located on the east side bench area (nearest the visiting team locker room). Please see arena diagram on page 12 for your courtside bench area. Per SEC guidelines, team benches shall consist of 22 seats. A maximum of five seats may be placed in a second row behind the bench (if room is available); however these seats must count toward the overall total of 22. All game personnel (i.e. coaches, players, manager, trainers, etc.) must sit on the bench and have the appropriate credential. CREDENTIALS Upon entry, LSU Event Management will provide visiting team staff with necessary credentials. Visiting team managers and trainers will need to wear a credential for access to the restricted areas (courtside, locker room, and any media rooms). Credentials must be checked at access points and must remain visible at all times and all passes are nontransferable. Anyone caught abusing or misusing working credentials, will be asked to leave the arena and may be reported to the SEC. Requests for media credentials should be directed to Kent Lowe, (LSU Sports Information) at 225-578-1864 or clowe@lsu.edu. DRESSING ROOM Unless otherwise directed, the visiting team locker room will be #145E, which is located in the locker room hallway of the Northeast Corridor (a team sign will be posted). Upon arrival, LSU Event Management will direct team and staff to their locker room. Please be advised, all visiting teams and coaches will have an exclusive locker room, however there are multiple locker rooms in the hallway that may be used for various promotional activities through out the game. LSU Event Management will provide security and lock your locker room while you are on the court. EQUIPMENT The LSU basketball team will assign team managers to work with the visiting team. They will make sure balls and towels are provided at all times of team practice and/or team warm up. 6
FILM AND VIDEO INFORMATION LSU will make available a position or arrange for adequate space for videotaping the game. Please contact Zach Kendrick (225-578-2891 or zkendr1@lsu.edu) for all information regarding videotaping procedures and locations. MAPS The following maps are provided to assist with directions and locations - if additional directional material is needed, please contact Jon Allen (225-578-8424) Arena Map (see page 12): Important visiting team areas Arena Map (see page 13): Seating areas for visiting team and fans Campus Map (see page 14): Area immediately near the PMAC City Map (see page 15): Major Highways with directions to PMAC PARKING AND TEAM TRAVEL The visiting team bus will be allowed access to the reserved parking area of the Maravich Center - Parking Lot "201. The team bus will park near the Northeast Entrance, positioned near the adjacent building. The area will either be marked with parking barricades and/or someone will be available to show you where to park. Athletes and Coaches will enter the Maravich Center through the Northeast Entrance (single door adjacent to the main roll-up door). Please contact Jon Allen prior to arrival for arrangements and details for team-related parking questions. PRACTICE & PREGAME Please be sure to complete the visiting team travel form (page 10) and return as soon as possible. (forward to Jon Allen, fax # 225-578-4799 or jballen@lsu.edu) The visiting team will be allocated court times for pre game warm-up. Please refer to the Sample Game Protocol listed on page 9 for a quick preview. (On game day, Game Protocols specific for each game will be posted courtside and on the team locker room door). LSU shoot around is five hours prior to tipoff for all home contests. Tom Kelsey will work with all visiting teams to arrange shoot around times. SECURITY LSU will provide a uniformed officer to escort and shadow the visiting team head coach at all times. He or she will be assigned to sit behind the head coach on the visiting team bench at all times. In addition, the team locker room area is a secure hallway and the general public will not be allowed access. Following the game, any waiting family and friends will be directed outside to greet athletes/coaches near the team bus. Please direct any security questions to Jon Allen (225-578-8424). SPORTS INFORMATION All visiting media should coordinate with Kent Lowe of LSU Sports Information for any specific needs. 7
TEAM TRAVEL Please see page 10 - Visiting Team Travel Form. The visiting team travel form needs to be completed and returned as soon as possible. Please forward to Jon Allen, and be sure to include the contact information of someone in the travel party. A cell phone number must be provided in case we need to reach you prior to the contest. TICKET OFFICE General Information - Arena doors will open 1.5 hours prior to tip-off. Everyone age three (3) and older needs a ticket to enter the Maravich Center. The 100-Level seats allocated to the visiting team are located directly behind the visiting team bench. All rows run left to right (clockwise) looking up from court level, with seat #1 being the leftmost seat of every section. Handicap Accessible tickets are limited, so please contact the LSU Ticket Office as soon as possible for special requests. SEC Policy, visiting cheerleaders and mascots will not have access to the arena floor and the must have tickets to be seated in the arena. Will Call - Paid and public will call and all ticket sales are handled at the upper concourse ticket office directly across from Tiger Stadium. Visiting Team Will Call may be administered at the upstairs ticket windows or upon request - tickets may be included at the visiting player guest admission gate. Player Guest Admission - Visiting player guest admission is located at the lower southwest entrance. LSU follows NCAA guidelines regarding player guest admission. Players' guests will be admitted only with picture identification. You may provide an institutional representative to supervise your player guest admission. If you do not have a representative to work your player guest entrance, the LSU ticket office will be happy to provide assistance - please be sure to provide any special instructions and tickets. LSU TICKET OFFICE Toll Free: (800) 960-8587 Local: (225) 578-2184 Fax: (225) 578-3344 E-Mail: tickets@lsu.edu Web: LSUsports.net 8
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Please complete and return this form no later than 5 days prior to your institution s game versus LSU (Please include all requested information and provide itinerary, if available) LSU vs. Date of Contest: FLIGHT INFORMATION (Please include all requested information and provide itinerary, if available) Charter Flight Carrier: Flight Number: Ground Handler Arrival Date: Time: GROUND TRANSPORTATION (Due to procedures with our Campus Parking and Traffic Office, a travel itinerary will be extremely helpful) Bus Company: ACCOMODATIONS Team Hotel: Phone: REQUESTED PRACTICE TIME (Requested practice time will be confirmed 5 days prior to game day) Date: Time: Anticipated Arrival Time for Practice: **** Practice is (circle one): OPEN or CLOSED to the Public and Media **** CONTACT INFORMATION Travel Contact: Title: Phone: (O) (C) (F) E-mail: GAME DAY Expected Team Arrival on Game Day: Special Locker Room Requests: Please Return to: Jon Allen Coordinator of Event Management Office: 225-578-8424 Fax: 225-578-4799 jballen@lsu.edu 10
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P R A C T I C E F A C I L I T Y VISITING TEAM BUS PARKING Dalrymple Drive UPPER LEVEL TICKET OFFICE FROM NICHOLSON DRIVE VISITOR LOCKER ROOM ADA ELEVATOR 12
Visiting Team Tickets are Located in these Sections (115, 224, 336) Player Guest Entrance (Lower Level) Southwest Paid Will Call / Ticket Sales (Upper Level) South 13
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P M A C DRIVING DIRECTIONS The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is located along North Stadium Drive, directly across from Tiger Stadium. Please be advised - new parking and traffic regulations have impacted on-campus procedures for thru-traffic. It is extremely important we receive your itinerary early and we highly recommend you follow the suggested driving directions to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. If you encounter difficulty when entering campus, please call the event management contact Jon Allen (cell phone: 225-436-5134). Coming from the East on Interstate 10: Take I-10 to College Dr. (Exit 158). Take a left onto College Dr. and proceed straight ahead. Proceed straight through intersection with Perkins Rd. (notice College Dr. becomes Lee Dr.) Continue straight on Lee Dr. until reaching Burbank Dr. Turn right at Burbank Dr. Proceed forward on Burbank Dr. then turn right onto Nicholson Dr. Turn right onto North Stadium Dr. Proceed forward on North Stadium through the guard station and proceed through second traffic gate (You will see Pete Maravich Assembly Center on your left). Lot 201 will be located on your left as you approach the hill. Proceed through parking gate to the back of the lot (northeast entrance). Coming from West on Interstate 10: Take I-10 to the Nicholson Dr./Highland Rd. exit (Exit 155A). Veer right onto Terrace St. where exit ramp splits. Turn left onto Nicholson Dr.. Turn Left onto North Stadium Dr. Proceed forward on North Stadium Dr. Enter at guard station and proceed through second traffic gate. Lot 201 will be located on your left as you approach the hill. Proceed through parking gate to the back of the lot (northeast entrance). 15
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