The Carl Maddox Field House is an indoor

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

facility located on the campus of

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties i ...

. The facility, built in 1975, serves as the indoor home of the

LSU Tigers track and field The LSU Tigers track and field team represents LSU Tigers, Louisiana State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I (NCAA), Division I men's indoor and outdoor track and field. History LSU men's track and field ha ...

team and the

LSU Lady Tigers track and field The LSU Lady Tigers track and field team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's indoor and outdoor track and field. History The Lady Tiger program began in August 1978. The LSU Lady Tigers track and field program is t ...

team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 3,000. In 1998, the facility was renamed in honor of former LSU

Athletic Director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and ...

Carl Maddox Carl Maddox was the athletics director of Louisiana State University (1968–1978) and Mississippi State University (1979–1983). The Carl Maddox Field House at LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers, LSU is named after him along with the Carl Maddox Track and ...

during the SEC Indoor Championships. Maddox was a fan of track and field and a major force in building the field house. The field house features a 200-meter unbanked track, elevated jump runways, a variety of throwing areas and multiple high jump and vaulting areas. Carl Maddox Field House also hosts the LHSAA Indoor Track & Field State Championships. and youth indoor track meets.

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* College indoor track and field venues in the United States Indoor track and field venues in Louisiana Indoor arenas in Louisiana LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field venues Sports venues in Louisiana Sports venues completed in 1975 1975 establishments in Louisiana {{BatonRougeLA-sports-venue-stub

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