Illuminated accessories help make Tiger Stadium sparkle
Dating way back to Billy Cannon’s famed Halloween run, an October football game between LSU and Ole Miss has always been one to remember. But on Oct. 12, 2024, when the Rebels came to Death Valley, the experience had a different kind of spark.
During that 2024 matchup, which coincided with the celebration of 100 years of Tiger Stadium, fans became part of a performance that lit up the field. LED wristbands were provided to all guests, and fans watched as their wrists lit up Tiger Stadium as “Callin’ Baton Rouge” played over the speakers.
The LSU Athletic Department partnered with FMOL Health to provide this experience, says Dave Haskin, associate athletic director for marketing and broadcast operations. The bands were programmed to light up differently in each section and in conjunction with the stadium lights, providing a unique experience each time they were illuminated. The glowing bracelets highlighted each Tiger touchdown, brightened the halftime performance, and danced along with songs played throughout the game.
Haskin says the project’s inspiration came from the increasing popularity of LED band installations at concerts, and he says the fan reaction was exactly what the team was hoping for.
“[The LED wristbands] just maximized what our fans were able to experience, and that’s one of our main goals,” Haskin says.
Fans can always expect a one-of-a-kind experience on a Saturday night in Death Valley. If you’ve been to Tiger Stadium during an LSU football game, you’ve experienced the loudest crowd in the SEC, an award-winning marching band and a mischievous mascot. The addition of LED wristbands was just another example of how the Athletic Department is always looking for ways to enhance the fan experience, Haskin says. The bands were brought out again last year when LSU played Florida, and they have also been used at indoor sporting events at the PMAC. Wristbands were most recently used to light up that facility during the LSU volleyball team’s Sept. 23 game against Alabama.
And while this year’s gridiron matchup between LSU and Ole Miss took place in Oxford, the Athletics Department plans to deploy 90,000 LED wristbands for the Nov. 14 football game against the University of Texas, once again courtesy of FMOL Health. Fans in attendance at that game will also see the retirement of the jersey of another LSU football great, Bert Jones, who led the Tigers to a dramatic last-second victory against–you guessed it–Ole Miss back in 1972.
“We’re always looking to see what we can bring and add not only to the PMAC and Tiger Stadium, but our other venues as well,” says Haskin. “So as new technology is being created, we’re always trying to push the envelope and bring some of those unique opportunities to our venues.”
This article was originally published in the October 2026 issue of 225 Magazine.
