The PMAC will feature some new seating in time for basketball season’s tipoff next month, according to LSU associate athletic director Eddie Nunez.The LSU Athletic Department is currently replacing the south section of the stadium’s lower bowl bleachers, which have fallen into disrepair.”The seats have basically broken down,” Nunez said. “We’re not trying to generate more revenue. We’ve done everything we can do [to keep the seats in use] but we’ve hit the wall. We had to use a forklift to pull the seats in and out – that’s how bad it got.”The upgrades, which are being funded by the Tiger Athletic Foundation, will be completed in time for the coming season. The rest of the lower bowl is scheduled for renovation before the 2010-2011 season.Nunez said “something crazy has to happen financially” for next year’s renovations not to take place.Nunez also said the athletic department is considering moving the student section for the 2010-2011 season.”We’re investigating that for next season,” he said. “We’d like our students to be as close to the court as possible.”Current suggestions include moving student seating behind the east basket, which is the basket to the right of the current student section.The student section for the LSU women’s basketball games is already behind the east basket.Nunez said the plan is “not a done deal,” and a decision will be made later in the season.The women’s basketball season begins Nov. 10. The men tip off Nov. 13.—-Contact David Helman at [email protected]