Baton Rouge, the capitol of Louisiana, is quickly becoming one of the south's premier cities.

Baton Rouge is situated on the fertile Mississippi River, and just like the Mississippi River Baton Rouge is fertile for business. At a population of about 225 thousand Baton Rouge is small enough to provide you with a hometown feeling but large enough to provide you with plenty of job opportunities.

• Baton Rouge business is rapidly growing. Sixteen percent of all new jobs statewide were created in Baton Rouge in 2003, according to Loren Scott, an LSU economist. Personal income among Baton Rouge residents is expected to increase as much as 4.8 percent by 2005. More detail: Retail Traffic.
• Last year Louisiana ranked No. 4 in Bloomberg's annual rating of the "wealth-friendly" states. The rankings are compiled by comparing taxes across the nation, including levies on salaries, real estate and personal property (Bloomberg Wealth Manager Magazine, June 2003).
• Louisiana ranked 10th for imposing the lowest total tax burden (federal, state, and local taxes included) (Tax Foundation, February 2003).
• Three Louisiana cities are in the Top 25 as places with the lowest costs of doing business: Lafayette (6th), Shreveport (7th) and Baton Rouge (25th). (Forbes, May 2003)
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Baton Rouge is in a temperate climate zone. The average winter temperature is 51 degrees F and the average summer temperature is 80 degrees F. The average annual rainfall is 60 inches per year.

LSU is located on more than 2,000 acres of land in the southern part of Baton Rouge, bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. The University's more than 250 principal buildings are grouped on a 650-acre plateau, which constitutes the main part of campus. LSU's campus is regarded as being one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation. As the Alma Mater states "Where stately oaks and broad magnolias shade inspiring halls ..." LSU's landscaping was called "a botanical joy" in its listing among the 20 best campuses in America in Thomas Gaines' The Campus as a Work of Art.

There's nothing like LSU's Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night. The stadium, popularly known as "Death Valley," is considered by opposing teams as one of the most difficult stadiums in which to play because of fan enthusiasm. Thousands of fans begin arriving early morning on game days to tailgate before the Tigers play. With the 2000 expansion, the stadium seats 91,644 spectators and is the fourth largest on-campus college football stadium in the country. Perhaps one of the most famous moments in Death Valley history took place on "The Night the Tigers Moved the Earth," the explosion of the crowd was so thunderous it caused an earth tremor that registered on a seismograph meter in LSU's Department of Geology & Geophysics across campus.

LSU’s success on the field, coupled with the unrivaled passion of its fan base, places the University among the elite programs in college football. The Tigers 38-24 victory over Ohio State University in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game marked the second national championship in football won by LSU in five seasons and makes the Tigers the only team to have won multiple titles in the BCS era. Additionally, the Tigers claim football national championships for the 2003 and 1958 seasons.

Baseball at LSU is also among the best in the nation. In 2008, fans witnessed a record breaking 23-game winning streak as the Tigers bid farewell to old Alex Box Stadium and surged back to the College World Series after winning the SEC Tournament Championship. LSU has won five national championships in baseball—1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 2000.

Tiger fans have also been privy to recent success in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The LSU men’s basketball team reached the Final Four in 2005, and the Lady Tigers have reached five consecutive Final Fours, beginning in 2004. The gymnastics team reached the Super Six for the first time in 2008.

Another mainstay of LSU Athletics is its track and field program. Combined, the men’s and women’s teams have won 31 national championships. The latest was the women’s 25 th, which came in 2008.