LSU fans will “likely have to wait quite awhile” to see how the U.S. Department of Justice’s bid rigging allegations against former Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke are resolved and what “impact it will have on LSU’s plans” to build a $400M multi-purpose venue to replace the aging Pete Maravich Assembly Center, according to Scott Rabalais of the New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE. Leiweke was indicted Wednesday in a federal case that “alleges he rigged the bidding process over the Moody Center project at Texas.” In May, LSU AD Scott Woodward said that LSU was “focused on just the Oak View Group as being its partner in this project” and that the other developer considered, ASM Global, was “out of the running at that time.” Woodward added that LSU “hoped to open the doors on the new facility sometime in 2029.” Instead of turning over the first shovel full of dirt, Lieweke’s indictment “may throw some dirt on LSU’s plans, especially if the school has to find another developer” (New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE, 7/10).
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