Cameron Indoor Stadium has come a long way. In the old days, it was a much more spartan arena. Instead of wood paneling, there was a metal blue rail around the top and relatively thin wood below that.
There are also a lot of banners, retired jerseys and signs of immense achievement around the rafters, including five national championships, all of which is amazing.
Add in the Hall of Fame addition, the new plaza out front and the Nike store, and the environment is vastly improved from what it used to be, not that it was bad then.