Michigan State has just completed a $64 million renovation of its Spartan Stadium. "Gone are the old tub troughs and now there are individual urinals," plumbing contractor Matt Keebler says with pride. "There's new lighting. It's all new paint. It's awesome."

But before they open it to the public, they want to test all 111 new toilets, all 52 new urinals, and all 80,000 feet of plumbing pipe. So they're recruiting 300 volunteers to run around flushing to make sure the stadium is ready to handle the load of 75,000 peoples' loads.

We jaded PoopReporters view this kind of stunt with suspicion. Because this kind of stunt makes the news quite a bit. So it gets you thinking... is it necessary? Or is it just a quick and easy way to get your new stadium in the news?

Well, toilets do need to be tested. And often. After all, they failed at this year's Super Bowl. And they failed even worse in 1971 at Patriots' stadium. And while the plumbing of mass evacuations is pretty reliable these days, it is probably better to be sure... just in case.

Below: the urinal at Dodger Stadium (from urinal.net).