The Louisiana Superdome
Location: 1500 Poydras Street. New Orleans, LA
Coordinates: 29.5703.350N 90.4053.910W
Broke Ground: August 11, 1971
Opened: September 25, 1975
Scheduled Reopenning after Katrina: Sept. 25, 2006
Closed: Temporarily on Sept. 3, 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina
Owner: Louisiana Stadium/Expo District
Operator: Spectacor Management Group
Surface: Concrete based multi-purpose floor, Astroturf for non-football sporting events
Field Turf American Football playing surface.
Contruction Costs: 134 million USD
Architect: Curtis and Davis
Tenants:
New Orleans Saints NFL 1975 - 2004; 2006 to Present
Sugar Bowl NCAA 1975 - 2005; 2007 to Present
Tulane Greenwave NCAA 1975 - 2004; 2006 to Present
New Orleans Jazz NBA h1975 - 1979
New Orleans Breakers USFL 1984
Seating Capacitiy:
Football: 72,003
Basket ball 55,675
Baseball 63,525
The Superdome is a massive structure located on 52 acres of
land, including the former Girod Street Cementary. The
Dome has an interior space of 125,000,000 ft. , a height
of 253 ft, a dome diameter of 680ft., and a total floor area
of 269,000sqft.
It is the largest fixed domed structure in the world, but it lost its
title as the largest dome structure when the Georgia Dome was built
in 1992. Since then both have been surpassed in size by the
Millennium Dome of London in 1999.
Contruction on the Superdome started on August 11, 1971 and was
finished in Novevmber 1975. The New Orleans Saints openned
the 1975-1976 NFL Season at the Superdome. Tulane Stadium,
which had served as the Saint's first home and the city's primary stadium,
was condemned on the day the Superdome openned.
More Sugar Bowl games have been played at the Louisiana
Superdome than at any other sports facility:
1978, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1997, and 2002.
The Superdome also hosts:
The Sugar Bowl
The New Orleans Bowl
Tulane University Football
Bayou Classic Football.
The Superdome also played host to several NCAA College
basketball Final Fours:
1982, 1987, 1993, 2004.
The 1996 and 2003 Southeastern Conference men's basketball
tournaments were also held there, as was the 1976 NFL Pro
Bowl.
Also for a brief period in the mid 1970's The Superdome was
home to the New Orleans Jazz, now the Utah Jazz.
In addition to sporting events, the Dome has hosted a number
of music concerts, national acts, trade shows and conventions.
Historical Highlights
Created by Law: November 8, 1966
Louisiana Constitutional Admendment
Construction began : Aug. 11, 1971
Superdome opened: Aug. 3, 1975
Superdome Tid-bits
World's largest steel-constructed room unobscured by posts.
First privately managed, publically owned arena.
More Super Bowls than any other facility (6).
World record for an indoor concert 87,500 for the Rolling Stones in 1981.
Site of the 1988 Republican National Convention where George
Bush Sr. as nominated.
National record for basketball attendance at the NCAA
Final Four (64,659 in 1987), and for regular season.
(68,112 in 1990).
Louisiana Supoerdome behind the
New Orleans Arena