re: Brees: New stadiums becoming crucial for cities to land Super Bowls

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Of course it wasn't a shock to me because I understood the difference, but hearing those grown men whine about minor issue x, y, z was quite hilarious.

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That is funny. I can imagine Tiger Stadium being underwhelming if you aren't an LSU fan and are going there for a Saints game. Now that you say it, it's really the crowd and atmosphere surrounding LSU football that makes a game in Tiger Stadium so great.

I agree, though. There are definitely a few more things they can do to better the Superdome for the next 10-20 years. I can certainly see New Orleans getting at least one more Super Bowl with the current stadium, but if they are going to be picky about new stadiums for hosts, I definitely can't see more than one, MAYBE two.

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I realize the local teams are taxed, but what I am saying is the NFL is a profitable, executive corporation that is being allowed to operate in a non-profit status. They do more than the standard "trade association" status would imply, they hand out millions of dollars to locations based on those locations' willingness to give them free stuff, suspend employees based on the rules they impose, have the authority to block citizens from entering games (which are in publicly-funded facilities), hike prices on tickets/merchandise, and ultimately extort local governments to fund extravagant facilities that have a singular purpose. They run the NFL like a corporation, they should be paying for the privilege to use the local infrastructure.

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They are paying. Every dollar the NFL makes filters down to the franchises. It's all taxed.

Pre-Katrina, weren't the Saints in talks with the state to get a new stadium on the riverfront?





Proposed Saints Stadium

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Exactly. You have to look at how much a couple of Super Bowls will bring in compared to the cost of a new stadium. Not comparable, I don't think.

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Agreed. Also, whether we like it or not, it is not much different than the massive tax breaks or TIFs, or similar avenues that are afforded large corporations to bring their operations to a state. It is a promise of business, jobs and economic impact by the corporation that incentivizes the states to offer these tax breaks, land offerings, etc.

I'm so glad that new stadium idea failed.

It would've been a disaster.

The Superdome is our dome-field advantage!

he gone?

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The Minnesota people were proud that with the new stadium's skyway connections and underground parking, there will be no reason for anyone attending the game to go outside, you don't even have to see Minneapolis.

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So fricking pathetic. The NFL doesn't give a shite about the fans or where would be a better place to host. They want their loan back and this is a quick way to get it.

They could've easily given Minny the SB the very next year and the stadium would still be brand new. A tricentennial is huge and shows they only care about money, not the game by passing us up.

Bulldoze the convention center and move the stadium there. Have all future conventions at the Superdome. Bam.

The problem isn't with the Dome, per se, as a venue, especially after the post-Katrina renovations. I still marvel at how modern, and at the same time classic, it looks. That's especially true at night. Any "problems" with it can be remedied without an entirely new stadium being built. The real issue is rewarding a city for devoting public dollars to a new stadium rather than the stadium itself being so superior to another site.

ETA: And I can' think of another location that would maintain the advantages that it has now with proximity to everything. I suppose on the river near the Convention Center comes close.