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2001 stadium designs
Posted on 1/30/25 at 2:32 am
Posted on 1/30/25 at 2:32 am
I've been thinking back to when Tom Benson was wanting a new stadium after the successful 2000 season. I remember seeing the sketches, but I can't remember where the proposed location was going to be.
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Posted on 1/30/25 at 4:49 am to tigerfan84
Think it was the West Bank. Funny how those mock ups look dated now when they looked so state of the art at the time.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 5:08 am to PNW_TigerSaint
It was upriver from the convention center, area called the river district where the new Civil Rights Museum will go:
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NOLA develops nothing quickly so it’s still stagnating along.
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NOLA develops nothing quickly so it’s still stagnating along.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 5:18 am to tigerfan84
Downtown Luling!! Off 310 bridge minutes from the airport.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 6:02 am to tigerfan84
Is that blue water in the top picture supposed to be the Mississippi River?
Posted on 1/30/25 at 6:09 am to Epaminondas
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s that blue water in the top picture supposed to be the Mississippi River?
Yes. It matches the well landscaped stadium surrounds, and the superior pavement for streets and pedestrians with no surface water that NOLA is so famous.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 6:20 am to tigerfan84
Something something painted endzones.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 8:52 am to tigerfan84
As far as I recall, the main site being discussed was near the old Fisher Projects on the Mississippi River on the West Bank.
This post was edited on 1/30/25 at 9:26 am
Posted on 1/30/25 at 9:08 am to tigerfan84
painted endzones 
Posted on 1/30/25 at 9:20 am to tigerfan84
Retractable roof in Nola would be a beautiful disaster.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 10:58 am to tigerfan84
I love the dome being in the middle of the city.
It is a unique thing that not many sports franchises have.
It is a unique thing that not many sports franchises have.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:17 am to tigerfan84
What is funny is these designs are considered way outdated today.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:25 am to Epaminondas
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that blue water in the top picture supposed to be the Mississippi River?
Was it not blue 25 years ago? I don't remember.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:44 am to Geauxldilocks
Near to statue of the hair pick?
Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:31 pm to tigerfan84
What a cool story. What’s the backstory - Saints get first playoff win and Benson start pushing for it.
Always remember Benson fighting with the state for money.
Then, outta nowhere he struck gold with Brees.
Always remember Benson fighting with the state for money.
Then, outta nowhere he struck gold with Brees.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:34 pm to tigerfan84
The bottom photo was where the Iberville projects are located. That was never going to work.
Those two pictures were simply renderings done by the design, architecture, engineering, and urban planning firm HOK, which does a lot of sports facilities. They were commissioned by Benson himself simply as 'pretty picture' ideas, with no basis in physical or political reality.
Those two pictures were simply renderings done by the design, architecture, engineering, and urban planning firm HOK, which does a lot of sports facilities. They were commissioned by Benson himself simply as 'pretty picture' ideas, with no basis in physical or political reality.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 7:15 pm to Akit1
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What’s the backstory
I remember following on Saints Report.
There was a lot of talk about the team relocating to Biloxi area.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 8:21 pm to tigerfan84
Solid endzones with helmet logos seems like an impossible dream.
On the bright side, the Superdome is better than ever
On the bright side, the Superdome is better than ever
This post was edited on 1/30/25 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:06 pm to tigerfan84
Sadly we like old wore out designs and minor league park designs , just look at Alex Box
Posted on 1/31/25 at 9:32 am to tigerfan84
If we built this in 2001, wed already need a new stadium 
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