Play at tiger stadium for 2 years.

Demolish the dome, make it a modern day stadium.

You cannot move the dome without losing the appeal of bring so close to the activities.

Slidell, westwego, and Kenner are too far.

New Orleans east is not safe.

Metairie doesn't have much space.

Lakefront/Lakeview has a good bit of viable land that could accommodate it, but it's missing that appeal

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Posted by dcw7g

Member since Dec 2003

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Posted on 8/29/17 at 7:42 pm to htran90

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Demolish the dome, make it a modern day stadium.

How, specifically, is the Dome not a modern-day stadium?! Why do people keep saying this, especially since an almost half billion in post Katrina remodel/updates. While it's no Jerry World, I've been to Houston's NRG and didn't notice any significant advantages. Don't confuse a crappy parking situation with a bad stadium.

The Dome is basically 5 years old:

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the multiphase, multi-year, $376 million renovation the Superdome underwent from 2006 to 2011 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. With the exception of the building's steel skeleton, nearly every aspect of the stadium was repaired and/or replaced during the makeover.

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The roof, team store, press box, locker room, luxury suites and club lounges were all upgraded, replaced or expanded.

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Other improvements included upgrading the sound system, lighting, suites, concourses and visitor dressing room.

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Since then, the stadium has seen continued improvements with the expansion of some concourses, the addition of seats and the installation of an exterior lighting system. The addition of Champions Square was also a significant upgrade.

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The Superdome’s most recent renovation was completed before the 2016 season. The highlight of that round of upgrades was a pair of 300-by-35-foot video boards that hang behind each end zone. They were among $39.5 million in improvements,

If they pursue the next planned upgrade, that'll be about 1 billion into the Dome since 2006, about what a new stadium would cost. It's nuts to talk about a new stadium, and completely unnecessary.

LINK to post-Katrina upgrades article
LINK for article on planned upgrades.

Can we put this topic to rest?