re: The Superdome is the fifth oldest stadium in the NFL........

Half of me can't understand why Lambeau doesn't need to be rebuilt but the Superdome "does".

Lambeau has metal bleachers with no chairbacks for like 55,000 of its seats. The "club seats" and "suites" are the worst seats in the stadium - at the very top.

The only thing "wrong" with the Superdome is that the suites are smushed too far back into the club level. The view from the suites sucks - it's like watching the game from the belly of a huge whale. But then again - if all the suites are leased I don't understand the problem. And the Club level is freaking PIMP now - it's as nice (or better) as the club levels in Seattle, Fed Ex Field, Lambeau, and the new Soldier. The view from the club seats is killer - the way it should be.

You always hear about the "bad sightlines" up in the terrace level, but what you don't hear is the view of 95% of the action from the terrace is far superior to the views from the upper levels of the new stadiums like Raymond James or Fed Ex Field, where the seats there are so far removed from the field that you need binoculars to see out that far. Sometimes when you sit in the Superdome Terrace, your view is obstructed for a part of one corner of the endzone closest to you. Big fricking deal. Get bigger jumbotrons and you're all set.

The other thing I can't get over is that in New Orleans, a football-only facility would get used no more than 15 times a year.

Another good point is that the Superdome is in the absolutely PERFECT location right now. If you move the Superdome you'd better damn well keep it within walking distance of the CBD and the French Quarter. The only REAL solution for locating a new stadium would be to knock the Dome down, have the Saints play at LSU for 3 seasons, and rebuild the new stadium right there in the same spot. This would solve another huge issue in that if you build an entirely new stadium, you'd not want to have the Superdome sitting there, dominating your skyline without the money to keep it up and maintain it. Anybody who's driven past the Astrodome lately knows how quickly a mostly unused facility becomes an eyesore. Luckily for Houston, the Astrodome isn't in a very prominent place.