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re: Who’s old enough to remember the Busch challenge/Win Dixie showdown in the Superdome?
Posted on 4/2/25 at 7:41 am to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 4/2/25 at 7:41 am to Draconian Sanctions
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no but i remember the Grand Prix du Mardi Gras where one of the racing series thought it would be a good idea to have their cars run a street race in New Orleans.
I think it lasted 2 years, but yes, the streets were the issue.
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Posted on 4/2/25 at 7:42 am to Houmatiger0626
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If I remember right wasn't it real deep to straight away center field? Like 420-430 feet?
421 to center
During renovations, they released a hypothetical baseball configuration, but if I remember correctly they scrapped it and Dome is no longer setup to convert to baseball.
Looks like it would have been a very nice setup too.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 8:16 am to LSUtigerNVegas
Was lucky enough to watch a couple of games in the Governor’s Suite.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:52 am to LSUtigerNVegas
Some local high school teams got to play games in the Dome, including my alma mater, and there were pre-season MLB games. I saw Mark McGwire hit a line-drive homer to dead center against the World Champ Yankees.
I actually tried to rent the Superdome when they had it set up for baseball one Spring, so my friends and I could play baseball games. My ambition at one point was to have a 24 hour continuous game to raise money for charity, beginning after the college challenge and playing all through the night. There were some men's leagues around the country that were doing the charity thing but I've forgotten which charity they were supporting. I did get UNO Field, and Zephyr Field and swimming pool a few times
I actually tried to rent the Superdome when they had it set up for baseball one Spring, so my friends and I could play baseball games. My ambition at one point was to have a 24 hour continuous game to raise money for charity, beginning after the college challenge and playing all through the night. There were some men's leagues around the country that were doing the charity thing but I've forgotten which charity they were supporting. I did get UNO Field, and Zephyr Field and swimming pool a few times
This post was edited on 4/2/25 at 10:54 am
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:55 am to CWS91
It was actually the weenies' female A.D .who tried to pressure Skip for a bigger share of the Classic's revenue. The same A.D. who was subsequently fired for having a relationship with a female athlete .Skip just showed her a printout of ticket sales for each game & all the LSU game's attendances almost doubled those involving the weenies & UNO. She pushed him several times & finally Skip told her to take a walk, as LSU makes more in a 3 game series in The Box then it does in The Classic.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 11:13 am to LSUtigerNVegas
This is a weird thread
Posted on 4/2/25 at 11:18 am to Tigerdew
Those were the best times. When Tulane was good I loved that rivalry.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 11:34 am to LSUtigerNVegas
Went one year and sat in front of Ben McDonald’s parents. I got a foul ball and they brought me down to the locker room to get Ben to autograph it. Still have that ball in my office.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 11:41 am to LSUtigerNVegas
Some of my favorite memories as a kid are of the Winn Dixie Showdown in the Dome with my dad and grandpa. Especially the years when it came down to the final game as to which state would win overall. Great years playing the Florida Texas Oklahoma and Mississippi schools. I would give anything to be able to go back to those days!
Posted on 4/2/25 at 11:50 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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This is a weird thread
Posted on 4/2/25 at 12:07 pm to LSUtigerNVegas
It was awesome. I went when Todd Walker was a freshman, and he had 3-4 hits including a triple and i said to my gf "he is going to be really good" lol 
Posted on 4/2/25 at 12:16 pm to LA Lightning
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I saw Mark McGwire hit a line-drive homer to dead center against the World Champ Yankees.
I think you're mixing up a few games in your memories.
McGwire never played against the Yanks in Superdome.
and Yanks never played there in a year they were defending champs.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 12:51 pm to paulb52
The environment for baseball was a little weird. In addition to being sterile, I remember a mammoth opposite field HR by a Tiger lefty whose name evades me, hitting the concrete floor beyond the fence and bouncing like a super ball 20 feet in the air. However, the quality of the competition, proximity to where I work and—this is big—the immunity to foul weather made for something I will always miss.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 1:19 pm to Tigergreg
It was originally named the Busch Challenge. Then college sports teams/events could not be sponsored by an alcohol and/or tobacco company. So it was renamed the Winn Dixie Showdown.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 4:12 pm to LSUtigerNVegas
I actually went one year to see a family member play
Posted on 4/2/25 at 4:30 pm to Demonbengal
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Was Zephyrs attendance that bad?
Z’s attendance was fine
Changing name to Baby Cakes was part of the problem with the crap ownership after Rob Couhig left, crap ownership destroyed the entire game experience and attendance collapsed.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 4:35 pm to LSUtigerNVegas
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Who’s old enough to remember the Busch challenge/Win Dixie showdown in the Superdome?
saw the Yankees and Orioles in the 'dome in 1980, not a very well suited venue for baseball, to be generous
Posted on 4/2/25 at 4:46 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
Maybe Zephyr Field in Metairie?
Posted on 4/2/25 at 9:55 pm to LSUtigerNVegas
Went to several, also believe the superdome hosted the SEC tournament one year. I remember skip getting tossed….i think it was one of only 3 times he got tossed in his career. The other I was at was against Long Beach St in a regional I believe.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 10:07 pm to LSUtigerNVegas
I am. I went to all of them. I looked forward to it every year.
They are ancient history. New Orleans doesn’t even have a baseball stadium that could host an event like that anymore.
The Superdome and Zephyr Stadium are no longer set up for baseball.
They are ancient history. New Orleans doesn’t even have a baseball stadium that could host an event like that anymore.
The Superdome and Zephyr Stadium are no longer set up for baseball.
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