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re: "The Superdome is the greatest stadium ever built"
Posted on 8/4/25 at 7:20 am to TigerintheNO
Posted on 8/4/25 at 7:20 am to TigerintheNO
Len Dawson won Super Bowl IV in Tulane Stadium.
The Dome should be replaced. They can imploded it and build a new stadium like the did in Minneapolis which is a great stadium. The Saints can play in Tulane for two years. Make a deal where it's only Sunday afternoon games for the neighborhood. A new stadium can be built in two years given that there's no winter in LA.
The Dome should be replaced. They can imploded it and build a new stadium like the did in Minneapolis which is a great stadium. The Saints can play in Tulane for two years. Make a deal where it's only Sunday afternoon games for the neighborhood. A new stadium can be built in two years given that there's no winter in LA.
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 8:10 am to TigerintheNO
Len Dawson?
Super Bowl IV was at Tulane Stadium.
They also forgot
JYD
Guns n Roses
Pink Floyd
Paul McCartney
1988 RNC
.....oh yeah, and REO Speedwagon
Super Bowl IV was at Tulane Stadium.
They also forgot
JYD
Guns n Roses
Pink Floyd
Paul McCartney
1988 RNC
.....oh yeah, and REO Speedwagon
Posted on 8/4/25 at 8:37 am to KiwiHead
The diversity of big events is pretty impressive.
Sugar Bowls. CFP championship games
Super Bowls Final Fours Pope visit RNC convention
Major concerts major boxing matches Bayou Classic
Major League Baseball exhibition games Wrestlemania
The regular NFL and college football games
High school football championships the Winn Dixie Showdown Mardi Gras balls boat shows etc etc
Superdome. Convention Center and WW2 Museum are a few of things city and state did right in last 50 yrs we know all the bad things
Sugar Bowls. CFP championship games
Super Bowls Final Fours Pope visit RNC convention
Major concerts major boxing matches Bayou Classic
Major League Baseball exhibition games Wrestlemania
The regular NFL and college football games
High school football championships the Winn Dixie Showdown Mardi Gras balls boat shows etc etc
Superdome. Convention Center and WW2 Museum are a few of things city and state did right in last 50 yrs we know all the bad things
Posted on 8/4/25 at 8:57 am to OU812
quote:Hey look, it's that guy who doesn't know how taxes work regarding the Superdome and Arena. The LSED owns the buildings, hosts the events, and makes the direct revenue from them. The hotel stays, food, and travel are the rest of the big part of the economic impact. Let's look at hotels.
No doubt, especially when only NOLA reaps the benefits and $$$ from it! Make NOLA pay for it!
State sales tax: 5%.
LSED hotel/motel tax: 4% (only in Orleans Parish, as compared to the normal State hotel/motel tax of 2% everywhere else in the state.)
Orleans Parish sales tax: 5%.
Orleans Parish hotel/motel tax: 1.5% (Orleans is not charging its max allowed 2.5% to help boost tourism)
Nightly charge per person: $0.50
The combined city/state rate is between 17% and 15%. The state's cut is 9%. More than half of the taxes collected from hotel stays related to sports in New Orleans go to the state.
"Only New Orleans gets the $$$!!!!" Fail.
This post was edited on 8/4/25 at 8:57 am
Posted on 8/4/25 at 8:58 am to TigerintheNO
quote:
"The Superdome is the greatest stadium ever built"
Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:32 am to Optimism
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The diversity of big events is pretty impressive.
Sugar Bowls. CFP championship games
Super Bowls Final Fours Pope visit RNC convention
Major concerts major boxing matches Bayou Classic
Major League Baseball exhibition games Wrestlemania
The regular NFL and college football games
High school football championships the Winn Dixie Showdown Mardi Gras balls boat shows etc etc
Superdome. Convention Center and WW2 Museum are a few of things city and state did right in last 50 yrs we know all the bad things
1995 St. Bernard vs. Jeanerette
Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:36 am to TigerFanatic99
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That's easily the most flattering picture of New Orleans ever taken.
Even the smoothie king center looks decent from a distance. Definitely a good pic.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:52 am to TigerintheNO
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The roster of entertainment stars who have performed under its iconic white roof
You mention entertainment which reminds me that Jerry Jones paid 1. something Billion to build his stadium then had a big country show with George Strait, Reba, Blake Shelton.
Everyone walked away saying "this place sucks" apparently the sound doesn't work right.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:58 am to TigerintheNO
Calling it the greatest stadium ever built because New Orleans doesn't have the ability to replace it is a terrible argument. Without the insane draw of New Orleans being a heavy hitter travel destination, it would have been abandoned years ago as the Saints left for greener pastures (which was 100% going to happen if Tagliabue didn't promise Benson the moon), and been imploded a long time ago.
The Superdome isn't the greatest Stadium ever built, it's the fricking luckiest stadium ever built.
The Superdome isn't the greatest Stadium ever built, it's the fricking luckiest stadium ever built.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:07 am to Ralph_Wiggum
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The Dome should be replaced
Exactly but didn't they just spend close to $600 million with yet ANOTHER renovation? How many is that?
It's gotta be over a close to a billion in renovations over the years and you could've put that money towards a brand new facility but they keep kicking the can down the road a milking the taxpayers along with the NFL. Haven't seen the latest renovation but last time I was there (2019) the place was still a dump.
Maybe they get it right this time around but I doubt it.
This post was edited on 8/5/25 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 8/5/25 at 4:30 am to Chicken
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I saw a MLB game in there when I was younger...exhibition game featuring the Yankees
Probably against the Orioles - when the Orioles were really good.
I also remember seeing New Orleans Pelicans baseball games in the Dome. The Pelicans were a AAA-affiliate of the Cardinals at the time.
Finally, I remember going to the Winn Dixie Showdown in the 90s at the Dome where LSU and two other Louisiana schools would play 3 schools from another state, like Texas.
In its baseball configuration the Dome seemed extremely cavernous and impersonal. But, at the time it was all we really had in the city and it was fun to at least get some “high level“ baseball Games in the city.
I had one of these hanging in my room as a kid...
Fun fact: Tony La Russa played his last season in organized baseball with the Pelicans before embarking on his managerial career.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 4:48 am to Ponchy Tiger
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quote:
Terry Bradshaw, Len Dawson
Typical writer that doesn't know jack. neither won a championship in the Dome.
To be fair, Super Bowl IX was supposed to be played in the Dome. It was supposed to be the first game in the Dome. However, it wasn’t ready in time. Therefore, they played it at old Tulane Stadium. I was there that day. It was cold, rainy, and miserable. But it was the Super Bowl.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 5:02 am to MMauler
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It was supposed to be the first game in the Dome. However, it wasn’t ready in time.
It’s also why the NFL will not award Super Bowls to stadiums until they take place after their first full year of operation.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 5:33 am to TigerintheNO
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The Superdome is not only one of the most iconic buildings in the world;
In the world?
Posted on 8/5/25 at 6:23 am to RD Dawg
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Haven't seen the latest renovation but last time I was there (2019) the place was still a dump.
It's no longer a dump and looked great on TV for Super Bowl.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 6:24 am to TigerintheNO
Love that place. ATT and NRG are so generic and lack character that the Superdome has
Posted on 8/5/25 at 1:08 pm to TigerintheNO
No mention of the Busch Challenge....
Louisiana colleges verse another state's colleges in baseball...
It was always LSU, Tulane and UNO....
Louisiana colleges verse another state's colleges in baseball...
It was always LSU, Tulane and UNO....
Posted on 8/5/25 at 1:48 pm to TigerintheNO
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"The Superdome is the greatest stadium ever built"
The Superdome has many things going for it but the multicolored seats keep it from being the best. The GOAT stadium is the Roman Coliseum. It had a moveable roof and could be flooded (on purpose) so naval battles could be reenacted.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:17 pm to Chicken
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Author forgot Bono and U2 performing there multiple times...
and? The New Kids on The Block did, too.
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:20 pm to bgtiger
quote:Come on, man...show the respect!
and?
quote:
U2 are regarded as one of the greatest pop-rock acts of all time. Rolling Stone placed U2 at number 22 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time", while ranking Bono the 32nd-greatest singer, the Edge the 38th-greatest guitarist, and Mullen the 96th-greatest drummer. The magazine placed Bono and the Edge at number 35 on its list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".
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