New Orleans Saints - Louisiana Superdome

New Orleans Saints - Louisiana Superdome Address: 1500 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Name: Louisiana Superdome Home Team: New Orleans Saints Capacity: 68,390 Playing Surface: Artificial Turf Year Opened: 1975

Opening day for the Saints at the Superdome was on September 28, 1975. Almost 70,000 multicolored seats in three tiers circle the entire field at the Superdome. Every seat next to another one is a different color, making it look like their are more people at games than there really are. Several video/scoreboards are located inside the Superdome. During the summer of 1996, the Superdome underwent $22.8 million in renovations including, a new entrance lobby and ticket offices, an additional concourse serving the upper level seats, refurbished ballrooms, additional accommodations for the disabled, and upgraded safety and security equipment. After the 2002 season the Astroturf playing field was replaced with Fieldturf. The Superdome hosts numerous other events other than football. It has hosted baseball and basketball games, trade shows, conventions, concerts, and many other events. The Superdome has hosted six Super Bowls. During the past year, the Saints having been looking at options of possibly building a new retractable roof stadium by 2009.

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