Caesars Superdome
The Superdome | |
The Superdome in 2025 | |
| Former names | Louisiana Superdome (1975–2011) Mercedes-Benz Superdome (2011–2021) |
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| Address | 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive |
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Coordinates | 29°57′3″N 90°4′52″W / 29.95083°N 90.08111°W |
| Public transit | 46 Poydras Street New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal |
| Owner | The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District |
| Operator | ASM Global |
| Capacity | Football: 73,208 (expandable to 76,468) Basketball: 73,432 Baseball: 56,941 |
| Record attendance | 78,133 (WrestleMania 34, April 8, 2018) |
| Surface | Monsanto "Mardi Grass" turf (1975–2003) FieldTurf (2003–2006) Sportexe Momentum Turf (2006–2009) UBU Speed Series S5 (2010–2016) Act Global UBU Speed S5-M Synthetic Turf (2017–2018) Turf Nation S5 (2019–present) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 12, 1971 |
| Opened | August 3, 1975 |
| Reopened | September 25, 2006 |
| Construction cost | US$134 million (Initial) ($783 million in 2024 dollars) Renovations: US$193 million (2005–06 repairs) ($301 million in 2024 dollars) |
| Architect | Curtis and Davis Associated Edward B. Silverstein & Associates Nolan, Norman & Nolan |
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| Website | |
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Louisiana Superdome | |
| NRHP reference No. | 15001004 |
| Designated | January 27, 2016 |
Caesars Superdome (originally Louisiana Superdome and formerly Mercedes-Benz Superdome), commonly known as the Superdome, is a domed multi-purpose stadium in the southern United States, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).
Plans to build the Superdome were drawn up in 1967 by the New Orleans modernist architectural firm of Curtis and Davis and the building opened as the Louisiana Superdome in 1975. Its steel frame covers a 13-acre (5.3 ha) expanse and the 273-foot (83 m) dome is made of a lamellar multi-ringed frame and has a diameter of 680 feet (207 m), making it the largest fixed domed structure in the world.
The Superdome has hosted eight Super Bowls, including the most recent, Super Bowl LIX, and six NCAA championships in men's college basketball. In college football, the Sugar Bowl has been played at the Superdome since 1975, which is one of the "New Year's Six" bowl games of the College Football Playoff and the 2020 National Championship. It also traditionally hosts the Bayou Classic, a rivalry game played between the historically black colleges and universities Southern University and Grambling State University. The Superdome was also the long-time home of the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University until 2014 (when they returned on-campus at Yulman Stadium), and was the home venue of the New Orleans Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1975 until 1979.
In 2005, the Superdome housed thousands of people seeking shelter from Hurricane Katrina. The building suffered extensive damage as a result of the storm, and was closed for many months afterward. The building was fully refurbished and reopened in time for the Saints' 2006 home opener on September 25.