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Louisiana Superdome

1500 Sugar Bowl Dr

New Orleans, LA 70112

Opened: August 3, 1975

Originally known as the Louisiana Superdome, then the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and now called the Caesars Superdome, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).

Plans 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 expanse and the 273-foot dome is made of a lamellar multi-ringed frame and has a diameter of 680 feet, making it the largest fixed domed structure in the world.

The Superdome has routinely hosted major sporting events; it has hosted seven Super Bowl games (and will host its eighth, Super Bowl LIX, in 2025), and five 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 (CFP). It also traditionally hosts the Bayou Classic, a rivalry game played between the HBCUs 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.

The NCAA has hosted the Men's Final Four at the Superdome six times in 1982, 1987, 1993, 2003, 2012, and 2022. The stadium hosted regional semifinals and finals in 1981 and 1990, as well as first and second round games in 1999 and 2001.

The NBA's New Orleans Jazz used the Superdome as their home court, from 1975 to 1979. In 1977, the Jazz set a then-record in attendance for an NBA game, with 35,077 watching the Jazz led by Pete "Pistol Pete" Maravich against the Philadelphia 76ers, led by fellow future Hall of Famer Julius Erving.

Tulane used the Superdome as its primary home court from its opening in 1975 through 1982. It played occasional games there in the 1990s against high-profile opponents before the opening of the New Orleans Arena (now the Smoothie King Center) in 1999.

Last 10 Games
Date	Opponents	Result

Apr 2, 2012	Kansas @ Kentucky #	59 - 67
Mar 31, 2012	Ohio State @ Kansas #	62 - 64
Mar 31, 2012	Louisville @ Kentucky #	61 - 69
Apr 7, 2003	Syracuse @ Kansas $	81 - 78
Apr 5, 2003	Marquette @ Kansas #	61 - 94
Apr 5, 2003	Syracuse @ Texas #	95 - 84
Mar 16, 2003	Mississippi State @ Kentucky $	57 - 64
Mar 15, 2003	LSU @ Mississippi State #	76 - 61
Mar 15, 2003	Auburn @ Kentucky #	78 - 58
Mar 14, 2003	Ole Miss @ Mississippi State #	64 - 73
	# - 2011-12 NCAA Tournament $ - 2002-03 NCAA Tournament