Saints To Remain In Superdome Through 2025

This picture amazed me when I first saw it. Super Bowls were played here. Three years prior, with about five percent of the world’s population watching, Ty Law ran a game-changing touchdown into the end zone. Right there, right around the spot where a kid is doodling in his coloring book.

A deal has been reached to keep the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome until 2025. This is happy news. New Orleans will be able to keep their football team. Beyond the sentiment, though, this story is a rare example of the sports industry making a responsible venue decision.

The stadium is nearly 35 years old; remarkably, many sports stadiums don’t last longer than this. The American sporting venue paradigm would have allowed the powers that be to take a wrecking ball to the Superdome and build a new stadium next door - after all, the dome suffered heavy hurricane damage in 2005. The city and the Saints opted against this, and whether the decision was made more out of necessity or responsibility, I applaud it.

They decided instead to spend $320 million on renovating the place. That’s a lot of money, but it’s about half as much money as the Indianapolis Colts and friends spent to build their stadium, and it’s about one fifth the cost of the new Yankee Stadium that I keep whining about.

This, I think, should be the new paradigm. Build a stadium, be prepared to renovate it periodically, and try to make it last a long time. Seriously, New Orleans. Well done.

Posted at 1:28 pm
on April 30th, 2009
Tags: New Orleans Saints, NFL, Superdome

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Home Improvement 5 months ago 1 point
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The stadium is nearly 35 years old that's why it totally deserves a renovation to help it last longer. Its renovation would really take long but it's worth the wait.

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Renovating this stadium will be a good idea but they should keep the original theme of this historical place, besides it has been there for almost 35 yeas

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new orleans stadium has been one of the most best places to watch sports, the architect have done a great job with it, and future renovations has made it even better.

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new orleans stadium has been one of the most best places to watch sports, the architect have done a great job with it, and future renovations has made it even better.

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