June 6th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in At the conclusion of the 2010 regular season, workers began $85 million in renovations to the 36-year-old Superdome as part of a 15-year lease extension between the Saints and the state of Louisiana. SMG regional vice president Doug Thornton gave Jeff Duncan of The Times-Picayune a tour of the progress the project has made in [...]
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SuperDome Sold Out for Entire Saints Season – If There Is One
Despite the possibility of a shortened or canceled 2011 season, football optimism hasn’t dimmed a bit in New Orleans. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports the Saints have sold out all of their tickets for the upcoming year, the sixth consecutive year the team has accomplished that feat. The streak dates back to 2006, when the [...]
Saints and State Reach a Deal to Keep Team at Superdome Till 2025
The Saints are going nowhere, as finally after a full year of talks, the team has announced they have reached a tentative agreement with the state of Louisiana to stay at the Superdome through 2025. The agreement states that the team will not need a new stadium to stay in the state, but the Superdome [...]
New Orleans Submits Bid for 2013 Super Bowl
The city of New Orleans today threw their hat in the ring for the 2013 Super Bowl. The Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation have officially submitted a bid to host the 2013 big game. Foundation president Jay Cicero says the bid submitted Friday afternoon deals with technical aspects of hosting the game, [...]
A Deal Close to Keeping the Saints at the Dome?
From: WWL Radio Negotiators for the state of Louisiana say they are getting very close to a deal to keep the New Orleans Saints playing football in the Superdome for a long time. They are also laying the groundwork for a Super Bowl bid. “We have high expectations and hopes that we can work out [...]
Saints Look for Second Straight Tonight vs Packers
Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers will take on the New Orleans Saints in what looks to be like a haymaker in the Superdome tonight. The primetime matchup on Monday Night Football will be the 21st game between these two teams. Both teams enter tonight’s matchup with records of 5-5 and are pursuing an [...]
Stop the Talk about the Saints Leaving New Orleans
Recently, some statements have been made by Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis when discussing whether the Saints would return to New Orleans for the season opener against Tampa Bay and by Howie Long on the Fox pre-game show on this past Sunday. Both of these individuals statements questioned whether New Orleans was a realistic long-term [...]
SuperDome Ready for Football; Saints and Bucs on for Sunday
The Saints got some good news today, as it was announced that their scheduled home game vs the Bucs on Sunday at 1pm is still on. Of course with Gustav coming through, there was major concern that they would not be able to play the game at the SuperDome, but instead the stadium is in [...]
