Qualla: Caesars Superdome https://qualla.com/caesars-superdome en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/r/f/caesars-superdome-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Caesars Superdome https://qualla.com/caesars-superdome Caesars Superdome: Introduction https://qualla.com/caesars-superdome/ Photo credit Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0. The building is so large that someone once made a scale model of it out of 2,697 pennies. Another person built one from sugar. These eccentric tributes emerged while the Caesars Superdome was still under construction in the early 1970s, when New Orleanians watched the largest fixed domed structure in the world rise from a patch of land near the old Girod Street Cemetery. The project was born in 1966 when Louisiana Governor John McKeithen toured the Astrodome in Houston and declared, "I want one of these, only bigger." He got his wish -- though it took nine years, a tripled budget, and an oil crisis to deliver it.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/r/f/caesars-superdome-wp/9vrf-caesars-superdome-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Caesars Superdome: A Dream That Kept Getting More Expensive https://qualla.com/caesars-superdome/ Photo credit XIIIfromTOKYOOpenStreetMap contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0. Local businessman David Dixon conceived the dome while trying to convince the NFL to bring a franchise to New Orleans. After several exhibition games at Tulane Stadium were drenched by typical New Orleans summer thunderstorms, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle told Dixon the league w...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/r/f/caesars-superdome-wp/9vrf-caesars-superdome-a-dream-that-kept-getting-more-expensive.mp3 0:06 2 full Caesars Superdome: A Stadium That Became a Shelter https://qualla.com/caesars-superdome/ Photo credit Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain. When Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans in August 2005, the Superdome became the city's refuge of last resort. Thousands of residents crowded inside as the storm peeled sections off the roof, knocked out power, and flooded the surrounding streets. The building's systems f...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/r/f/caesars-superdome-wp/9vrf-caesars-superdome-a-stadium-that-became-a-shelter.mp3 0:06 3 full Caesars Superdome: Where Legends Punched, Dunked, and Danced https://qualla.com/caesars-superdome/ Photo credit Michael Nevins, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain. Eight Super Bowls have been played under this roof, more than any other venue. During Super Bowl XLVII in 2013, a relay device in an electrical vault knocked out half the stadium's power for 34 minutes, halting play between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers in what bec...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/r/f/caesars-superdome-wp/9vrf-caesars-superdome-where-legends-punched-dunked-and-danced.mp3 0:06 4 full Caesars Superdome: Names Change, the Dome Endures https://qualla.com/caesars-superdome/ Photo credit Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0. The building has worn three names: Louisiana Superdome from its 1975 opening, Mercedes-Benz Superdome after naming rights were first sold in 2011, and Caesars Superdome since 2021. Through every rebranding, New Orleanians have simply called it the Superdome. A $450 million renova...

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