New Stadium?

saintsfan1976 · 02-10-2010, 06:35 PM

Upgrades were made post-Katrina to bring the Dome into the millennium.

What' so wrong with "one of the toughest places to play in the NFL"?

Nothing.

Its in a great location. It's loud. It has seats, food, drinks, bathrooms, etc...

I don't see the need.

poydras · 02-14-2010, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976

Upgrades were made post-Katrina to bring the Dome into the millennium.

What' so wrong with "one of the toughest places to play in the NFL"?

Nothing.

Its in a great location. It's loud. It has seats, food, drinks, bathrooms, etc...

I don't see the need.

They need to redesign the bathrooms.

jeanpierre · 02-14-2010, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by saintsfan1976

What' so wrong with "one of the toughest places to play in the NFL"?

Nothing.

Its in a great location. It's loud. It has seats, food, drinks, bathrooms, etc...

I don't see the need.

Great speech Bluto, cue the music...

Originally Posted by poydras

With stadiums running in the $1.5 BILLION range, yes, with a "B", it's not going to happen.

And with liberal celebrities concentrating on the Lower Wards and not bringing in working people (tax base), where will the real support come? much less recovery?

Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper

NO gets awarded Superbowls not because they have a state of the art stadium, but because...

I know, No open container restrictions! Great Food! The French Quarter!

Originally Posted by poydras

They need to redesign the bathrooms.

Ah memories of aborted handwashing as a Yat stands next to you and urinates in the basin...

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

Let's hope this new mayor can do something.

Landrieu?!? WTF?!? Are you kidding? You made your argument in the first paragraph and destroyed it with the second; you, sir, should run against Mitchy next time! I'll be your campaign manager and we will win!

Originally Posted by C17-BING

I don't think we need to get a new stadium, but those seats (except the loge 200 level) NEED TO GO!!!

It can't cost more than a couple of million to put in modern seats into that place ...

There once was a man named Sherman Copeland...

Originally Posted by Nemesis

I wish theyd put JazzFest in the Dome also. I cant drink right in the heat.

Boudreaux, is dat you?

Originally Posted by poydras

I have to say that I like the SuperDome. All they really need to do is reconfigure the plaza level for football instead of being multi-purpose and do some upgrades and it will last another decade. Besides; it took us 44 years to break the curse on the SuperDome and now you want to move?!?!

Great summation...your honor, the defense rests...now for a Pat O'Brien Specialty DrinK!

saintfan · 02-10-2010, 06:51 PM

If that's what it takes to keep 'em in 15 years, but damnit I don't want a new Stadium. Me likie da DOME

21Hilliard · 02-10-2010, 06:58 PM

2025 the Dome will be 50 years old. The Astrodome has come and gone. The Pontiac dome is history. The H.H. Humphrey dome in Minneapolis from around 80 or 81. These all came into existence withing the same 10- or 12 year span. The Dome is already the oldest of the domed stadiums in the NFL. If we're still playing there in 2025, expect at least one more round of upgrades, probably 2 if we stay there beyond the current lease.

foreverfan · 02-10-2010, 07:31 PM

The dome will remain way past 2025.

B_Dub_Saint · 02-10-2010, 07:32 PM

We will prob just up grade what we have. I love the Dome. Its our staple.

SaintPauly · 02-10-2010, 07:47 PM

Yeah, I like the dome too. But I think the question is, do the owners like it? Benson will be gone soon, and then his daughter will be running the show. I understand they can't go anywhere until 2025, just a question.

Saintswrath · 02-10-2010, 08:01 PM

Believe me when i say this guys, Benson will bring it up at full force way before the 2025 date.
They can upgrade and renovate the Superdome all they want, it's still wont be up to standards in a few years, new skin, windows and paint does not bring anything into a new decade, the building will simply cease to amaze and not be impressive after all of the other cities are done out doing each other, Atlanta is even fixing to get into serious talks about a New Stadium and the Georgia Dome is only 17 years old.

I agree the Superdome should remain, but to serve other purposes other than holding a professional football team before that time.
The Supersome looks incredible outside, but when you get in, it's looks horrible, lots of long grey cement walls, and stale halls, it's definitely a staple of Louisiana's great industrial age..
We are now in the Modern age and if we don't keep up we will miss out and probably have some of those ol'e fashion moving debates, but it wont be with Tom Benson, it'll be with his grand daughter that is FAR more smarter than her paw paw, and could probably have things done a lot more efficently and smoothly, thats one chick you don't want to piss off..
(A POWERFUL ANGRY WOMEN WITH YOUR MOST PRIZED-VALUED POSSESSION IS A DANGEROUS MIXTURE )

Oh yes we will have those talks around 2015..
Don't buy into the contractual obligation, it's only if they are profiting, all she has to do is manipulate a few numbers and whine to the state about it and how this and that stadium is profiting with various dollar figures, and run the show, she's a Business Degree Major she'll figure it out whenever she's ready to lay down the law when she takes complete control.

Nemesis · 02-10-2010, 08:36 PM

I thought I heard 3,000 seats, along with still more renovations were scheduled.

02-10-2010, 06:35 PM	#1
saintsfan1976 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 11,049 Blog Entries: 3	Re: New Stadium? Upgrades were made post-Katrina to bring the Dome into the millennium. What' so wrong with "one of the toughest places to play in the NFL"? Nothing. Its in a great location. It's loud. It has seats, food, drinks, bathrooms, etc... I don't see the need.

02-14-2010, 10:06 AM	#2
poydras Team Doctor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Deep South Posts: 856	Re: New Stadium? Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 Upgrades were made post-Katrina to bring the Dome into the millennium. What' so wrong with "one of the toughest places to play in the NFL"? Nothing. Its in a great location. It's loud. It has seats, food, drinks, bathrooms, etc... I don't see the need. They need to redesign the bathrooms.

02-14-2010, 11:53 PM	#3
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: New Stadium? Originally Posted by saintsfan1976 What' so wrong with "one of the toughest places to play in the NFL"? Nothing. Its in a great location. It's loud. It has seats, food, drinks, bathrooms, etc... I don't see the need. Great speech Bluto, cue the music... Originally Posted by poydras With stadiums running in the $1.5 BILLION range, yes, with a "B", it's not going to happen. And with liberal celebrities concentrating on the Lower Wards and not bringing in working people (tax base), where will the real support come? much less recovery? Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper NO gets awarded Superbowls not because they have a state of the art stadium, but because... I know, No open container restrictions! Great Food! The French Quarter! Originally Posted by poydras They need to redesign the bathrooms. Ah memories of aborted handwashing as a Yat stands next to you and urinates in the basin... Originally Posted by SmashMouth Let's hope this new mayor can do something. Landrieu?!? WTF?!? Are you kidding? You made your argument in the first paragraph and destroyed it with the second; you, sir, should run against Mitchy next time! I'll be your campaign manager and we will win! Originally Posted by C17-BING I don't think we need to get a new stadium, but those seats (except the loge 200 level) NEED TO GO!!! It can't cost more than a couple of million to put in modern seats into that place ... There once was a man named Sherman Copeland... Originally Posted by Nemesis I wish theyd put JazzFest in the Dome also. I cant drink right in the heat. Boudreaux, is dat you? Originally Posted by poydras I have to say that I like the SuperDome. All they really need to do is reconfigure the plaza level for football instead of being multi-purpose and do some upgrades and it will last another decade. Besides; it took us 44 years to break the curse on the SuperDome and now you want to move?!?! Great summation...your honor, the defense rests...now for a Pat O'Brien Specialty DrinK!
	It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

02-10-2010, 06:51 PM	#4
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: New Stadium? If that's what it takes to keep 'em in 15 years, but damnit I don't want a new Stadium. Me likie da DOME

02-10-2010, 06:58 PM	#5
21Hilliard 100th Post Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Raised on the Bayou - living in DFW Posts: 136	Re: New Stadium? 2025 the Dome will be 50 years old. The Astrodome has come and gone. The Pontiac dome is history. The H.H. Humphrey dome in Minneapolis from around 80 or 81. These all came into existence withing the same 10- or 12 year span. The Dome is already the oldest of the domed stadiums in the NFL. If we're still playing there in 2025, expect at least one more round of upgrades, probably 2 if we stay there beyond the current lease.

02-10-2010, 07:31 PM	#6
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Re: New Stadium? The dome will remain way past 2025.

02-10-2010, 07:32 PM	#7
B_Dub_Saint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 2,345 Blog Entries: 1	Re: New Stadium? We will prob just up grade what we have. I love the Dome. Its our staple.

02-10-2010, 07:47 PM	#8
SaintPauly Senior Citizen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Gulfport, MS Posts: 3,180 Blog Entries: 1	Re: New Stadium? Yeah, I like the dome too. But I think the question is, do the owners like it? Benson will be gone soon, and then his daughter will be running the show. I understand they can't go anywhere until 2025, just a question.

02-10-2010, 08:01 PM	#9
Saintswrath +Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Between 504 & 813 Posts: 1,776 Blog Entries: 4	Re: New Stadium? Believe me when i say this guys, Benson will bring it up at full force way before the 2025 date. They can upgrade and renovate the Superdome all they want, it's still wont be up to standards in a few years, new skin, windows and paint does not bring anything into a new decade, the building will simply cease to amaze and not be impressive after all of the other cities are done out doing each other, Atlanta is even fixing to get into serious talks about a New Stadium and the Georgia Dome is only 17 years old. I agree the Superdome should remain, but to serve other purposes other than holding a professional football team before that time. The Supersome looks incredible outside, but when you get in, it's looks horrible, lots of long grey cement walls, and stale halls, it's definitely a staple of Louisiana's great industrial age.. We are now in the Modern age and if we don't keep up we will miss out and probably have some of those ol'e fashion moving debates, but it wont be with Tom Benson, it'll be with his grand daughter that is FAR more smarter than her paw paw, and could probably have things done a lot more efficently and smoothly, thats one chick you don't want to piss off.. (A POWERFUL ANGRY WOMEN WITH YOUR MOST PRIZED-VALUED POSSESSION IS A DANGEROUS MIXTURE ) Oh yes we will have those talks around 2015.. Don't buy into the contractual obligation, it's only if they are profiting, all she has to do is manipulate a few numbers and whine to the state about it and how this and that stadium is profiting with various dollar figures, and run the show, she's a Business Degree Major she'll figure it out whenever she's ready to lay down the law when she takes complete control.

02-10-2010, 08:36 PM	#10
Nemesis VIP~~Drunken Clam Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Quahog Posts: 422	Re: New Stadium? I thought I heard 3,000 seats, along with still more renovations were scheduled.