Vintage Fans: Tell Us a Tulane Stadium Story?

primadox · 03-08-2011, 09:18 AM

Wow, great thread, Mike. I remember the Youth tickets that were something like $15 for season tickets...those wonderful, LOUD metal bleachers that burned your butt if it was a sunny day...the stadium swaying...my mom hauling her very pregnant self to the games in '71, swearing that she'd have that baby at the stadium and have them announce that Billy Kilmer had returned to Tulane Stadium (yes, my sister would have been named Billy if she was a boy)...going to a preseason game against the Lions during a tropical depression (missing the game never crossed our minds)...when fans behind us would scream "We want Hargett", and my sister and I would scream back "No we don't!!"...the beer vendors with the jet packs...the halftime shows: ostrich races, REAL marching bands, a re-enactment of the Battle of New Orleans when a cannon backfired and blew off three fingers of one of the re-enactor soldiers...Danny Abramowicz running into the bushes in the end zone...and again, that stadium literally rocking. That thing would MOVE.

Ah, good times. The Dome is magical in it's own way, but so was Tulane Stadium. I'd love to see some metal bleachers in the terrace; that would be a blast...but in all likelihood some drunken fools would stand on them and tumble down to the field, LOL. Frankly, I think a lot of our fans who have jumped on the bandwagon in the last couple of years would not be willing to brave the elements at Tulane Stadium, especially if the Saints weren't having a great year. They'd say they're "big Saints fans", but when it comes down to a lack of winning and comfort, I don't think they'd stick around...bandwagon jockeys, for sure.

Good times, good memories.

03-08-2011, 09:18 AM	#8
primadox Go Saints! Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 76	Wow, great thread, Mike. I remember the Youth tickets that were something like $15 for season tickets...those wonderful, LOUD metal bleachers that burned your butt if it was a sunny day...the stadium swaying...my mom hauling her very pregnant self to the games in '71, swearing that she'd have that baby at the stadium and have them announce that Billy Kilmer had returned to Tulane Stadium (yes, my sister would have been named Billy if she was a boy)...going to a preseason game against the Lions during a tropical depression (missing the game never crossed our minds)...when fans behind us would scream "We want Hargett", and my sister and I would scream back "No we don't!!"...the beer vendors with the jet packs...the halftime shows: ostrich races, REAL marching bands, a re-enactment of the Battle of New Orleans when a cannon backfired and blew off three fingers of one of the re-enactor soldiers...Danny Abramowicz running into the bushes in the end zone...and again, that stadium literally rocking. That thing would MOVE. Ah, good times. The Dome is magical in it's own way, but so was Tulane Stadium. I'd love to see some metal bleachers in the terrace; that would be a blast...but in all likelihood some drunken fools would stand on them and tumble down to the field, LOL. Frankly, I think a lot of our fans who have jumped on the bandwagon in the last couple of years would not be willing to brave the elements at Tulane Stadium, especially if the Saints weren't having a great year. They'd say they're "big Saints fans", but when it comes down to a lack of winning and comfort, I don't think they'd stick around...bandwagon jockeys, for sure. Good times, good memories.
primadox Go Saints! Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 76	Kellye in Houston 8:43 CST, Feb. 7, 2010 - When the Saints came marching in!