I was for building a new stadium before all the renovations. Was willing to do my share either through taxes or donations. The main reason for me was having to deal with the infrastructure in New Orleans itself. Terrible Parking, long walks to get to the dome, trying to get out of there after a game, rip-offs, and general danger in the downtown area itself. Of course that doesn't matter now. Just a theory I was told that part of the Benson rift with his siblings is that they were siding with moving the team to San Antonio. It is bad to have deal with the NFL money machine yet the reality to me is if we do not build a new stadium in the future we could very well see the departure of the Saints.

Three points:

1. Love the Saints, but you're more than welcome to donate your disposable income for my portion, but don't vote to tax me to accommodate your inconveniences or shortcomings...
   
2. Pay attention to history, but it was Tom Benson who tried to move post-Katrina and the coward sent Rita out with Tagliabue to allay public fears after the NFL avoided the PR disaster...
   
3. The NFL gets tax shelters and anti-trust exemptions and extort, under threat of departure, municipal public funds for operational costs they obviously could absorb with their revenues...

And the traffic problems are not because of the Superdome, it's awful year round because of politically corrupt planning commissions and because Orleans and Jefferson Parish use the Interstate for local traffic; public funds have been mis-allocated (stolen) for other projects, like that monolithic eye-sore - Orleans Parish Prison which greets visitors downtown and is accentuated with a billboard above it in the skyline that advertises "Who's Your Daddy DNA Testing"...

The money should have been spent on local express ways and better public transportation...