Dome Roof Tearing Off

WhoDat · 08-29-2005, 02:26 PM

NO WAY SAINTS PLAY ON SEPTEMBER 18

Given the extensive damage to the roof of the Superdome, there's no way (based on our review of the photos) that the Saints will be able to host the Giants there on September 18.

Earlier on Monday, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told us that the league had not yet begun to formulate contingency plans for the Saints' 2005 home games. Based on the above, it might be time to get cracking on an alternative site.

An easy solution would be LSU's 90,000-seat stadium, but if the team were to play there the empty seats would likely outnumber the occupied ones by 2-to-1, if not more.

It'll be interesting to see what the league does, and how all of this shakes out. At a time when Saints owner Tom Benson is looking to possibly move the team out of New Orleans, the mess created by Katrina and the potential clusterfudge relating to the repair of the dome could be enough to drive the team from Hurricane Alley to Earthquake Land.

Typical media sensationalism. This kind of crap pisses me off. The Dome isn't even all that badly torn up. The protective outter covering tore off and that is what lead to water seeping in and tiles being blown off. However, the ONLY damage is to the roof, b/c everything else inside is concrete, metal, or plastic. Yes, there is damage - probably a few million dollars worth of damage. And given the destruction in the City, the Saints very well may not be able to play in the Dome on 9/18.

All that said, the sensationalism pisses me off. The media is acting like the Dome is ruined and will have to be torn down. No way in hell. Likewise, suggesting that this might be what makes Benson move to the West Coast is just ignorant. He can't, b/c the league won't let him. L.A. and San Antonio don't have stadiums for him, and if he fled the City after a disaster like this he would be so crucified in the press he'd have to sell the team. Just stupidity at work - and it pisses me off.

08-29-2005, 02:26 PM	#11
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	NO WAY SAINTS PLAY ON SEPTEMBER 18 Given the extensive damage to the roof of the Superdome, there's no way (based on our review of the photos) that the Saints will be able to host the Giants there on September 18. Earlier on Monday, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told us that the league had not yet begun to formulate contingency plans for the Saints' 2005 home games. Based on the above, it might be time to get cracking on an alternative site. An easy solution would be LSU's 90,000-seat stadium, but if the team were to play there the empty seats would likely outnumber the occupied ones by 2-to-1, if not more. It'll be interesting to see what the league does, and how all of this shakes out. At a time when Saints owner Tom Benson is looking to possibly move the team out of New Orleans, the mess created by Katrina and the potential clusterfudge relating to the repair of the dome could be enough to drive the team from Hurricane Alley to Earthquake Land. Typical media sensationalism. This kind of crap pisses me off. The Dome isn't even all that badly torn up. The protective outter covering tore off and that is what lead to water seeping in and tiles being blown off. However, the ONLY damage is to the roof, b/c everything else inside is concrete, metal, or plastic. Yes, there is damage - probably a few million dollars worth of damage. And given the destruction in the City, the Saints very well may not be able to play in the Dome on 9/18. All that said, the sensationalism pisses me off. The media is acting like the Dome is ruined and will have to be torn down. No way in hell. Likewise, suggesting that this might be what makes Benson move to the West Coast is just ignorant. He can't, b/c the league won't let him. L.A. and San Antonio don't have stadiums for him, and if he fled the City after a disaster like this he would be so crucified in the press he'd have to sell the team. Just stupidity at work - and it pisses me off.
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	\"Excuses, excuses, excuses. ThatÃ¢Â€Â™s all anyone ever makes for the New Orleans SaintsÃ¢Â€Â™ organization.\" - Eric Narcisse \"Being a Saints fan is almost like being addicted to crack,\" he said.[i]\"You know you should stop, but you just can\'t.\"