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The league then announced that although the Saints' first home game on September 18 against the New York Giants would be played at Giants Stadium at 7:30 p.m. EDT on September 19, other home games would be split between Tiger Stadium (the stadium of the LSU Tigers football) at LSU in Baton Rouge (80 miles/130 km from New Orleans), and the ...
In 2012, ESPN reported that former New Orleans Saints defensive assistant Mike Cerullo contacted the NFL regarding a bounty program after the 2009 postseason. [19] Cerullo was released after the 2009 postseason for poor performance and lying about personal leave according to the New Orleans Saints. [ 20 ]
The Saints played two preseason games in the Louisiana Superdome before being forced to evacuate New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. They were forced to play the rest of the season on the road, splitting their games between their temporary headquarters at San Antonio’s Alamodome , and LSU’s Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, and even playing ...
The Saints played their entire season splitting their home games between the Alamodome, Tiger Stadium and Giants Stadium and four college football games were forced to find new hosts as the dome ...
Goodell spoke about the controversial no-call in the NFC title game that arguably denied the Saints a trip to Super Bowl LIII. His response: These things happen and the NFL has to do better
However, the Saints announced that they would be returning to New Orleans, with the first home game taking place on September 25, 2006 against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football. [46] Before that first game, the team announced it had sold out its entire home schedule to season ticket holders — a first in the franchise's history. [47]
New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson (top middle) talks with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (top left) next to Saints and Pelicans president Dennis Lauscha (top right) Nov. 3, 2024. AP
It is the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Plans to build the Superdome were drawn up in 1967 by the New Orleans modernist architectural firm of Curtis and Davis and the building opened as the Louisiana Superdome in 1975. Its steel frame covers a 13-acre (5.3 ha) expanse and the 273-foot (83 m) dome ...