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Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2005 and caused extensive damage to the Louisiana Superdome. As a result, the National Football League (NFL)'s New Orleans Saints were unable to play any home games at the Superdome for the entire 2005 NFL regular season. The dome was also used as a storm shelter for ...
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]
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 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 ...
NEW ORLEANS — As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL ...
At least 10 people were killed and dozens of others were injured after officials said a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of people and later opened fire on Bourbon Street in New Orleans ...
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 ...
An NFL franchise is an asset to both the football fans in a region and the city the franchise represents. Having a team makes a large impact on a city's perceived status, entertainment and social opportunities, and ability to attract new business and corporations looking to establish a national or regional presence.