Tulane Stadium

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Tulane Stadium
The Sugar Bowl
Tulane Stadium
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place United StatesUnited States New Orleans , Louisiana 70118
Coordinates 29 ° 56 '34 "  N , 90 ° 7' 3"  W Coordinates: 29 ° 56 '34 "  N , 90 ° 7' 3"  W.
owner Tulane University
operator Tulane University
start of building April 7, 1924
opening October 23, 1926
demolition November 18, 1979 to June 15, 1980
surface Natural grass (1926–1971)
Poly-Turf (1971–1975)
costs 295,968 US dollars (1926)
capacity 80,985 places (1956–1975)
80,735 places (1947–1955)
69,000 places (1939–1946)
49,000 places (1937–1938)
35,000 places (1926–1936)
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The Tulane Stadium (officially The Third Tulane Stadium ) was a college football - stadium on the campus of Tulane University in the US US city New Orleans in the state of Louisiana . It was built in 1935 to host the Tulane Green Wave football games . The facility was surrounded by Willow Street, Calhoun Street, Audubon Boulevard and South Claiborne Avenue. Today, Yulman Stadium , the university's football stadium , which was inaugurated in 2014, is located near the old stadium .

history

The facility was opened in 1925 with around 35,000 seats. In 1957 the capacity was increased to 80,950 people and the stadium got a floodlight system . The Third Tulane Stadium was built primarily to house the Sugar Bowl , which it did until 1974. From 1967 to 1974 the Tulane Stadium served as the home for the New Orleans Saints from the NFL , where they played more or less unsuccessfully. The stadium was also the venue for three Super Bowls, Super Bowl IV in 1970, Super Bowl VI in 1972 and Super Bowl IX in 1975.

In August 1975, the Louisiana Superdome opened. While the tiers of the Tulane Stadium made of bricks and concrete could still be used, the metal structure was heavily rusted due to the damp climate in New Orleans and could recently only be used to a limited extent as a training facility and for smaller events. The outdated stadium was closed in 1975 and demolished between November 1979 and June 1980. It was the first Super Bowl home stadium that was demolished, 1999 followed with the Tampa Stadium only the next former venue for the NFL championship. The Tulane Green Wave played their home games from 1975 until they moved to Yulman Stadium in the Superdome.

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