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What Super Bowl Fans Can Expect From the Revamped Superdome
$185 million in renovations buys you a pretty snazzy facility.
As if hosting the Super Bowl weren't excitement enough, New Orleans will unveil a renovated Superdome to Super Bowl fans this weekend.
The Superdome opened in 1975, not quite in time to host Super Bowl IX like it was scheduled to (that game was played at the outdoor Tulane Stadium instead). It quickly became an architectural icon, recognizable around the country and a source of civic pride. It was even the star of 1978's Superdome, a film so bad it was featured on Mystery Science Theatre 3000. This will be its seventh Super Bowl.