The Superdome was used as an emergency temporary shelter for displaced residents.

During the season, it was rumored that Saints owner Tom Benson might deem the Superdome unusable and seek to legally void his contract and relocate the team to San Antonio, where he has business interests.

Ultimately, however, the Superdome was repaired and renovated in time for the 2006 season at an estimated cost of $ 185 million.

Due to the damage Hurricane Katrina caused to the Superdome and the New Orleans area, the Saints scheduled 2005 home opener against the New York Giants was moved to Giants Stadium.

The game was played on January 26, 1986 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The game was held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome | Louisiana Superdome

Tulane Stadium was the site of Super Bowls IV, VI, and IX ; while the Louisiana Superdome previously hosted XII and XV.

It was hoped the Louisiana Superdome would be ready in time for the 1972 NFL season.

The night before the game, Joe Frazier successfully defended his heavyweight boxing championship with a fourth-round knockout of Terry Daniels at the Rivergate Convention Center, which was approximately one mile south of the construction site for the Superdome on Poydras Street.

The game was played on January 12, 1975 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, the last pro game at that venue ( the game was originally planned to be held at the Louisiana Superdome, but that stadium was not completed yet ).

The game was originally scheduled for the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

The last minute change of venue meant this was not only the last of three Super Bowls played at Tulane Stadium, but the last professional game ever played in the stadium, which was demolished five years later and replaced for the 1975 NFL season by the Louisiana Superdome, which has hosted every Super Bowl held in New Orleans since.

The game was played on January 15, 1978, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 25, 1981, five days after the Iran hostage crisis ended.

A large yellow bow long and wide was attached to the outside of the Superdome, while miniature bows were given to fans.

The game was played on January 28, 1990 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tulane Stadium was the site of Super Bowls IV, VI, and IX ; while the Louisiana Superdome previously hosted XII, XV, and XX.

The game was played on January 26, 1997, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.

This was the first Super Bowl played at the Superdome in which the home ( and losing ) team's point total was something other than 10.

The evacuation of the Superdome has been completed.

Tulane Stadium was condemned for destruction on the day the Superdome opened, although the original concrete sections stood on the Tulane University campus until November 1979.

The Superdome had not taken on corporate naming rights, until Mercedes-Benz acquired the rights in 2011.

* The Mercedes-Benz Superdome ( Louisiana Superdome until late 2011 ) in New Orleans

* August 11 – Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

* August 3 – The Louisiana Superdome opens in New Orleans.

The Superdome was used as a " shelter of last resort " for those in New Orleans unable to evacuate from Hurricane Katrina when it struck in late August 2005.

The 1988 Republican National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana from August 15 to August 18, 1988.

Following Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, medical operations that had previously been housed in the Superdome were moved to the Arena.

The station's studios adjacent to the Louisiana Superdome were destroyed in August 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.

On August 29, Katrina passed over New Orleans with such force that it ripped two holes in the Superdome roof.

On the evening of August 30, Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, of the Louisiana National Guard, said that the number of people taking shelter in the Superdome had risen to around 15, 000 to 20, 000 as search and rescue teams brought more people to the Superdome from areas hard-hit by the flooding.

As conditions worsened and flood waters continued to rise, on August 31, Governor Blanco ordered that all of New Orleans, including the Superdome, be evacuated.

On August 29, as people were being turned away at the Superdome and rescues continued, rescuers began dropping people off at the Convention Center, which, at above sea level, easily escaped the flood.

The Saints switched to white pants in 1975, coinciding with the team's move from Tulane Stadium to the Superdome, and have worn white at home numerous times since then.

* Louisiana Superdome ( 1975 – 1979 )

Home football games moved to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome when it opened in 1975, and Tulane Stadium was demolished in 1980.

The NBA's New Orleans Jazz used the Superdome as their home court, from 1975 – 1979.

The New Orleans Saints opened the 1975 NFL season at the Superdome, losing 21 – 0 to the Cincinnati Bengals in the first regular-season game in the facility.

* The Times-Picayune in 175 years – 1975: The Superdome opens in New Orleans

In 1975, the day the new Louisiana Superdome was opened, Tulane Stadium was condemned.

In 1975 the Saints moved from Tulane Stadium into the Louisiana Superdome.