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Difference Number Six
Giant screen closed cireuit TV. Six to eight
screens in full color, each 48 feet wide by
36 feet high, pictures varying in size from
23’ x 17 feet to 48” x 36 feet, attached to a
giant gondola suspended from the ceiling.
Adjustable for height
“Instant Replay” during in-stadium events
Commercial TV advertising during timeouts.
Ford with better ideas, Hertz in the driver’s
seat, Andrew Fabacher (Jax), Papa Joe
Griesedieck (Falstaff), The Little Deep South
Brewery (Dixie
Attractiveness to conventions, trade shows.
Closed-circuit showings of out-of-stadium
events . . . Broadway plays, Las Vegas shows,
prizefights, college football. Many $6 - $8
attractions for mass audiences at $1 - $
Houston's Astrodome is not presently equipped
with giant sereen television
What the Six Differences Mean
‘The Astrodome was the world’s first covered
baseball-football stadium. The 80,000 capacity
Superdome will be the world’s first
auditorium-stadium, suitable for many and
varied forms of entertainment and public
events,
As an illustration of Superdome usability, a
study by the world-famed Stanford Research
Institute lists “a reasonable annual schedule”
of 224 profit-making event days for
Louisiana’s multipurpose Superdome
without any dependence on a major
league baseball franchise. This compares
to approximately 110 dates at the Astrodome,
including baseball.
Comparison of
LOUISIANA’S SUPERDOME and
HOUSTON’S ASTRODOME
Usage Superdome Astrodome
Footballl Capacity
Standard 78,057 50,000
Super Bow! 84,777 55,000
Baseball Capacity 56,596 44,800
Auditorium Events* 75.217
Conventions—Trade 426,000 | Not
Shows Sq. intended
Exhibit & | for
Storage] these
Area; Un- (uses.
limited
Seating.
Ice Hockey 21,324
Arena Events: Standard 17/250
Championship 28,229
Giant TV Screens Six. None
Clear Span 680 feet 640 feet
Ceiling Height 280 feet 208 feet
Air Conditioning Tons 10,000 6,600
Private Box Suites 1,712 2,037
Seats at_ Seats at
73 Level 107’ Level
Stadium Club Yes Yes
Public Luxury Dining Yes No
Cafeteria Yes Yes
Pre-Game Cocktails For No such
and Buffet in 14,000 Accommo-
Private Meeting Rooms Persons __dations
Concession Stands 68 Portable 49 Stationary
Public Lounges Three None
Rest Rooms 64 40
Theatrical Lighting Full Field None
Playing Field Synthetic Synthetic
‘Sub-Surface AllPurpose Dirt
SEATING COMPARISON: Superdome seating is
nearer the action. Example, all Superdome upper
deck seats are 65 feet closer to the field than seats
at comparable heights in the Astrodome.
SPECIAL NOTE: At a 75 foot level Superdome seats
are exactly 100 feet closer tothe field than at Tulane
Stadium.
“With Theatrical Lighting
‘The Superdome is being designed “from the
nside out” for the best possible seating
arrangement. The stadium will be equipped with
upholstered theatre type seats to insure
maximum comfort for spectators. Escalators
will carry spectators to their seats in the stands.
And “skyboxes” will give some 2,000 fans a
fabulous view of the action on the field.