Tulane Stadium
Tulane Stadium was an outdoor football stadium in the southern United States on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. It stood from 1926 to 1980 and was officially the Third Tulane Stadium, following the "Second Tulane Stadium", which was located where the Telephone Exchange Building is now.
The Sugar Bowl | |
Willow Street entrance in 1979 | |
New Orleans Location in the United States New Orleans Location in Louisiana | |
| Address | Willow Street and Ben Weiner Drive |
|---|---|
| Location | Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29°56′34″N 90°7′3″W |
| Owner | Tulane University |
| Operator | Tulane University |
| Capacity | 80,985 (1956–1975) 80,735 (1947–1955) 69,000 (1939–1946) 49,000 (1937–1938) 35,000 (1926–1936) |
| Record attendance | 86,598 (December 1, 1973) |
| Surface | Poly-Turf (1971–1979) Natural grass (1926–1970) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 7, 1924 |
| Opened | October 23, 1926 |
| Closed | November 3, 1979 |
| Demolished | November 18, 1979– June 15, 1980 |
| Construction cost | $295,968 ($60.8 million adjusted for inflation) |
| Tenants | |
| Tulane Green Wave (NCAA) (1926–1974) Sugar Bowl (NCAA) (1935–1974) New Orleans Saints (NFL) (1967–1974) Pelican Bowl (NCAA) (1974) | |
The former site is currently bound by Willow Street to the south, Ben Weiner Drive to the east, the Tulane University property line west of McAlister Place, and the Hertz Basketball/Volleyball Practice Facility and the Green Wave's current home, Yulman Stadium, to the north.
Tulane Stadium hosted the Sugar Bowl through December 1974 and three of the first nine Super Bowls, in January 1970, 1972, and 1975.
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