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 Champions Square (c.2011) | |
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| Full name | Champions Square presented by Verizon |
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| Address | LaSalle Street New Orleans, LA 70113 |
| Location | Central Business District |
| Owner | Zelia, LLC (leased by the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District) |
| Operator | ASM Global |
| Capacity | 9,000 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | August 21, 2010 |
| Renovated | 2013 |
| Construction cost | $13.5 million ($18.9 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Eskew+Dumez+Ripple and Ellerbe Becket |
| Project manager | Aries Group |
| Services engineer | AECOM |
| General contractor | Broadmoor, LLC |
| Main contractors | Gibbs Construction |
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Champions Square is an outdoor festival plaza located adjacent to Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is known as the premier tailgating space for sports events held at the stadium and the nearby Smoothie King Center.
The plaza also consists of an outdoor amphitheater, known as Bold Sphere Music (often referred to as "Blue Sphere Stage").[2] The venue was reopened April 25, 2014, with a concert by Lana Del Rey.[3]
The amphitheater has seating for up to 9,000 spectators for special events, 7,000 in a general admission setting and 4,500 for reseated seating.
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- ^ Spera, Keith (February 24, 2014). "Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square concert series launches with Jake Owen, Boyz II Men". The Times-Picayune. Advance Publications. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "SPHERE IN SQUARE". Nola Defender. May 1, 2014. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2017.