The Sugar Bowl | |
 Willow Street entrance in 1979 | |
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  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 / 29.94278°N 90.11750°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[1] ($60.8 million adjusted for inflation[2]) |
| Tenants | |
| Tulane Green Wave (NCAA) 1926–1974 Sugar Bowl (NCAA) 1935–1974 New Orleans Saints (NFL) 1967–1974 Pelican Bowl (NCAA) 1974 | |
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.[1]
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.
- ^ a b "Tulane Stadium History" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- ^ Williamson, Samuel H. (2016). "Seven Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1774 to present". MeasuringWorth. To access, user must enter "1924" in the first search bar, enter "295968" in the second bar, enter "2015" in the third bar and click "Calculate". Archived from the original on November 19, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.