As New Orleans gears up to host its 11th Super Bowl on Feb. 9, the excitement surrounding the event is compounded by the Crescent City’s rich Super Bowl history. The old Tulane Stadium, located where Brown Field and Diboll Parking Garage sit today, hosted three Super Bowls back in its day.
In 1966, the New Orleans Saints chose Tulane Stadium as their home base, playing their first official game against the Los Angeles Rams in September 1967. It remained the home of the Saints until 1974, when the team moved to the newly constructed Caesars Superdome in Downtown New Orleans.
Tulane Stadium, with a capacity of over 80,000, hosted its first Super Bowl on Jan. 11, 1970. The Kansas City Chiefs claimed their first Super Bowl championship on that day, beating the Minnesota Vikings 23-7.
This week, the Chiefs are back in New Orleans to play the Philadelphia Eagles, hoping to bring home their fifth Super Bowl — their third in a row, which would break NFL records. The Chiefs are taking a trip down memory lane this week at Yulman Stadium, where they will be practicing. The Eagles, meanwhile, are practicing at the New Orleans Saints facility, which some consider an advantage.
While the Tulane facilities may not be on par with those of the Saints facility or the old Tulane Stadium, their victorious history on the campus may give them an edge on Sunday.
Tulane Stadium hosted Super Bowls 4, 6 and 9, three of the first nine Super Bowls ever played. It was also the site of the Sugar Bowl until 1974, hosting the first-ever Sugar Bowl game in 1935 and seeing the Tulane University Green Wave beat the Temple University Owls. The Sugar Bowl is a postseason collegiate football game played annually on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day. This year, it was postponed due to the terrorist attack on Jan. 1, 2025.
