NEW ORLEANS — When New Orleans hosts its record-tying 11th Super Bowl on Feb. 9, 2025, it will be roughly 50 years after the Caesars Superdome opened to the public — and 20 years after Hurricane Katrina briefly turned the Dome into a makeshift emergency shelter.
The big event, one of the sports world’s most-watched each year, will showcase the resilience of the city’s second-most iconic building and of New Orleans itself.
To mark the one-year countdown to Super Bowl LIX, Gov. Jeff Landry joined New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson and members of the city’s business community at a Feb. 21 press conference at Champions Square next to the Dome.
At the event, the New Orleans Super Bowl LIX Host Committee, led by the New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, recognized its committee chairs, announced sponsors, provided a Superdome renovation update, and announced details of a supplier diversity program.
The size of the crowd and number of speakers at the presser demonstrated just how big of an undertaking hosting a modern Super Bowl has become.
“Things like this just don’t happen,” said Cantrell. “It takes special ingredients to make the magic happen, like a big bowl of Leah Chase’s gumbo.”
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