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WGNO: A Look Back at New Orleans Super Bowl History

February 9, 2025

WGNO’s Christopher Leach interviewed HNOC editor Nick Weldon about the Super Bowl’s New Orleans beginnings in Tulane Stadium.

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“Over the years, Superbowl IX, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings, would be the last Super Bowl in Tulane Stadium . . . . [before] business man David Dixon’s vision of the Superdome was ready for the NFL games that would take place over the years.”

Christopher Leach, WWNO-TV

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