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Caesars Superdome

New Orleans, LA
Home of
New Orleans Saints

Playing conditions

Roof
Dome

Sealed from the weather, so wind, cold, and rain never reach the field.

Surface
Sportturf

Artificial turf.

Elevation
3 ft

Low elevation, with no meaningful altitude effect.

The venue

Capacity73,208
Opened1975
Time zoneCentral
FormerlyLouisiana Superdome, Mercedes-Benz Superdome

How this venue plays

Play here happens indoors, so the environment is effectively removed from the projection. There is no wind to cut down the passing and kicking games, no cold to stiffen the ball, and no rain. Domes tend to sit among the better scoring environments in the league for exactly that reason, and the model treats a game here as a controlled setting rather than a forecast.

The field is artificial turf, which plays faster and more consistently than natural grass, particularly in wet conditions where a grass surface degrades through the game.

The measured effect of these conditions on a specific game appears alongside that game once the season is live.