Nebraska bids farewell to Sugar

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As you may or may not have heard, the Dome in New Orleans will be torn down (no plans to rebuild just yet). The Dome was home to several major events, such as the Nokia Sugar Bowl, the Super Bowl (9 times), and home to the New Orleans saints. Nebraska played 4 times in the sugar bowl. In 1967, Devaney lead his squad into the Sugar bowl and lost 34-7. Tom Osborne would later return in 1974 with his squad to take on the gators and beat them 13-10. In 1985, Tom returned to New Orleans, but this time faced an even stronger opponent in LSU the SEC champ that year. Tom beat LSU 28-10. Nebraska would return for one last trip to the Dome in 1987 to beat LSU 30-15.

In 1989, the Sugar bowl signed a contract with both the SEC and ACC for exclusive right by both conferences until a new BCS system was put in place. When the Sugar bowl is not hosting the National title game, it serves as the main bowl game for an SEC and ACC opponent.

The Sugar will be permanently relocated to another city. Some would say the Sugar Bowl should stay in the South because that's where it belongs. Others are looking ahead to the future. Some possible destination sites have been thrown out there to the BCS commission. Those include Jacksonville, Orlando, Atlanta, Houston, San Antonio, Los Angeles (the coliseum). Anyone on this board ever attend a game at the Sugar Bowl, be it a husker game or not? Where would you think a best fit would be for the Sugar Bowl?

 
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I think the obvious choice is Atlanta. The Sugar matches SEC and ACC teams up, and Atlanta is right in the middle of both conferences. The game would still have its Super Dome feel if it is moved to the Georgia Dome.

 
Texas does not need another bowl. Atlanta or Orlando would be a decent place to play bowl games.

Not to get too in-depth into the horrible events of hurricane Katrina, but isn't it saying something when people are thinking about NOT rebuilding a huge part of New Orleans? I understand the history, and that many people called the area their home...but does anyone really want to gamble on this happening again???

Here in the midwest, we only worry about tornadoes having the ability to destroy large areas. It hasn't happened since G.I. in 1980. And even that didn't level everything. Yes, a tornado will hit G.I. again. But most likely NEVER like the one in 1980. But hurricanes are different. Ask Florida how many devestating hurricanes they saw last year. You couldn't pay me enough to take those kind of risks.

Thanks, husker fans, for helping out with the crisis. But if I was involved in it, I'd never go back.

 
As you may or may not have heard, the Dome in New Orleans will be torn down (no plans to rebuild just yet).
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This is by no means certain and at this point is purely conjecture and speculation. The plan is to get the place cleaned up, then go in and do a comprehensive damage assessment. The current "ball park" estimate is $100M to repair the facility but nobody will know for sure until they complete the damage assessment. Considering replacing it would run in the neighborhood of $600M it wouldn't make much sense to demolish it if it can be repaired at a fraction of the cost a new facility.

 
Another problem people have with repairing/rebuilding the Superdome...

Doesn't make alot of sense spending millions on this building with 100's of thousands of people homeless, with little or no means to rebuild or repair. :(

 
New Orleans may be a third of its original size. It could take 40-plus years before it is a big city again. There may not be enough people in the near future to support another dome.

 
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