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To: mabelkitty

Superdome Statistics
Total Land Area: (building, garages, and grounds) 52 acres
Height: 273 feet (82.3 meters)
Diameter of Dome: 680 feet (210 meters)
Area of Roof: 9.7 acres
Interior Space: 125,000,000 cubic feet
Total square footage: 269,000 sq. ft. (82,342 sq. meters)
Main Arena: 166,180 sq. ft. (50,685 sq. meters)
Convention Concourse: 76,711 sq. ft. (8,261 sq. meters)
Concrete: 169,000 cubic yards (131,820 cubic meters)
Structural Steel: 20,000 tons (18,200 metric tons)
Air Conditioning: 9,000 tons (8,190 metric tons)
Meeting Rooms (200 Loge Level): Four 19,000 square foot quadrant rooms (each divisible into 6 individual rooms, 28 smaller reception rooms)
Rest rooms: 102 (51 women's & 51 men's)
Private Box Suites: 137
Parking Capacity: 5,000 cars & 250 buses
Air Conditioning: 9,000 tons
Lighting: 19,507 fixtures utilizing 27,869 lamps
Video System: 2 DiamondVision panels, each 28'7"x 36'3"
Scoreboards: 4 message/scoreboards, each 8'x 88' 2 out-of-town scoreboards, each 4.5'x 46'
Electrical Wiring: 400 miles (640 kilometers), including fiber optic lines
Anodized Aluminum Siding: more than 550,000 sq. ft.
Escalators: 42
Elevators: 14 (9 passenger & 5 freight )


1,857 posted on 08/28/2005 1:39:10 PM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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1,891 posted on 08/28/2005 1:43:20 PM PDT by firewalk
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