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To: Godebert
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)

Air Conditioning: 9,000 tons

Lighting: 19,507 fixtures utilizing 27,869 lamps

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 )

Maximum Seating Capacity: football 69,703, expanded football 72,003, arena concerts 20,000, basketball 55,675, baseball 63,525

225 posted on 08/28/2005 3:02:16 PM PDT by mware (Trollhunter of Note)
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To: mware
Anodized Aluminum Siding: more than 550,000 sq. ft.

I hope it's bolted down.

239 posted on 08/28/2005 3:03:58 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mware

Power will probably be out for weeks. Maybe they can stay dry, but that's about it.


285 posted on 08/28/2005 3:09:42 PM PDT by RightWhale (Partly cloudy, 56 degrees, wind <5 knots in Fairbanks)
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