Caesars Superdome gets its new turf for the season (1 Viewer)

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I think they need to change the light. I always thought the Superdome lights are dimmer on tv than most stadium.
 
I think they need to change the light. I always thought the Superdome lights are dimmer on tv than most stadium.
Interesting. In magazines, photos of Saints action always seems to be from outdoor games. Might be the reason why. On the other hand, the Dome lights have always seemed to be the brightest on TV of all the indoor stadiums through the years. The old Kingdome in Seattle always seemed to be the darkest in the league to me.
 
I forgot how thin it was
It's really not so thin once the blades (strands) of grass is filled up with that mixture of sand & rubber pellets. Once all that filler is added the field is quite 'spongey'. The old artificial turf used a few decades ago merely had a 3/4" foam underlay between the turf and the cement floor. Yikes!
 
It's really not so thin once the blades (strands) of grass is filled up with that mixture of sand & rubber pellets. Once all that filler is added the field is quite 'spongey'. The old artificial turf used a few decades ago merely had a 3/4" foam underlay between the turf and the cement floor. Yikes!
That's what I meant. I still remember the sneaker field days.
 
It's really not so thin once the blades (strands) of grass is filled up with that mixture of sand & rubber pellets. Once all that filler is added the field is quite 'spongey'. The old artificial turf used a few decades ago merely had a 3/4" foam underlay between the turf and the cement floor. Yikes!
True. The pre-2003 rug indeed caused a lot of injuries. I marched on it during my high school band days. Always had to lift my knees a bit to keep from tripping over my own feet.
 
Interesting. In magazines, photos of Saints action always seems to be from outdoor games. Might be the reason why. On the other hand, the Dome lights have always seemed to be the brightest on TV of all the indoor stadiums through the years. The old Kingdome in Seattle always seemed to be the darkest in the league to me.
I don't know, I've seemed to notice the opposite. Not only photos/videos of our players, but anytime there's a photo or clip of a player from a team we played in the Dome recently (within the last few years), it always seems to be a picture or clip from our game with them. I used to think it was just the media sly dissing us, but sometimes it's even just mundane clips of players walking to the lockerroom at the Superdome (which they used to have to cross the field to get to from where the team buses would park), so that made me think that the producers of those bits of content just like the quality of the photos/videos due to the superb lighting.

I do agree that the Dome lights are among the brightest in the league, not only on TV but in person as well. When they kick those LEDs on after the dark pregame intros, it's almost blinding from the plaza level. 🥴
 

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