Caesars\u2019 plans for the New Orleans casino include constructing a new 340-room hotel tower, adding new dining options, and developing part of the casino\u2019s currently vacant second floor. Company leaders expect to complete the transformation by 2024.<\/p>\n
Caesars operates currently operates four other casinos in Louisiana, but two of those properties have been sold.<\/p>\n
Besides the Saints games, the Superdome also serves as home to the Sugar Bowl, annually one of the top college football postseason games. College football\u2019s BCS National Championship game was played there four times, and the College Football Playoff, the successor to the BCS, played its 2020 championship game there. It also has hosted seven Super Bowls and will host that event again in 2025.<\/p>\n
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The Superdome will host the men\u2019s NCAA Final Four next year for the sixth time. State officials were told that affiliating with a gaming company will not hinder efforts to attract future college or other amateur sporting events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
With the Superdome deal, Caesars now joins Gila River Hotels and Casinos as a gaming company that holds naming rights for a sporting venue not connected to a casino property.<\/p>\n
Five years ago, Hard Rock Entertainment secured the naming rights for the Miami Gardens, Fla., stadium that\u2019s home to the NFL\u2019s Miami Dolphins and college football\u2019s Miami Hurricanes. However, that deal, which was consummated before the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) was overturned, prohibited Hard Rock from promoting its gaming business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lawmakers in Louisiana on Thursday approved a deal that gives Caesars Entertainment naming rights for 20 years to the Superdome in New Orleans. Not long after the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approved the deal at its meeting in Baton Rouge, workers began installing signage with the Las Vegas-based gaming company\u2019s brandmarks inside the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":180767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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