How many people can the super dome hold in New Orleans?

Answer 1

The night Katrina made landfall, there were about 9,000 citizens and 550 National Guardsmen inside the Superdome. When the search and rescue was going on after the hurricane, somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 people stayed inside the Superdome.

Answer 2

Numbers range from between 6 and 10 persons. Best they can tell one person committed suicide, one died of a drug overdose and the rest of "natural" causes. As one who was inside the Dome we too believed all the rumors of rapes and murders but in fact most if not all of these turned out to be false, as well as any shooting at helicopters outside of the Dome. Fear and Group Think are powerful tools in spreading misinformation and the media was way off base on their reporting of what went on inside. Still seeing it for myself I was amazed that more medical patients didn't die due to lack of food, water, sanitary conditions and more staffing by the National Guard.

Paul Harris

Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina"

Answer 3

The Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans has a seating capacity of around 73,000 for regular events, which can be expanded to over 76,000 for certain events like concerts or Basketball games.

Answer 4

71,435