Caesars Superdome

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based out of New Orleans, Louisiana. The team competes in the NFL as a member of the National Football Conference South division. Since 1975, the team has played their home games at Caesars Superdome, after using Tulane Stadium for its first eight seasons.

The team was initially founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon, and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966. The team formally entered the NFL as an expansion team in 1967. The team name was inspired after the jazz music heritage of New Orleans and the spiritual hymn, “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

For several decades, The Saints were among the NFL’s least successful franchises, where they went 20 consecutive seasons without a winning record or qualifying for the playoffs. In fact, their first playoff win would not be until 2000, their 34th season. But the team’s fortunes improved in the 21st century which saw them become a more consistent presence in the postseason. Their greatest season to date remains the 2009 season, when they won Super Bowl XLIV, which was also the team’s first Super Bowl appearance, along with the New York Jets.