A few housecleaning items still had to be taken care of during the first two weeks of the 2006 regular season, understandable considering the Superdome had been unfit for much of anything after Hurricane Katrina stormed through New Orleans in late August 2005, peeling off the Superdome’s roof and wreaking a level of havoc, and causing an amount of damage, that never before had been experienced in the United States.
So the re-opening of the Superdome was pushed to Sept. 25, 2006, a home game against NFC South rival Atlanta.
Ten years and one day later, the same two franchises will square off in the same venue, an anniversary game upon which all can reflect and note the progress that has been made in New Orleans’ metro area, and New Orleans’ football franchise.