Mercedes-Benz buys the naming rights to the Superdome

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Think you might be a little too hard on the dome. They've spent a ton of dough renovating it & bringing it up to date.

Possibly, but that's mainly because my lasting impression of it is the squalid conditions after Hurricane Katrina. I'm sure it's definitely better now, but the question is how much better? Even if the renovations are good, it's still hard to call the Superdome a modern, state of the art stadium.

Obviously this move has more to do with all the hosting the Superdome plays, because they're going to be hosting the BCS Championship Game next year, along with the Final Four next year and the Super Bowl in 2013.