The bright lights of the Big Easy aren’t new for the App State football team as they get ready to face the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Saturday night.
“I think it makes you feel comfortable, being in the same environment,” junior center Noah Hannon said. “It’s kinda like playing at home, you see the same things, you feel the same vibes and you get to prepare the same way that you do every other week.”
From providing a roof to citizens following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to the infamous power failure during the halftime show of Super Bowl XLVII, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the site of the bowl game, is one of the most well-known venues in all of sports since it opened in 1975.