Superdome Media Layout (PDF) - 1/1/24 Sugar Bowl
If you are working for a radio station planning to cover the Allstate Sugar Bowl, here is some information which may be of value to you.
Radio Row
If requested, we can arrange for radio stations to have space at our official media hotel (Sheraton New Orleans) during the week leading up to the game – there will be charges from the hotel for power and phone/ethernet lines. Contact John Sudsbury (johns@sugarbowl.org) if interested.
Press Conference Feed – Head Coach Conference, Dec. 31, and Postgame
Audio and video from the head coaches press conference on December 31 and from the main postgame press conference is ONLY available from our official feed. Please make sure you have the proper equipment and cables to receive this feed. Composite video is via BNC, and audio (mic or line level) is via XLR. If you are capturing our feed to a personal computer, you will need adapters to connect your capture device (Canopus, Elgato, Etc.) to the mult. Generally, the capture devices use RCA connectors as inputs – Thus, for video, you will need BNC to RCA male, and for audio, you will need XLR female to RCA male. Recording on a VCR or camera will require BNC to the input on the device, generally BNC, and XLR female to the input on the device, generally XLR male. SDI/HD video with embedded audio is via BNC. You will have the ability to pull a separate audio feed via XLR if needed. For further information, please contact Ray Garofalo (Ray@TheProlineGroup.com).
Media Day Audio
Radio reporters will be able to record their own audio for all interviews at media day. The head coach interview should be taken from the available feed. Player interviews should be recorded directly by the reporter.
Pregame or Postgame Shows
If you plan to do any live pregame or postgame shows, please contact John Sudsbury (johns@sugarbowl.org) ASAP to inquire about availability of space at the Caesars Superdome, as well as to verify technical needs.
In-Game Updates
If you plan on doing in-game score and game updates from the press box, please contact John Sudsbury (johns@sugarbowl.org) ASAP so we can arrange for these to be the least intrusive for other media members working in the press box.
Game Day Media Meal
The media meal will be served in the Crown Royal Signature Club (Gate G) on the ground level of the Superdome from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Halftime snacks will be provided in the main press box as well as in the Media Work Room on ground level.
Paperless Press Box
We will not be distributing stats, play-by-plays, quotes or game books in the press box. All information will be emailed to credentialed media when available. We will also have a live stats link available for media on game day.
Postgame
The following guidelines have been established by the College Football Playoff to be followed for the media events of the Allstate Sugar Bowl:
There will be a 10-minute cooling off period for the runner-up team before the head coach and two players appear at the post-game press conference. The winning team will be entitled to a 20-minute cooling off period before its representatives are brought to the designated media areas. The winning team's cooling off period will begin after the conclusion of the trophy presentation.
POSTGAME FIELD INTERVIEWS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
Postgame Press Conference
There will be ONE postgame press conference warehouse on the ground level. The runner-up coach and two players will be available on the stage first, followed by the winning coach and two players. We will feed this primary postgame press conference to the television monitors in the main press box.
No Cameras in Locker Rooms
While the locker rooms will be open to media for 20 minutes following a cooling off period, photography and videography will not be permitted in the locker room after the game. This includes photography and videography with cameras, phones, tablets and any other video recording devices. No live transmission of video, social streaming or live audio from the locker room will be permitted during the open locker room session.
Breakout Interview Areas
Each team will have its own designated area near its locker room for postgame breakout interviews. We will bring a minimum of four top players (this will NOT include the players brought to the main press conference) into this area for postgame on-camera interviews. This occurs at the same time as the main press conference and the open locker room window.
10/25/24
