Superdome Media Layout (PDF) - 1/1/25 Sugar Bowl
Internet Access
Free hard-wire (and wireless) internet access is available in the 7th Floor Press Box areas, as well as the media workroom on the field level, compliments of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN ETHERNET CABLE TO PLUG IN.
Quotes
During game week, we will have selected quotes from each press conference available at www.AllstateSugarBowl.org under the media tab (Quote Central). We recommend that you bookmark this site in order to have quick access to quotes – they will also be emailed to all credentialed media. For the head coach press conference on December 31 and for the postgame press conferences, we will have the full transcript available online and emailed to writers in attendance.
Press Box
The main press box in the Superdome is located at the top level (you may want to consider binoculars). Media members can use Elevators 11 or 16 to get to the press box. Be aware, the press box is located in the path of the air conditioning vents for the Superdome – dress warmly.
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.
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.
Open Locker Room
Both teams’ locker rooms will be open for 20 minutes, beginning when the coach leaves for the interview room. If you choose to go to the locker room for interviews, you might not get access to the coaches or the players brought to the main interview room and to the breakout interview areas.
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.
Video for Websites
We do not allow hand-held video cameras in the press conference rooms. Media wishing to post video from the press conferences on its website must supply a flash drive and the video files will be loaded to the drive for you.
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.
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