3D print Caesars Superdome
A free, printable model of the Caesars Superdome and the roads, low buildings and towers around it in New Orleans, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Caesars Superdome
Caesars Superdome, known to most people as the Superdome, is a covered stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. The New Orleans Saints, an NFL team, have played there since 1975. The New Orleans firm Curtis and Davis drew up plans in 1967, and the stadium opened in 1975 as the Louisiana Superdome. Its steel frame covers 5.3 ha (13 acres), and the 83 m (273 ft) dome, a lamellar multi-ringed frame, is 207 m (680 ft) across. It is the world's largest fixed domed structure.
The idea came from the local businessman David Dixon, who was lobbying for an NFL franchise for New Orleans. Commissioner Pete Rozelle told him the league would never expand to the city without a domed stadium. While touring the Astrodome in Houston in 1966, Governor John McKeithen said he wanted one just like it, only bigger. It was designed to serve football, baseball and basketball, using movable stands at field level. Political delays meant construction did not start until August 11, 1971, and it finished in August 1975. The final cost was expected to be $46 million but reached $165 million.
It has hosted several Super Bowls and six NCAA men's college basketball championships. The Sugar Bowl has been played there since 1975. In 2005 thousands of people sheltered in the Superdome from Hurricane Katrina. The storm left the building heavily damaged and it stayed closed for more than a year, reopening in time for the Saints' home opener on September 25, 2006.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 650 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 21 mm | 1:4,063 |
| 200 mm | 26 mm | 1:3,250 |
| 256 mm | 33 mm | 1:2,539 |
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- A flared base with fine ribs
- The dome sits on a flared base cut by closely spaced ribs. Print friendly adapts them to the print scale, while Full detail keeps every rib, which suits a larger print or a fine nozzle.
- A broad, shallow curve
- The wide dome rises in a gentle curve, which shows layer steps easily. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep the curve smooth, and a larger print gives the surface more room.
- One piece with the ground
- Caesars Superdome is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. Caesars Superdome takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
Caesars Superdome is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Caesars Superdome STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. Caesars Superdome grows with the print: about 21 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
