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Essence Festival 2025 seating map at Caesars Superdome Here's an idea of the seating map for Essence Festival 2025 at the Caesars Superdome. Prices shown are for Saturday, July 5.

The 2025 Super Bowl will be held in the Caesars Superdome, where the seating capacity is expandable.

Other notable sporting activities held at Caesars Superdome are the 1995 Essence Music Festival, a 1978 boxing bout between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks and the 1988 Republican National Convention.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 05: Kamala Harris speaks onstage during Day 1 of the 2024 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans ...