Rundown: Saints and Louisiana agree to new deal, Hornets eliminated in embarrassing fashion
-Los Angeles and San Antonio can go find themselves another team to get to move to those cities. The Saints agreed to a new revenue sharing deal with the state of Louisiana to stay in New Orleans and play in the Superdome through 2025. While the payments will be less, Saints owner Tom Benson will buy existing property adjacent to the Dome(the Dominion Tower with the state leasing about 2/3rds the building in office space for 15 years and the New Orleans Centre, a shopping mall) and the state will kick in $85 million in improvements to the Dome. State officials say that the new deal will save the state $281 million compared to the current deal.
This deal was needed to help New Orleans' bid for Super Bowl XLVII in 2013.
-The Hornets lost last night to the Denver Nuggets 107-86 and were eliminated 4 games to 1, including an embarrassing 121-63 loss in Game 4 at home, the worst home loss in NBA playoff history. Denver was just too good on defense and created more turnovers than New Orleans. The Nuggets will play the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Semifinals.
This deal was needed to help New Orleans' bid for Super Bowl XLVII in 2013.
-The Hornets lost last night to the Denver Nuggets 107-86 and were eliminated 4 games to 1, including an embarrassing 121-63 loss in Game 4 at home, the worst home loss in NBA playoff history. Denver was just too good on defense and created more turnovers than New Orleans. The Nuggets will play the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Semifinals.