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Companies/Plant/Refineries that could've been in Louisiana
Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:30 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:30 pm
Had an Old School Guy tell me Louisiana could've been the auto manufacturing capital of the south but Edwin Edwards and other LA politicians wanted backroom deals and they went elsewhere.
Can y'all think of any other Companies/Plant/Refineries that could've been in Louisiana but went elsewhere?
Can y'all think of any other Companies/Plant/Refineries that could've been in Louisiana but went elsewhere?
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Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:30 pm to TigerBaron
Bucees
Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:32 pm to TigerBaron
The city of Houston.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:33 pm to TigerBaron
If you believe all those things, you probably believe Disney almost came here
Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:34 pm to TigerBaron
Disney /thread
Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:35 pm to TigerBaron
Disneyworld was supposed to be somewhere around Hammond. Delta was gonna build their hub in Monroe.
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:39 pm to TigerBaron
US capitol was going to move to Alexandria.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 1:44 pm to TigerBaron
Apple headquarters was gonna build out in Bawcomville.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:12 pm to TigerBaron
Dole Import/Export operations was supposed to operate out of Port Fourchon rather than the Port of Gulfport MS.
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:14 pm to TigerBaron
The dildo factory was supposed to be in Gheens
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:15 pm to TigerBaron
Bombardier wanted to build air/sea/rail facility in AP/St James parish many years ago.
International airport, huge container port, rail to all over the country.
International airport, huge container port, rail to all over the country.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:15 pm to TigerBaron
Disney World and NASCAR in the LP
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:19 pm to TigerBaron
I've always found the comparison of Austin and Baton Rouge interesting. In the 50's they were quite similar, but BR has fallen far behind.
Comparing Austin and Baton Rouge
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The assassination of President John Kennedy dealt a blow to Baton Rouge. The original NASA Space Center was to be located in New Orleans. LSU would have received major funding as a research center for the NASA project. But after Kennedy’s death, Lyndon Johnson changed the locations to Houston, and saw that millions of dollars of research funds went to the University of Texas. If the Center had stayed in Louisiana, Baton Rouge would have greatly benefited by the federal dollars to be spent on the project.
Comparing Austin and Baton Rouge
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:23 pm to HenryParsons
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I've always found the comparison of Austin and Baton Rouge interesting. In the 50's the were quite similar, but BR has fallen far behind.
Wonder whatever happened to "The Austin 6" from BR that were traveling back and forth to get ideas and bring them to BR from Austin.
Had to be late 90s or early 00s.
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:25 pm to hombreman9
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US capitol was going to move to Alexandria.
this legit made me spit my water out at work. 
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:29 pm to Tarpon08
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Dole Import/Export operations was supposed to operate out of Port Fourchon rather than the Port of Gulfport MS.
Dole dodged a bullet there...
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:34 pm to notiger1997
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but Edwin Edwards and other LA politicians wanted backroom deals and they went elsewhere.
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If you believe all those things, you probably believe Disney almost came here
You find it far fetched that Edwards and other LA politicians wanted kickbacks that killed deals?
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:41 pm to TigerBaron
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Had an Old School Guy tell me Louisiana could've been the auto manufacturing capital of the south but Edwin Edwards and other LA politicians wanted backroom deals and they went elsewhere.
GM built a plant in Shreveport in 1984. It was open until the UAW deal forced its closure in 2010 and GM small pickup production moved to Missouri.
Hyundai uses one of the plants buildings to add accessories to cars before shipping to dealers.
Yeah I’d say we didn’t really develop that industry. Nissan went to Canton, MS. Toyota went to Blue Springs, MS. BMW went to SC. Mercedes to Alabama. GM, Toyota, and Tesla all invested big into Texas.
And now La has no auto production/assembly outside of Ferrera fire trucks and that little Hyundai operation at the Shreveport site.
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:43 pm to fightin tigers
Hawker Beechcraft was looking at building planes at BTR airport. But it turns out it was just a scam to get a better deal from their unions in Kansas.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:44 pm to TigerBaron
Delta Airlines...Nola junk..
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