This actually may or may not be what Gayle wants but here we go from his twitter account December 25th .

“We need to do the same thing now with a new entertainment district involving the Arena.”

4. Gut renovation on the Smoothie King Center.
***Pelicans would have to play entire season in Superdome, Birmingham (G-League Squadron home) and maybe some at Lakefront arena.

5. SKC Parking lot 3 and old NOLA Centre parking lot & Club XLIV turned into upscale boutique hotel connected to Champions square. Can also have bricks/mortar Saints (and Pelicans) hall of fame there

. 6 Land swap with U.S. Post Office main location, turning that entire footprint into a new, additional convention center space (operated by NOENMCC).

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Only one person would want a boutique hotel next to the SKC.

What do you think?

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Posted by pmacneworleans

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:20 am to Demps

You have a new hotel that will be built as part of the Convention Center, so not sure its feasible. They already are having a very hard time selling apartments at the new Mississippi River build-out so that's not very feasible either. You could do the Hall of fame for both pro teams, and also do one for the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame which is looking for a place, and all three attractions would fit nicely with the Pels.

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Posted by lgtiger

Member since May 2005

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 10:20 am to Demps

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Land swap with U.S. Post Office main location

Do they utilize rail for the Post Office ? If not, put it somewhere else. It's in the way and that space could be utilized in a better way

New Arena built on Post office and/or other parking area there, use SKC during construction and develop the area where SKC was to something that would fit there.

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Posted by tzimme4

Metairie

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 11:01 am to Demps

Fletchers an idiot thinking the US Postal is going to give up shite lol. They wouldn't even give up the parking lot across the street from the arena. That's a hard pass on this plan

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Posted by Eighteen

Member since Dec 2006

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 11:05 am to Demps

New Orleans had entire cars found in drainage pipes and had an entire hotel collapse during construction.

LOL at having any kind of “master planned” anything

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Posted by Crappieman

Member since Apr 2025

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 2:09 pm to tzimme4

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Fletchers an idiot thinking the US Postal is going to give up shite lol

Ever heard of eminent domain. The city can get it one way or another.

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Posted by GOP_Tiger

Baton Rouge

Member since Jan 2005

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 2:14 pm to Crappieman

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Ever heard of eminent domain.

LOL

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Posted by joe8 7

Thibodaux, LA

Member since Nov 2005

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 2:52 pm to Crappieman

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Ever heard of eminent domain.

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Eminent domain of federal land?

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Posted by Crappieman

Member since Apr 2025

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 2:57 pm to joe8 7

Is it truly federal? It's run more as a private company independent of the US government.

Is the land owned by the USPS or do they have a longterm lease?

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