re: SKC

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There is no reason the Pels couldn't play at UNO while the new arena is built. Just put a little bit of money in it to make it semi-NBA playable and move on.

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Not feasible. Basketball capacity at UNO is under 9,000 and has little or no suite capacity.

It’s a shithole. Seriously what else needs to be studied?

A new riverside arena isn’t feasible because it would take DOTD ten years to redo port routes.

A new arena needs to be built on the grounds of Champions Garage/Lots3-3A.

The Club 44/New Orleans Center food court needs to be gutted. An actual sports and entertainment district needs to be built that connects both venues and can create revenue.

On the existing SKC property, you can create a two story garage and then potentially hold the natural grass field on top when NFL makes the team switch.

The city built a $250m arena on a $100m budget 25 years ago. There is no feasible way they can simply get by with renovations.

They will propose a massive renovation or a new arena probably where New Orleans centre parking garage is. The Pelicans and LSED will then make a joint decision and come up with a funding mechanism ever since the blowup about the Saints payment the sides have been working well together behind the scenes once Mrs Benson and the governor involved. Despite people’s initially worries the new governor is very supportive of moving big projects in NOLA forward I believe he was instrumental in pushing the new Omni CC hotel forward we shall see what happens

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Rumors the the MGM Beau in Biloxi is ready to build a 18,000 seat arena if they know they can get a professional team. Plenty of land on Gulf Coast . NHL looked at the area but likely will expand to Atlanta and Quebec City .

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How would Biloxi support an NHL team?

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On the existing SKC property, you can create a two story garage and then potentially hold the natural grass field on top when NFL makes the team switch

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the turf is fine NFL has played 22 years on it

If I recall the state of Louisiana built the SKC and not the city

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Rumors the the MGM Beau in Biloxi is ready to build a 18,000 seat arena if they know they can get a professional team

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Why would they build something that big? No team is coming to Mississippi unless it’s G League, indoor football, minor league hockey

Next to existing site is the best site and what we will see, but stll some challenges. 1) The logistics of tearing down that lot and rebuilding on that site are insane and will probably require closing Girod for several years which impacts access to the dome, especially for supply and loading access. 2) Can the City/state move the post office facility to create more room.

City Hall/Civil District Court would be a great site, but you'd have to have a plan for City Hall and CDC.

You'd have to have an alternative site for both CH and CDC built first and then tear down those buildings and start building.

CH and CDC are total dumps, and they have been trying to move both for years and years unsuccessfully.

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I’m not so sure an entirely new arena is necessary. Most of my complaints are morecosmetic than structural. Or the refurbishing can be done within the existing structure.

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This is not actually true my guy

Most of the complaints come from the league and the state itself.

The Arena is too outdated behind the scenes for what modern arenas can do.

It also cannot make money like other arenas can for a variety of reasons.

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It’s not fancy, but it doesn’t “suck arse”…

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Its consistently rated by people who rate stadiums as the worse Arena in the NBA.