re: Why is a children’s hospital looking at spending $50M for naming rights at new LSU arena?

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So the only factor into where you would schedule your child’s procedure/surgery would be proximity?

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Honestly? Unless it’s something truly rare and unique, does anyone really interview for standard procedures?

The last procedure I had I just chose the first name. I guarantee there’s studies that show doctor’s with last names that begin with “A” get more business than those that start with “Z”

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OK I’ll play along.

Doctor:Where would you like to schedule your child’s procedure?

Me: Is there a children’s hospital nearby?

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What if it’s an outpatient procedure that can be done either at Children’s or at Ochsner’s new Grove complex - two facilities that are like 2 miles away from each other, operated by competing hospital systems?

I think some of y’all are being intentionally obtuse about this. It’s perfectly reasonable to question whether spending $50 million for arena naming rights is a wise investment for a hospital system. However, people are acting like they don’t understand why hospitals advertise at all.

There’s also the more recent news that OLOL plans to build a $100 million sports medicine facility next door to the new arena, and it’s not entirely clear how those plans tie in with the naming rights.

I hope they name it Elizabeth. Always liked that name.

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I was born at OLOL. The old location near the capitol. That's all I got.

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Damn this board has gotten old

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Damn this board has gotten old

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That's Chicken's problem not mine.

The nuns that run OLOL are very shrewd. They run that hospital for Jesus himself.