Houston Rockets Owner Wants To Buy Saints! | What's Next For New Orleans Post Gayle Benson Era?
 

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Todd Graves, Raising Canes.

Re: Houston Rockets Owner Wants To Buy Saints! | What's Next For New Orleans Post Gayle Benson Era?
 

She should sell and ride into the sunset.

Our organization needs new life. It's been needed for years.

Re: Houston Rockets Owner Wants To Buy Saints! | What's Next For New Orleans Post Gayle Benson Era?
 

The organisation needs a rocket 🚀 up it's ........

The one downside I can think of is, perhaps the future is no NFL franchise in New Orleans.

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I doubt that. The NFL loves the City and New Orleans has many things that put it at an advantage over many other cities for NFL franchise and SuperBowls.

The Saints are actually the model for NFL teams' involvement with state and local government funding for stadiums and in return tax revenue back to the state and local government. We were the first to build this type of relationship between NFL owner and State and Local Governments. It keeps our Stadium state-of-the-art and the organization lucrative as well as funnels money back in taxes - travel and tourism fees and taxes - back to the local and state governments. It's a complex formula that the Saints, New Orleans, and Louisiana were able to solve, and probably one of the few places where it could happen as it was an experiment that became very successful.

Technically the NFL would love the majority of their franchises to use the Louisiana/NFL model, but very few have caught on and some use only parts of our partnership aspects with their own team and government.

As for team moving, people do not look at the whole picture. The Saints are one of the few orgs that make 100% of merchandise and concession sales at their stadium. Also, one of the few organizations where the stadium is constantly refurbished by the state government to sustain this private owner/state government relationship. Most other NFL teams are pitching in half and half on stadium renovations, and the government usually rejects that relationship. Many teams only get partial profits from conessions,etc.

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Good riddance to Lady Gayle. PERIOD.

Re: Houston Rockets Owner Wants To Buy Saints! | What's Next For New Orleans Post Gayle Benson Era?
 

I get nervous about the prospect of people who don’t live or fully understand the culture of NOLA buying the team.

The Saints are as much a part of Louisiana as Louisiana is a part of the Saints.

Some rich dude who doesn’t give a hoot about either would want to buy them and move them closer to his “hometown” so he can create a franchise there have his own legacy.

Honestly that makes me sick to think about.

Careful what you wish for.

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I wish for a winning team. PERIOD. We AINT DAT.

The “culture” of NOLA right now is the only team to be shut out this season.

Re: Houston Rockets Owner Wants To Buy Saints! | What's Next For New Orleans Post Gayle Benson Era?
 

When Gayle sells the Saints will be moved. The NFL may like New Orleans but money talks. The Saints are the 28th in terms of valuation. Other perineal losers like the Raiders rank way above the Saints. Whoever buys it will want the fastest return on their investment and moving the team makes sense.

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^^^ FACTS