September 02, 2004
The Saints go cashing in
New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, already set to receive $250 million in state subsidies to remain in the Superdome instead of demanding a new home, says that if the state goes ahead with building a new $450 million stadium he'd be willing to kick in ... $60 million. Plus another $34 million from the NFL's stadium loan program. Oh, and he'd want to keep getting those annual state subsidy payments until "a stadium is actually built." No immediate word from Gov. Kathleen Blanco on what she makes of Benson's, ahem, generous offer, but neither she nor, oddly, the Saints owner looks too thrilled about the situation.
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