July 24, 2004

Louisiana gov floats new Saints stadium

Coulda seen that one coming: Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has asked state officials to look into building a new stadium for the New Orleans Saints. This after the state ran into trouble paying its yearly rent payments to the team, which former governor Mike Foster agreed to in order to, er, avoid having to build a new stadium. Yeah, that worked out well.

And in other predictable news, Blanco's proposal would - wait for it - combine the Saints stadium with expansion of New Orleans' convention center. This is now officially a trend.