Title: Can New Orleans play its way past Katrina? The role of professional sports in the redevelopment of New Orleans

Authors: Robert A. Baade, Victor A. Matheson

Addresses: Department of Economics and Business, 157A Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 60045. ' Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610

Abstract: Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans in late August 2005, and debates are now underway across the country concerning strategies for reconstructing the city. Both of New Orleans|s professional sports teams, the National Football League Saints and the National Basketball Association Hornets, left the city in the wake of the storm, and the question of what the city should provide in the way of financial accommodation to encourage them to return should be considered in devising a reconstruction plan.

Keywords: economic impact; Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans; professional sports; reconstruction planning; regional development; USA; United States; sport management; financial inducements; basketball; American football.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSMM.2007.013966

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, 2007 Vol.2 No.5/6, pp.541 - 554

Published online: 05 Jun 2007 *

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