The situation in New Orleans appears to be far worse than anyone ever expected. More than 80% of the city is flooded, and those flood waters are starting to collect around the Superdome. The refugees inside the dome are going to be moved to the unused Houston Astrodome as part of the Governor’s mandatory evacuation of the city.
As for the Saints, they will be making camp in San Antonio following their preseason game with the Raiders on Thursday. Where they will actually play their games remains to be seen. LSU has a 90,000 seat stadium in Baton Rouge, which is about 78 miles northwest of New Orleans, but the campus may become a major center in the rescue effort. Saints owner Tom Benson has strong business ties in San Antonio and may be able to use the Alamodome for several home games, though the NFL will surely frown on a team playing so far away from home, no matter what the situation.
Writer Kaycee Nilson is openly wondering whether the Saints will have a New Orleans to march home to. I imagine she’s not the only one. I also imagine this is not the way Tom Benson thought he might leave New Orleans…
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1 Kaycee // Oct 8, 2005 at 8:52 am
Thank You Dave for linking to my column on Useless Knowledge.
I was very flattered that you liked my column so much that you linked to it.
I feel that at this point, the New Orleans Saints are truely “America’a Team” for they are having to overcome a deep adversity to play their season.
GO SAINTS!
Kaycee Nilson