New Orleans

"Death Valley in Baton Rouge is the loudest stadium I've ever been in." - Adrian Karsten Nary a team has made it out of the stadium forebodingly known as Death Valley in Baton Rouge.

WWOM-TV began broadcasting on October 14, 1967 on Channel 26 in New Orleans. It was the first independent station in the market. The station struggled, however, and was bought out of bankruptcy in 1971. A year later it changed its call letters to WGNO....

The New Orleans Brass played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1997 to 2002. Their home ice was the Memorial Auditorium, then later the New Orleans Arena. When pro basketball returned to town, the new hoops team became the arena's top tenant and...

The New Orleans Black Pelicans were members of the Louisiana-Texas Colored League in 1930 and 1931. Their ace was Robert Pipkin who was also known as the Black Diamond. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The New Orleans Black Pelicans were members of the????Louisiana-Texas Colored League in 1930 and 1931. Their ace was Robert Pipkin who was also known as the Black Diamond. *Design is officially licensed from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The New Orleans Buccaneers were founded in 1967 and were charter members of the American Basketball Association. The spent three years in the Big Easy before moving to Memphis in 1970.

The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 as a challenger to the established NBA. After fierce competition between the two for fans and players, 4 ABA teams were absorbed by the NBA in 1976. The Kentucky Colonels, the league's most successful...

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) All-Star Game was played January 9, 1968 at the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. A crowd of 10,872 watched as the East topped the West 126-120.

The first American Basketball Association (ABA) Slam Dunk contest was held during halftime of the 1976 All-Star game in Denver.?? It was won by Julius Erving.

The Nets began their journey as a charter member??World Team Tennis??(WTT)??that began in 1974. The franchise was originally awarded to Bill DeWitt Jr., who planned to place the team in Cincinnati, where he already owned the Stingers of the WHA. Before the start of...

Royal Castle Hamburgers??was founded in 1938 by William Singer in Miami. The chain grew to over 175 locations in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, and Michigan.??

Royal Castle Hamburgers??was founded in 1938 by William Singer in Miami. The chain grew to over 175 locations in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, and Michigan.??

Formerly the Denver Zephyrs, this Pacific Coast League team moved to New Orleans when the Colorado Rockies began play in Major League Baseball in 1993. In 2017, they sought a name with more local flavor (a zephyr is a western wind). To that end,...

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The New Orleans Night in the Arena Football League starting in 1991 and 1992. Their home field was the Superdome. The team folded before the start of the 1993 season. In 2004, the city welcomed a new Arena League team, the VooDoo, who played...

The??1984 Louisiana World Exposition??was a??World's Fair??held in??New Orleans from May 12 to November 11, 1984.??Its theme was "The World of Rivers???Fresh Waters as a Source of Life." Staged just two years after the World's Fair in Knoxville, TN, the Louisiana World Exposition declared bankruptcy...

Fast Track Burgers To Go was a fast food chain that operated in the Greater Baton Rouge area from the late '80s until the mid '90s. Relive those juicy memories with this great T-shirt available our??our super-soft heather red tee or women's V-neck.

Uptown Square was a shopping center located at the corner of Broadway and Perrier in New Orleans. It opened in 1976 and attempted to bring a European flare to the shopping center concept.

The New Orleans VooDoo played in the Arena Football League starting in 2004. After Hurricane Katrina damaged their home arena in 2005, the team suspended operations. They returned in 2007 for two seasons before folding. The franchise was revived in 2010 when the Bossier-Shreveport...

The original Louisiana IceGators played in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) from 1995 to 2005. Their home ice was the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA. A new IceGators franchise debuted in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) in 2009 but moved in 2016 to...