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Gold Mine on Airline, formerly Shrine on Airline, [ 6 ] is a 10,000-seat stadium in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. It is home field for the New Orleans Gold team in Major League Rugby. [ 7 ] Known as Zephyr Field when built in 1997 as the home ballpark for the New Orleans Zephyrs (later New Orleans Baby Cakes), the stadium was ...
Development of Metairie Playground began in 1945, following the end of World War II and during a time of civic progress in Jefferson Parish. [9] The playground was dedicated in 1952. [9] The playground was renamed on June 28, 2003, in memory of Wally Pontiff, Jr., who played college baseball for Louisiana State University. [3]
Location: New Orleans City Park – 5400 Stadium Drive (south); Marconi Drive (west); Roosevelt Mall Street (north and east) Louisiana Superdome – later renamed Mercedes-Benz Superdome and now Caesars Superdome. Home of: New Orleans Pelicans – American Association (1977) – moved from Tulsa Oilers of 1932–1942 and 1946–1976 ...
155 acres (0.242 sq mi) Opened. 1982. Etymology. Nicolas Chauvin de La Frénière. Website. www.lafrenierepark.org. Lafreniere Park is the largest park in Metairie, Louisiana. [ 1 ] The park is funded by local residents surrounding the park, and a few dollars are added onto their water bill every month.
Metairie (/ ˈ m ɛ t ər i / MET-ər-ee) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area.
2,400. Opened. 1999. ( 1999) Website. alariocenter .com. The John A. Alario Sr. Event Center, commonly shortened as the Alario Center, is a 2,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Westwego, Louisiana, USA. [1] The facility was approved for construction in 1993, and opened in 1999. The arena was most notably used as the practice facility for the NBA ...
Former horse racing tracks in the New Orleans area include Eclipse Race Course (opened 1837), Metairie Course (1838–1872), Bingaman Race Track, City Park Race Track (1905–1920), Jefferson Park Race Track (1918–1934) and Jefferson Downs Racetrack (1959–1992).
Website. www.jeffparish.net. Jefferson Parish (French: Paroisse de Jefferson) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 440,781. [1] Its parish seat is Gretna, its largest community is Metairie, [2] and its largest incorporated city is Kenner. Jefferson Parish is included in the Greater New Orleans area.