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The Hornets opened their inaugural season in New Orleans on October 30, 2002, against New Orleans' original NBA franchise, the Utah Jazz. In the first regular season NBA game played in New Orleans in over 17 years, [6] the Hornets defeated the Jazz 100–75, and posthumously retired #7 of "Pistol" Pete Maravich during halftime.
The city acquired an NBA expansion franchise in June 1974: the New Orleans Jazz (as a tribute to New Orleans' history of originating jazz music). The team faced a number of the same logistical and financial woes, and relocated to Salt Lake City in 1979–80.
NBA Western 15th Southwest 5th 21 45 .318 29 2012–13: 2012–13: NBA Western 14th Southwest 5th 27 55 .329 31 New Orleans Pelicans: 2013–14: 2013–14: NBA Western 12th Southwest 5th 34 48 .415 28 Monty Williams 2014–15: 2014–15: NBA Western 8th Southwest 5th 45 37 .549 11 Lost first round 4–0 2015–16: 2015–16: NBA Western 12th ...
The Pelicans were established as the New Orleans Hornets in the 2002–03 season when then-owner of the Charlotte Hornets, George Shinn, relocated the franchise to New Orleans. [1] During the 2005–07 period, the Hornets played 71 games in Oklahoma City due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina . [ 2 ]
The team was born out of the original Hornets' relocation to New Orleans in 2002. [2] The team has had three names since its inception; it was called the New Orleans Hornets (2002–2005; 2007–2013), the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets (2005–2007), and the New Orleans Pelicans (2013–present). [3]
Two years after the Hornets' move to New Orleans, the NBA returned to North Carolina, as the Charlotte Bobcats were formed as an expansion team in 2004. [125] The Hornets temporarily moved to Oklahoma City in 2005 for two seasons because of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. [126] The team returned to New Orleans in 2007. [127]
The NBA Foundation has donated over $5 million to 18 New Orleans-area grantees, according to Sheridan. The vast majority has gone to solely local groups, with about one-fifth given to chapters of ...
It is the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Plans to build the Superdome were drawn up in 1967 by the New Orleans modernist architectural firm of Curtis and Davis and the building opened as the Louisiana Superdome in 1975. Its steel frame covers a 13-acre (5.3 ha) expanse and the 273-foot (83 m) dome ...