久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

  Home>News Center>Sports
         
 

NBA seeks relocation for New Orleans Hornets
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-02 10:18

NEW YORK (AFP) - New Orleans Hornets officials are looking into alternate locations for next month's pre-season workouts and entire National Basketball Association season in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Thousands of residents are shown gathering outside the storm damaged Louisiana Super Dome in New Orleans September 1, 2005. Rotting bodies littered New Orleans' streets on Thursday and troops headed in to control looting and violence, as thousands of desperate survivors of Hurricane Katrina pleaded to be evacuated from the flooded city, or even just fed.
Thousands of residents are shown gathering outside the storm damaged Louisiana Super Dome in New Orleans September 1, 2005. Rotting bodies littered New Orleans' streets on Thursday and troops headed in to control looting and violence, as thousands of desperate survivors of Hurricane Katrina pleaded to be evacuated from the flooded city, or even just fed. [Reuters]

New Orleans has become a disaster area and is unlikely to be prepared to host sports events for months.

Little damage has been reported at New Orleans Arena, the Hornets' 112 million-dollar home adjacent to the refugee-haven Superdome stadium. But flooded streets and a lack of electricity have made the area uninhabitable.

"It's way too early to be able to predict how things will play out," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said.

The notion of games lifting the spirits of the city and recovery workers is not lost upon league officials, Frank said, but how soon that would become a viable option is unclear.

"Even if the arena is operable, it still may be impossible to play games in New Orleans for some time," NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik wrote in an e-mail message obtained by The New York Times.

The Hornets were scheduled to train at the arena starting October 3, play an October 20 exhibition there against San Antonio at New Orleans and play their first regular season home game there on November 4 against Sacramento.

"The big thing is where to set up offices and where to play games," Hornets general manager Allan Bristow told USA Today. "We want to make sure that the first two weeks (of workouts) we're in a facility where we feel comfortable."

That could send the Hornets to Lousiana State University in Baton Rouge, 125 km northwest of New Orleans. But that campus has become a staging area for rescue and recovery efforts and might not be able to spare resources for games.

"That's where we start," Bristow said. "Hard to say where this thing is going to take us in the next few weeks."

The Hornets could utilize the 14,000-seat Maravich Center arena on the Louisiana State campus or the city's River Center coliseum.

League and team officials have said all Hornets players and personnel are safe but could have lost their homes.

The NBA has contributed two million dollars to relief efforts and other moves have been made by players with area ties such as Baron Davis, who spent three seasons with the Hornets before being traded to Golden State in February.

"The damage to the city from Hurricane Katrina is irreplaceable," Davis said. "Thousands of people are homeless. We all know someone who needs help."

Indiana's Jonathan Bender lives in Louisiana. The Pacers' swingman hopes to return home over the weekend.

"I hope I don't see any flooding or anything but I'm glad I've got insurance," he said. "That's everything I've got."

Chicago Bulls guard Chris Duhon, from suburban New Orleans, is organizing food, clothing and financial contributions for relief efforts.

"We're trying to give as much money and food and clothes as we can to just help people get back on their feet," Duhon said.



David Beckham at training session with England
Maria Sharapova practises Yoga
Gianluigi Buffon and Alena Seredova
 
  Today's Top News     Top Sports News
 

Tibet sees forty years of marked progress

 

   
 

New Orleans in anarchy with fights, rapes

 

   
 

Typhoon pounds Fujian, forcing evacuation

 

   
 

Foreign missile umbrella on Taiwan opposed

 

   
 

Video: Al-Qaida behind London blasts

 

   
 

Numerous pacts for EU-China summit

 

   
  Yao, Rockets pleased over long-term NBA deal
   
  NBA seeks relocation for New Orleans Hornets
   
  Celtic have get-out clause in Du Wei deal
   
  China bags three gold medals out of five
   
  Finley spurns more money to join Spurs
   
  Owen ready to rekindle English passion
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Looting escalates in New Orleans
   
New Orleans police told to stop looters
   
Governor: Everyone must leave New Orleans
   
Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans
   
Hornets score just 25 points in first half
   
1.2 million warned to leave New Orleans
   
1.2 million flee New Orleans ahead of Ivan
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 在线精品日韩一区二区三区 | 国产欧美一区二区三区精品 | 欧美国产综合在线 | 成人免费观看永久24小时 | 日本一级特黄在线播放 | 91久久综合 | 亚洲va视频 | 精品国产一区二区三区不卡在线 | 欧美在线观看视频一区 | 亚洲精品亚洲一区二区 | 天天拍拍夜夜出水 | 在线欧美精品二区三区 | 日韩亚洲欧美一区噜噜噜 | 欧美视频区 | 国产亚洲欧美成人久久片 | 成年女人看片免费视频播放器 | 亚洲高清在线观看播放 | 日本亚欧乱色视频在线网站 | 欧美一级久久 | 男女国产一级毛片 | 国产丝袜美腿高跟白浆 | 精品国产一区二区三区国产馆 | 精品国产呦系列在线看 | 久久99久久精品久久久久久 | 高清国产美女一级a毛片录 高清国产亚洲va精品 | 91精品最新国内在线播放 | 大片毛片女女女女女女女 | 午夜国产精品不卡在线观看 | 免费国产综合视频在线看 | 中国一级毛片免费观看 | 免费的特黄特色大片在线观看 | 欧美一级看片免费观看视频在线 | 国产成人精品亚洲2020 | 一级a做爰片欧欧美毛片4 | 作爱视频在线免费观看 | 国产成人精品亚洲2020 | 国产精品久久不卡日韩美女 | 波多野结衣一区二区三区88 | 亚洲欧美一区二区久久香蕉 | 手机在线黄色网址 | 亚洲精品久久九九热 |