Hornets Keep Lease

[Pugz]

The Hornets won't be leaving New Orleans after this season as the team was able to meet attendance benchmarks that voided an escape clause in their lease of New Orleans Arena.

"Today's a great step forward but we're not done yet," Gov. Bobby Jindal said in a news conference at the New Orleans Arena on Monday.

"We cannot become complacent. ... We've got to continue to be vigilant in supporting the Hornets and keeping them here."

The team's lease runs through 2014, but if attendance falls below an average of 14,735 for a two-season period, the Hornets may opt out.

The period for calculating the two-season average closes at the end of each January.

A surge in attendance has coincided with the Saints being eliminated from the NFL playoffs, a recent winning streak and the urging of political leaders.

Via Associated Press

 

[jonathanlambert33]

This attendance BS happens every year, and every year it's the same things being said just in different ways.

At the start of next season, the Saints will be in the heart of their season and Hornets games will not have great attendance unless we're playing the Kobe's or Lebron's of the world.

But when the Saints season is over, attendance will pickup and we'll record near sellouts. Same thing every single season.

 

[Brutalis]

But when the Saints season is over, attendance will pickup and we'll record near sellouts. Same thing every single season.

When? That was a few weeks ago. Has it picked up?