Deal reached to keep Saints in New Orleans

Before I started writing here, my main job was writing a Sports Business Column. Even while working here it is a column I still love to write as it gives me the freedom to look at Sports from a business perspective. That being said this is one of these stories I have been following for awhile now. The main problem here is their are folks in Los Angeles who are building a NFL stadium, without a NFL team to play in it. That means they will try and lure a team from a different city to play in their new stadium.

For some time now I have had the list of teams looking for a new stadium and possibly relocating at two; the Minnesota Vikings, and the New Orleans Saints. Now it looks like the Saints will continue to call New Orleans home until at least 2025.

Instead of giving subsidies to the Saints, the Louisiana State Government leased a bunch of office space from some buildings that New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson owns. These buildings are in the vicinity of the Super Dome and is a crucial step in the plan to redevelop the area surrounding that facility with mixed retail and office space.