NBA.com - NBA Commissioner David Stern announced today that New Orleans will host the 2008 NBA All-Star Game.Stern says that the announcement is a vote of confidence that the city of New Orleans will be able to rebuild its previous tourism infrastructure amid destruction and tragedy.All-Star Weekend 2008 will run from February 15-17.The announcement marks the first major sporting event rewarded to the city of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
How would this improve the city? It's still a complete mess there and New Orleans is an NBA craphole.
I agree, Stern made a good choice to pick New Orleans. I bet this means alot to the people and fan there. This will also be the first season for the Hornets to be back in New Orleans, so even better<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>It's still a complete mess there and New Orleans is an NBA craphole.</div>You dont have to be that harsh on New Orleans. They have gone through alot recently. Imo by 08 New Orleans will be running back and even better by then. You're such a hypocrite twords America
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lazy @ May 22 2006, 08:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I agree, Stern made a good choice to pick New Orleans. I bet this means alot to the people and fan there. This will also be the first season for the Hornets to be back in New Orleans, so even betterYou dont have to be that harsh on New Orleans. They have gone through alot recently. Imo by 08 New Orleans will be running back and even better by then. You're such a hypocrite twords America</div> Why does everyone make these claims that, 'Wow, Reggie Bush, this is great for New Orleans.' Wow look at the Saints coming back New Orleans most love it...Wow look at the Hornets coming back this is a great thing for the city...Wow the all-star game in New Orleans this is great for the city and the people will love it, this will help the city recover from tragety. It seriously pisses me off, people in Louisiana are not retards that worship their sports team playing there, most of them have hardly any money and THOUSANDS of homes lay abandoned and in ruins. I'm sick of people saying what's good for New Orleans or what New Orleanians will think is great.
Thats cool, after the complete mess that happened there last year this would be a nice way to help it continue to get back onto its feet. I expect a great all-star game next year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ May 22 2006, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why does everyone make these claims that, 'Wow, Reggie Bush, this is great for New Orleans.' Wow look at the Saints coming back New Orleans most love it...Wow look at the Hornets coming back this is a great thing for the city...Wow the all-star game in New Orleans this is great for the city and the people will love it, this will help the city recover from tragety. It seriously pisses me off, people in Louisiana are not retards that worship their sports team playing there, most of them have hardly any money and THOUSANDS of homes lay abandoned and in ruins. I'm sick of people saying what's good for New Orleans or what New Orleanians will think is great.</div>Because it gives them something to be happy about. Instead of walking around miserable all sad about Katrina, why not go and watch a young phenom like Chris Paul or Reggie Bush? Lousy week? Cool, catch All-Star weekend. It's going to help people get happy for a little bit, even if its just for a 2 hour sporting event.
This is great for the city. It brings a positive vibe to a city that suffered one of the greatest tragedies in American history. The arena down there is amazing, the Big Easy is back!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ May 22 2006, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Because it gives them something to be happy about. Instead of walking around miserable all sad about Katrina, why not go and watch a young phenom like Chris Paul or Reggie Bush? Lousy week? Cool, catch All-Star weekend. It's going to help people get happy for a little bit, even if its just for a 2 hour sporting event.</div>I agree with you on this one, just All-Star weekend isn't just the All Star Game. In fact, that isn't the most popular thing to do on the weekend. The best thing to do is to go to the jamfest (I think that is what it is called). It is so much fun. I went to it last year when it was in Denver. There is some NBA mascots, there is lots and lots of games to play, and they usually have a hometown player there signing autographs.
I dunno about this move by Stern, but the reasoning is what I agree with. New Orleanians have nothing to be happy about after that hurricane, maybe this will cheer them up to have All-Star Weekend held in their own city.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ May 22 2006, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why does everyone make these claims that, 'Wow, Reggie Bush, this is great for New Orleans.' Wow look at the Saints coming back New Orleans most love it...Wow look at the Hornets coming back this is a great thing for the city...Wow the all-star game in New Orleans this is great for the city and the people will love it, this will help the city recover from tragety. It seriously pisses me off, people in Louisiana are not retards that worship their sports team playing there, most of them have hardly any money and THOUSANDS of homes lay abandoned and in ruins. I'm sick of people saying what's good for New Orleans or what New Orleanians will think is great.</div>Once again, for the second time (I'm keeping track now) I agree with you. I saw this coming because I heard rumours on NBA Fastbreak, ESPN News, other forums, etc. But New Orleans is a freaking mess, and it isn't great to have an all-star game in a city filled with the sadness there. It really isn't a classy move if you think about. And you think people will come from around America to see it, but in reality most of the people who can around from America to see events like that for only a couple of days are celebrities. Not many people are living there anymore, so I really don't see that much attendance for this game. I may be suprised though.
Exactly. The NBA will go there and show the great things that are happening on TV and the area around the area (downtown which is doing good) but they won't show you the hundreds of thousands of homes laying still laying in ruin. People have this idea that things are good there now but it looks like a war zone from Iraq in many places. Saying that the all-star game will do anything for the city is ludacris. Much of the people there have to worry about having money for next week, having a home and figuring out a way to rebuild, a 3 hour all-star game will do nothing.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ May 23 2006, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But.. Why?This is just sympathy. Marketing will be sh*tty as sh*t. This won't work out.</div> Exactly...it's just for good PR and that the NBA is 'commited' to New Orleans even though they desperatly want to ship the Hornets out of there because it's a money losing hellhole.
