Saints Coming To San Antonio

[ZStomp]

"We are discussing the situation with the Saints and looking into potential alternatives," said Greg Aiello , the NFL's vice president of public relations. "No decisions have been made."

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"As of right now the damage assessment is not complete," Bensel said. "We are speaking with the league and we will make a plan as soon as we know the complete ramifications and all of our options."

Please change le of thread...

It's misleading.

It should read Saint's may be coming to San Antonio??

[fraga]

Well all the stupid News stations are already saying they are coming...

[Jimcs50]

The Alamo Dome is the probable location of New Orleans' games this year.

[Solid D]

The Alamo Dome is the probable location of New Orleans' games this year.

Oh really? I thought maybe Alamo Stadium.

Glad to see you back in jim.

[Big Pimp_21]

Didn't Tom Benson want a new staduim anyway in New Orleans? Now I don't think they can or even want to think about that. What are the chances that the Saints in SA become permenant after this year if we can show enough support as the "interim" home?

[Spurminator]

I think they're going to take Reliant Stadium if it's available. Closer proximity, better venue...

[DesiSpur_21]

As much as I like football, I don't like an NFL team come over and steal some spotlight out of Spurs

[sa_butta]

I think they're going to take Reliant Stadium if it's available. Closer proximity, better venue...

How would this work with the Texans there?

[Spurminator]

How would this work with the Texans there?

What I heard was that they might do double-headers.

[Solid D]

Reliant Stadium is possible for some games, not all games, unless they reschedule certain dates.

By the way, FEMA is now bussing people who were refugees in the Superdome over to the ASTRODOME in Houston.

[CubanMustGo]

NFL.com says the Saints are coming here to practice, no decision yet on games.

http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/NO/8789559

Saints to practice in San Antonio

NFL.com wire reports

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Aug. 31, 2005) -- The Saints will head to San Antonio after their preseason game against the Oakland Raiders on Sept. 1 because most of New Orleans was flooded by Hurricane Katrina.

The team, practicing this week in San Jose, will fly to Texas after their final preseason game to begin preparing for the season opener at Carolina on Sept. 11, team spokesman Nick Karl said.

The Saints practiced in San Antonio last year when Hurricane Ivan threatened New Orleans.

The team is still uncertain whether the Superdome will be ready for its home opener against the New York Giants on Sept. 18.

Tens of thousands of refugees from the storm have been staying at the Superdome, but officials said they would have to evacuate as flood water continues to rise. The storm ripped two holes in the curved roof of the building.

[BillsCarnage]

What I heard was that they might do double-headers.

The NFL won't let them do a double header, heck they probably wouldn't let two teams play on the same field a day after each other. The field will be torn up from the first game so the risk of injury would go up and the union and NFL won't let that happen.

[ObiwanGinobili]

With Reliant allready inuse by the Texans and Astrodome full of refugees that Rick Perry has allready said can stay as long as necessary..... I don;t see any other option besides the Alamodome.

Does anyone know of any other empty football stadium available in other neighboring states?

[BillsCarnage]

Does anyone know of any other empty football stadium available in other neighboring states?

There was mention of playing games at Baton Rouge in LSU's stadium.

[BillsCarnage]

There are only two weekends that, if they played at LSU, they'd both be there on the same weekend. So it's very likely they could go there.

[50 cent]

I wouldn't be suprised if they played some at LSU, Reliant, and/or the Alamodome much like the Expos did. I don't think it would be a bad idea to play a few in Baton Rouge since so many of the NOLA residents are now in BR.

[texbound]

Question is though, with everything that has happened there will fans in NO even care about the Saints?

I know sporting events can help take peoples minds off this tragedy for a ocuple of hours, but I assume most people in that area won't want to s out money to go to a football game. Considering alot of people just lost their homes and now have to worry about getting their lives back to some form of normalcy.

[JustSpurs]

Well the thing about the dome is that they book huge conventions and trade shows years in advance. If it's free for the weekend it's the Saints for the taking.

[CubanMustGo]

There was mention of playing games at Baton Rouge in LSU's stadium.

LSU president said "no way, no how" the Saints would be playing there while BR was still being used as a center of ops for hurricane relief.

[hussker]

Would be nice if the Saints came to town and charged some fees to view open practices and do some community stuff here for donations and give the $$$ to those affected...Just a thought.

[msufan420]

Except I doubt there would be many people who would pay to watch practices...."I mean...we're talking about practice....not a game...not a game...but practice."

[ZStomp]

I'd be there if they played at the Dome.

[TheWriter]

Isn't it all up to Benson where they play their games, not the NFL?

One of the Saints player told the Express-News he expected the Saints to use the Alamodome for a while.

[Dingle Barry]

No way two NFL games are played on the same turf on the same day.

[lefty]