New Orleans To Keep The Saints

Well, well, well. The Saints (Tom Benson) have agreed to a new Superdome lease that will keep the Saints in New Orleans through the 2025 season. The state will pay the Saints $6 million per season down from the previously agreed to $23.5 million. Did Benson have a stroke? Possibly. But, if you read through the new conditions, Benson is getting all kinds of new concessions. I didn't have time to read the whole article, but I assume any car bought in Louisiana has to be purchased at one of his dealerships and he gets czar like rule over a parish of his choosing.

Wow. Another 17 years in the Superdome? Just going to keep pumping money into that thing, huh? I don't really care since I don't live in New Orleans and I have HD, but damn, that thing is going to be a dump by 2010.

Being a huge fan, this news is pretty exciting. My liver, however, is still rooting for the Saints to fold.