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| Thirteen months after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore and ripped through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the New Orleans Saints will return to their home -- the Superdome.
National television will broadcast the Saints' return to the city when they play the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football. The game will be seen as an important part in the city's revitalization. However, the city may be far from able to support an NFL team.
If the Saints hope to remain in New Orleans, their fate may well be decided by cities like Shreveport and Jackson, Miss.
Sections of New Orleans are still destroyed and some of the city's population hasn't returned, and may not ever. To pull fans into the Superdome, the Saints will employ a different marketing strategy than previous years.
With guidance from the NFL, the Saints plan on building stronger ties across the region, stretching from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and northern portions of Louisiana -- like Shreveport-Bossier City.
"The region that the Saints rely on to support the team is going to have to be geographically expanded simply because the population base and the wealth of greater New Orleans is going to shrink," said Gary Roberts, director of Tulane's sports law program.
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| The New Orleans Saints signed wide receiver Chris Horn to a two-year contract and re-signed defensive tackle Cedric Woodard to a one-year deal Thursday.
Horn has mostly been a reserve in three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. He had 18 catches for 187 yards last season in 14 games with three starts.
He also was fourth on the club in special teams tackles with 16.
In his NFL career, he has 33 receptions for 365 yards with one touchdown. | | |
| The New Orleans Saints betting signed wide receiver Chris Horn to a two-year contract and defensive tackle Cedric Woodard to a one-year deal, General Manager Mickey Loomis said Thursday.
Horn has played mainly a reserve role in his first three NFL seasons, all with the Kansas City Chiefs, but has put up solid numbers in that role.
Horn was fourth on the Chiefs in 2005 in both receptions and receiving yards with 18 catches for 187 yards. He played in 14 games with three starts last season.
Woodard was picked up by the Saints last season after spending his first five seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. The Saints signed Woodard for the final five games of 2005, but he was listed as inactive for every game.
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