NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu say the local business community is off to a good start in helping ensure the Hornets remain in Louisiana.
The pair say businesses have committed more than $380,000 to buy tickets so attendance will be high enough to void a clause that would allow the Hornets to get out of their lease after this season.
Jindal says the Hornets need to average a little more than 15,000 fans during the next nine home games through the end of January, when a two-year average outlined in the lease will be calculated. Attendance for Wednesday night’s game against New Jersey was 15,423.
Jac Sperling, the NBA’s caretaker of the Hornets, met with Jindal and Landrieu at the game.
