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How to Get to 10,000 Season Tickets, Now and Forever
The New Orleans Hornets are in the middle of a successful season ticket drive during what has the realistic potential to be the longest work stoppage in NBA history. The goal is to have sold 10,000 full season tickets by the season’s eventual start. This number is of the rule-of-thumb sort that unambiguously, in the minds […]
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42 Seconds: Cruising the Streets of Denver
((Let’s face it: I overthink. I overanalyze. I overtalk, overlink, over and over. There’s a time and a place for 5,000 word posts, and I enjoy spacetime coordinates as much as the next guy. There is, however, a time and a place for a different sort of post. This little series is my little attempt […]
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Saints247 Launches as a Sister Site to Hornets247
After months of trying really hard, Hornets247 has asexually produced a relative named Saints247.net. Saints247 is your newest source for New Orleans Saints content, news, information and opinion. It features a few familiar faces and a bunch of new blood, but the idea is the same– Give you the coverage you crave about one of […]
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New Orleans Hornets Exceed 9,000 Full Season Tickets
Sometime over the course of the next couple days . . . Thursday by my scribbled calculations, but the day or time doesn’t matter an iota . . . the New Orleans Hornets will have sold their 9,000th full season ticket for the 2011-2012 season. I don’t have any inside info on this, as its […]
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A Look Back at the New Orleans Hornets Family Fun Day
Just in case you were wondering what you missed at the New Orleans Hornets Family Fun Day, our media specialist, Andrew Smith, put together a video to bring the action to your computer screen. Run time is only 45 seconds. Tell me there isn’t a smile on your face after watching that. In lockout news, […]
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What a Real Attendance Problem Looks Like
From The Big Lead. Hat tip to The Purple Hornet.
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Dunk That Sh!t: Crescent City Champion
Make It Rain (Hornets Report): 42, do you have any ideas who another potential sponsor could be? 42: This is a very timely question, given the recent success the Hornets have had with sponsors. The success is even more substantial given the state of the economy, the current climate in the NBA, and the focus […]
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New Orleans Hornets Scoring Big on Sponsorship Deals Despite Lockout
Since the season ended the New Orleans Hornets front office staff has been kicking butt and taking names. They haven’t made any personnel moves that will propel the team to the title whenever the next season is, and there still isn’t an owner in place, but what has happened is arguably the best NBA news […]
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Family Fun Day Provides Family Fun… and Ticket Sales
The Hornets Family Fun Day took place on Saturday, and hundreds of local fans both young and old showed up to partake. From a ticket sales perspective was a big success as well, with the team selling 26 full season tickets. That brings their total firmly within shouting distance of 9,000 full season tickets sold. […]
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Hornets Beat: Gassy Hugo Edition
Congratulations! You’re a winner! As a prize I award you with this week’s edition of Hornets Beat. We’re looking at (what else?) some lockout related issues. No need to beat around the giant Air Hugo, so let’s roll. Joining us this week are Will Hibert (LSUHornet17) from At The Hive and mW from Hornets Hype, […]
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NBA Players Under Contract Barred From Playing in Chinese League
It’s being reported that the Chinese Basketball Association will not offer deals to any player currently under contract with the NBA, but will remain in the hunt for NBA free agents provided they want to spend a year in China. The Xinhua News Agency went on to say that contracts for free agents would be […]
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Broadcasting Still a Major Concern for the Hornets (2011-2012 edition)
On the B.S. Report, David Stern mentioned that the Hornets are negotiating a new TV deal. Since their contract with CST runs another year, it’s a safe assumption that the negotiating being done is with them at this stage. I can imagine that the team’s number one priority is secure as many greenbacks as possible, […]
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NOLAgniappe: Your Occasional Feel Good Story About New Orleans
Nothing upsets me more in sports than to see a positive New Orleans article with comments focusing solely on peoples’ dislike for a city they have never been to. That’s why I feel obligated to show how freaking awesome this town is. It won’t always be original stuff, and it won’t always be about the […]
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Hornets Family Fun Day This Saturday
This Saturday the New Orleans Hornets will host an open event at New Orleans Arena. We’re going to be there with our full arsenal of video and audio recording equipment, and there are some good reasons why you should join us. The Details August 20th, 12-2 You and your family can go on the court […]
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Hornets Beat: Look at the Animals
This week on Hornets Beat we focus mainly on lockout stuff. We alo offer up some potential names for D-League and WNBA teams in Louisiana. Additionally I threw in some sweet pictures of animals for no reason other than that I find them interesting. Joining us this week is Chris Trew, a nationally touring comedian, […]
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The Red Team Wins!
The red team dominated the competition this afternoon, and frankly it wasn’t even close. While other colors tried to break into the fight, the red team clearly gave 110% and the result was a sweet, sweet victory. This is from today’s Red Dress Run, which benefits local charities. As you can see, I’m taking my […]
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Hornets’ Checkup
In what has been a slow time for the New Orleans Hornets, I am happy to bring a boatload of fresh news. Tonight I was able to attend an I’m In event thanks to the courteous invitation of my rep (and Hornets247’s), Gena. What follows is an account of the event, summaries of the speeches […]
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Fiending for Some NBA Action
(This is in the spirit of Holly MacKenzie’s very nice piece over at Hardwood Paroxysm, only I’m doing 36 things I miss because the Hornets have six players and there are six of them. Don’t you get it? It’s science.) It’s Thursday morning. Roughly 8am. I shouldn’t be awake yet. Last night as I sat […]
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Some More NBA Lockout Thoughts
I’m back in American soil, and not surprisingly, the lockout is still in full swing. According to David Stern the NBA and the Players Association are “at the same place” that they were on July 1st. Billy Hunter says there is a better than 50-50 shot that there won’t be a season at all this […]
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Hornets Beat: Schnapps Edition
I’m still not back in the good old US of A, and honestly my head has been pounding for days due to the relentless abuse that my shnapps-loving Swedish family has inflicted on my liver. As a result of that and ESPN’s Hornets themed 5-on-5 featuring Ryan, this edition of Hornets Beat is going to […]