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  • Hornets to become "Pelicans?"

    December 4, 2012 9:47 PM

    NEW ORLEANS- Enjoy rooting for the Hornets? You'll have to change your chant. The NBA team will likely go by the Pelicans next season. Tom Benson recently bought the team. Benson also owns the Saints and a TV station in New Orleans. The name isn't new to... more »
  • Report: Saints owner Benson purchases Hornets

    April 13, 2012 10:30 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - A report out of New Orleans says Saints owner Tom Benson now owns the city's NBA franchise as well. According to WVUE-TV, NBA sources confirmed the Benson purchased the New Orleans Hornets. Benson has been in New York since Thursday working on the deal, and an... more »
  • AG objects to moving offices to Benson's building

    March 24, 2011 3:08 AM

    BATON ROUGE- Attorney General Buddy Caldwell does not want to lease office space from New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson. Caldwell told the House Appropriations Committee he doesn't agree with a Jindal administration proposal to move Caldwell's offices from downtown New Orleans and Kenner into the Benson Tower building. Caldwell... more »
  • Saints OK with Payton home purchase

    February 8, 2011 4:19 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - Sean Payton says he's relocating his family to Dallas and the Saints say the club has given the coach its blessing to do what he thinks is right for his wife and two children. In a statement released by the team on Tuesday, general manager Mickey Loomis... more »
  • Saints owner Benson will ride with Endymion

    January 2, 2010 6:42 PM

    New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson will serve as grand marshal of the Krewe of Endymion during its Mardi Gras parade on Feb. 13. Benson joins Saints quarterback Drew Brees and head coach Sean Payton as head of a Mardi Gras krewe. Brees will serve as king of... more »
  • Saints borrowing proposal approved

    September 17, 2009 2:17 PM

    Update: The state's Bond Commission has approved a $60 million borrowing proposal for New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson. The money will help Benson buy an office complex attached to the Superdome. It's part of a deal between Benson and the state to help keep the Saints in Louisiana... more »
  • Money panel looks at Saints' borrowing proposal

    September 17, 2009 9:51 AM

    A state money panel is reviewing a $60 million borrowing proposal for Tom Benson, the owner of the New Orleans Saints. The New Orleans Industrial Development Board wants to issue the money in bonds to help finance Benson's purchase of an office complex attached to the Superdome. With that... more »
  • Saints owner Tom Benson closes deal on Dominion Tower

    September 15, 2009 4:33 PM

    New Orleans Saints Owner Tom Benson has closed a deal to buy a vacant office tower near the Superdome. Benson announced the purchase on Tuesday, saying the Dominion Tower has been officially renamed the Benson Tower. The legislature agreed to lease part of the building from Benson for 15... more »

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