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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 202
BY SENATORS CHABERT AND MORRELL
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and
International Affairs to study the feasibility of attracting an existing Major League
Soccer franchise or expansion team to locate in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Major League Soccer is a growing and dynamic professional sports
association that conducts soccer at its highest level in North America; and
WHEREAS, Major League Soccer does not currently have any franchises located in
the southeastern section of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has a thriving and growing youth soccer movement with an
estimated forty thousand participants on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has a strong tradition of supporting its sports teams; and
WHEREAS, the placement of an existing Major League Soccer franchise or
expansion team in Louisiana would create jobs and attract soccer enthusiasts from across the
nation to Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and
International Affairs to study the feasibility of attracting an existing Major League Soccer
franchise or expansion team to locate in Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall submit a written report of
its findings together with any recommendations for legislation, to the Senate no later than
February 1, 2014.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE