HLS 20RS-2032 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 36
BY REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT
CULTURE/REC/TOUR: Invites Major League Baseball to consider locating a franchise in
the New Orleans area on a temporary basis if the team is unable to play games in its
home stadium due to COVID-19 restrictions
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request Major League Baseball to consider locating a franchise in the New
3 Orleans area temporarily if a team is unable to play games in their home stadium due
4 to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by state or local government.
5 WHEREAS, some states and cities hosting Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises
6have imposed restrictions on commerce and sporting events, and teams may not be able to
7play in their home stadiums; and
8 WHEREAS, MLB has announced its intent to begin an abbreviated 2020 season in
9July; and
10 WHEREAS, it is unlikely that fans will be allowed to attend baseball games; and
11 WHEREAS, Zephyrs Stadium would be a potential site to host a baseball team in
12need of a facility in which to play; and
13 WHEREAS, Zephyrs Stadium is within a ten-minute drive of Louis Armstrong
14International Airport, allowing teams easy access to the facility; and
15 WHEREAS, temporarily stationing an MLB team in the New Orleans area would
16spur badly needed renovations to the stadium and contribute to efforts to land a minor league
17team in the near future.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
19Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request Major League Baseball to consider
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1locating a franchise in the New Orleans area temporarily if a team is unable to play games
2in their home stadium due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by state or local government.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 36 Original 2020 Regular Session Wright
Requests Major League Baseball to consider locating a franchise in the New Orleans area
as a result of inability to operate in its normal facilities due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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