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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 79
BY SENATOR BERNARD
A RESOLUTION
To commend Jay Cicero upon receiving the 2022 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership
Award and on being inducted into the 2022 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of
Fame.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
sports figures who embody the character, skill, and talent worthy of being named to the Hall
of Fame; and
WHEREAS, the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award is a prestigious
honor presented annually by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association to an individual who
has played a decisive role as a sports leader or administrator benefitting Louisiana and/or
bringing credit to Louisiana on the national and international level; and
WHEREAS, Jay Cicero, a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been selected for the
2022 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award from the Louisiana Sports Writers
Association and the 2022 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class; and
WHEREAS, Cicero has more than thirty-five years of sports management experience
in Louisiana which includes twenty-four years as the president and chief executive officer
of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation; and
WHEREAS, Cicero has led efforts in the Crescent City to bring dozens of major
sporting events to New Orleans and he has served as the head of the local organizing efforts
for those events; and
WHEREAS, Cicero started his career in 1986 in his hometown of Shreveport,
Louisiana, in group sales and marketing for the Class AA Shreveport Captains, a
professional minor-league baseball team; and
WHEREAS, Cicero joined the Sports Foundation in 1990 as the Director of Special
Projects and the Director of Sales for the 1992 United States Olympic Track and Field
Trials; and
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WHEREAS, Cicero was named the first general manager of a professional
minor-league baseball team, the Class AAA New Orleans Zephyrs, in 1993; and
WHEREAS, in 1995, he returned to the Sports Foundation as the Vice President of
Operations and was named the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 1997; and
WHEREAS, as the President and CEO of the Sports Foundation, Jay Cicero has
served in numerous senior leadership roles, including the role of Executive Director of the
2002, 2013, and 2014 New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committees, and the 2008, 2014, and
2017 National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game Host Committees; and
WHEREAS, Cicero has served on the Executive Committees for Super Bowls, both
Men's and Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Final Fours, the
annual New Orleans Bowl, two World Wrestling Entertainment, Incorporated (WWE)
WrestleMania events, and the NCAA College Football Playoff championship game in 2020.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Jay Cicero upon receiving the 2022 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports
Leadership Award and on being inducted into the 2022 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall
of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Jay Cicero.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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