Cost: $112 million

Seating capacities: Basketball -- 18,500 (17,200 for Hornets); concert (end
stage) -- 17,000; Arena football -- 16,900.

Home teams: Hornets (NBA), VooDoo (AFL), Tulane*, Sugar Bowl basketball
tournament.

Highlights: First Hornets game was Oct. 30, 2002, against the Utah Jazz. . . .
The first VooDoo game was Feb. 14, 2004, against Indiana. . . . Former home of
the Brass (East Coast Hockey League). . . . Site of the 2004 NCAA Women's Final
Four. . . Site the of 2002 volleyball final four. . . . Site of the 2005 Junior
Olympics. . . . Concerts featuring Jimmy Buffett, Billy Joel, the Eagles, Bette
Midler and Britney Spears.

* Occasionally


Compiled from staff reports