Sports and Life
Party welcomes NBA back to city
By MARY FOSTER
AP Sports Writer
October 30, 2002
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Twenty-three years after it was dumped by the NBA, basketball returned to New Orleans.
Naturally, the city threw a party.
A shindig complete with fortune tellers, face painters, dancers, bands and a standing room only crowd preceded Wednesday night's game between the Hornets and the Utah Jazz -- the team that abandoned New Orleans in 1979.
``Who would have …
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…city in the world,'' Wooldridge said.
Former Jazz players Aaron Harris, Truck Robinson and Rich Kelley, as well as Pete Maravich's widow, Jackie, attended the game. Maravich's number was retired in a halftime ceremony.
``This is a wonderful night,'' said Bill Hines, who led the effort to land the team. ``I can't tell you how many people have come up to us and thanked us for bringing the NBA back. Everyone's excited.''
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