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New Orleans has long been a focal point of the sports
world. It is the proud home of the New Orleans Saints,
Hornets and the Zephyrs .Every year New Orleans
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Professional basketball
has arrived in New Orleans.NBA Basketball
is the most favored game of New Orleneans.
Hornets are the national basketball team
here. All games are played in the fabulous
New Orleans Arena on Poydras Street, next
to the Superdome, a 15-minute walk from
the French Quarter. For the latest in
NBA Basketball check Sports
Events.
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If you love
to sweat it out and give your body the best treatment
then ..You'll be delighted to find some of the best
gyms in New Orleans offering you all the necessary
equipments along with professional trainers to guide
you on your journey towards a healthy living..Check
out these gyms to begin a healthy journey..
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1 Canal St., New Orleans
Call (504)-525-2956 for more details.
This is one of the best gyms in New Orleans.
It is committed to keeping you fit.
Facilities
This center features all of the modern exercise
equipment such as nautilus and lifecycle.
Downtown Fitness also features the latest
trends in exercise physiology. Spinning
and yoga are just two of over 50 group exercise
classes they offer to their members. The
Downtown fitness Center also offers their
members tanning beds, saunas, heated swimming
pools, massage, steam baths and personal
training.
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New
Orleans Athletic Club
222 N. Rampart St., New Orleans
Call (504)-525-2375 for further details.
This is one of the best
gyms in New Orleans. The highlights of this
gym are the increasing number of celebrities
working out at this elite club.
Facilities
This club has state-of-art equipments and
it offers its esteemed clientele not only
free access to the Free Weights but also
power cycling bikes available for your personal
use. The club also offers a free one month's
trial as well as a complimentary initial
fitness consultation, which includes assessments
of body composition, muscular strength and
flexibility.
Salvation Studio
2917 Magazine St. New Orleans,
Call (504)-896-2200 for further details.
This fitness center is
different from the regular gyms that you'll
come across…Salvation Studio is a
center that focuses on total health.
Facilities
They offer their esteemed clientele not
only free access to the Free Weights but
also pay-as-you-go classes in yoga, rowing,
spinning, ballet workouts and much more.
Here, you'll get healthy and you'll have
a fun time doing it. You'll be fit before
you know it. The club also offers a free
one month's trial as well as a complimentary
initial fitness consultation, which includes
assessments of body composition, muscular
strength and flexibility. |
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If
you're looking for an adventurous time then
head to one of New Orleans' exciting fishing
areas for a good catch.Some of these exciting
fishing areas are .
This is one of the most popular fishing
areas. You can charter a boat and set out
for an adventurous journey through the marshes
with colorful shrimp boats and/or out into
the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. You
will enjoy setting your bait on some of
the most fabulous catches -- tarpon, cobia,
snapper, yellow-fin tuna, Spanish and king
mackerel, sailfish and the blue marlin.
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7427 Highway 23, Belle Chasse, New Orleans
Call (504)-394-9500 for more details.
This is one of the most popular golf courses.
Bayou Barriere Golf Course has relaxing
atmosphere. 27 top quality putting holes.
Open for general crowd. The Greens fees
are charged at US$35 on weekdays and US$45
on weekends.
Facilities
Bayou Golf Course offers its esteemed guests
an enjoyable experience of playing golf.
It also offers golf facilities such as a
Pull Cart Rentals, dress code and driving
range.
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6514 Congress Dr. (in Pontchartrain Park),
New Orleans.
Call (504)-288-0928 for more details.
This is one of the most popular golf courses.
The atmosphere is relaxing. Joe Bartholomew
Golf course has an 18-hole course. Open
for general crowd. Green Fees charged for
Weekdays are US$8 on weekdays and US$11
on weekends.
Facilities
Joe Bartholomew Golf Course offers its esteemed
guests an enjoyable experience of playing
golf. It also offers golf facilities such
as a Pull Cart Rentals, dress code and driving
range.
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201 Oak Harbor Boulevard,New Orleans
This is one of the most popular semi-private
golf courses. The atmosphere is breathtakingly
refreshing. Surrounded by greenery..Oak
Harbor has 18 putting holes.
Facilities
Oak Harbor offers its esteemed guests have
an enjoyable experience of playing golf.
It also offers golf facilities such as bag
drop attendants, to the starters, course
marshals and golf shop professionals. This
Club also offers additional amenities such
as Pull Cart Rentals, dress code and exciting
driving range.
P.O. BOX 4327 New Orleans,
Call (504) 865- 2537 for more details.
This is one of the most popular semi-private
golf courses. The atmosphere is breathtakingly
refreshing. Surrounded by greenery ..Audubon
Park has 18 putting holes. Green Fees charged
for Weekdays are$19.62 (includes sales tax)
and on Weekends-$27.25 (includes sales tax).
Facilites
Audubon Park offers its esteemed guests
an enjoyable experience of playing golf.
It also offers golf facilities such as a
Pull Cart Rentals, dress code and am exciting
driving range.
4801 General DeGaulle - New Orleans,
Call (504) -393-2610 for more details.
This is a famous semi-private golf club.
The atmosphere is relaxing. highlights of
this club are that it has hosted 26 P.G.A
Tour Events and has championship 18-hole
golf course.
Facilities
Lakewood Country Club offers its esteemed
guests an enjoyable experience of playing
golf. It also offers golf facilities such
as a Pull Cart Rentals, dress code and an
exciting driving range. It also houses a
regular restaurant that serves tasty snack
s and a clubhouse where you may organize
special events. iscussion, and sipping cocktails.
Open daily.
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6801 Franklin Avenue,New Orleans
The University of New Orleans operates
this truly multi-purpose Arena. It is
home to New Orleans Basketball. You'll
be able to catch some of the best sporting
events by being seated in one of UNO Lake
Arena's best seats.
Facilities
This multi-purpose Arena takes pride in
its quality meeting rooms, an Olympic-size
pool, an outdoor heated swimming pool,
and a state-of-the-art auxiliary gym.
The Arena even has two practice basketball
courts. Excellent food and beverage service
is available at the facility.
1 Stadium Drive, New Orleans
Call (504) 483-9496 for reservations.
It's the perfect site for a broad range
of outdoor athletic competition, entertainment
and corporate special events. The Tad
Gormley stadium is a 25,600 permanent
seat facility. It consists of a 400 meter
internationally marked polyurethane track,
with a synthetic grass turf football and
soccer field. Facilities
This superb stadium has all the necessary
facilities for the participants and spectators.
It features 3 locker rooms, a state-of-the-art
sound system and press box with seating
for 110, press suite with seating for
40, an 80' X 60' scoreboard. Excellent
food and beverage service is available
at the facility.
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1501 Girod Street, New Orleans
Call (504) 587-3663 for reservations.
This is a popular basketball Arena. New
Orleans Arena is home to the NBA's Hornets,
as well as the Brass of the East Coast Hockey
League and the Tulane Green Wave basketball
team. It a state-of-the-art facility which
encompasses nearly 660,000 square feet on
five levels. It has a fine seating arrangement
of 18,500 for basketball. New Orleans Arena
also features two main seating area -- Club
and Executive Suite.
Facilities
This superb stadium has all the necessary
facilities for the participants and spectators.
It features 4 NBA-Caliber locker rooms,
6 dressing rooms, and streamlined parking
facility. New Orleans Arena also features
44 Executive Suites. Each suite is inclusive
of a splendid private parlor with a wet
bar, TV monitor and buffet-style set-ups,
memberships to the exclusive Arena Club
Lounge, a private concourse, business facility
and a concierge service. Excellent food
and beverage service is available at the
facility.
Sugar Bowl Drive,New Orleans,
Call (504) 587-3663 for more details.
This is one of the major sporting Arenas
in New Orleans. It is home to major sporting
events such as the -- New Orleans Saints
(NFL Football) and NOKIA Sugar Bowl Football
Classic. This magnetic arena is spread over
166,000 sq.feet.
Facilities
The Superdome offers an array of interesting
amenities for the participants as well as
spectators. It has a beautiful locker room,
a press box with 334 seating capacity and
32 escalators to travel to the different
levels, There are total of 137 plush, private
box suites in this magnetic arena.. Most
of the tastefully appointed suites include
a lounge-parlor area with direct access
through sliding glass doors to the seating
area. The luxurious suites even have essential
amenities such as a telephone, refrigerator
and ice maker, individual temperature control,
clothes closets, storage cabinets, a private
rest room, and reserved parking to assure
maximum comfort and convenience for suite
holders and their guests. Delectable Catering
services are available.
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1500 Sugar Bowl Drive Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans,
Call (504) 525-8573 for reservations.
It is one of the popular and exciting sporting
events. The Nokia Sugar Bowl has brought
city of New Orleans some outstanding college
foottball.
Since its inception in 1935 when Tulane
defeated Pop Warner's Temple Owls, the game
has featured top teams and players. The
Sugar Bowl has hosted many national events.
It has seen the heated rivalry between Florida
and Florida State played out for national
championships. Some of the college players
and the most legendary coaches who've been
part of Sugar Bowl Classic include-- Bryant,
Bobby Bowden, Woody Hayes, Shug Jordan,
Joe Paterno and Steve Spurrier.
This time the teams that will be contending
for the grand prize will be University of
Oklahoma, and Mississippi State, in the
first game at noon followed by an in-state
rival match up between LSU and Tulane.So.Don't
forget to be a part of the exciting 69th
Annual Nokia Sugar Bowl Football Classic
tournament on January 1st 2003 at the New
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This is the most popular sporting event in
New Orleans.Home team The New Orleans Hornets,
will play their first season of regular home
games.
For more information check http://www.nba.com/
and be there to cheer your favorite home team.!
Golf being the favorite and popular sport
here.You will enjoy being the spectator to
the most popular golfing event.The P.G.A Championships
held every year in New Orleans.
Since 1989 the event has been hosted by English
Turn, a beautiful course nestled in a historic
bend of the Mississippi River. Jack Nicholas
designed this beautiful course which features
a lagoon surrounding 17 of the 18 holes.
The 2002 Classic was won by South Korean K.J.
Choi, who shot a spectacular 271 and took
home an $800,000. By 2005, the Compaq Classic
will move to a new Tournament Players Club
of Louisiana course, on the West Bank.
So. Don't forget to be
a part of this exciting tournament on April
28 - May 4, 2003 at the scenic English Turn
Golf & Country Club, New Orleans. |
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