miscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous NEW ORLEANS ARENA A center stage for all forms of entertainment, the New MANAGEMENT SCOREBOARDS, INFORMATION SYSTEM Orleans Arena is home to the Hornets and is the setting Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides The Arena has a four-sided center-hung scoreboard for some of the music industry’s top performers and acts. facility services to 189 venues in 41 states, Puerto with four 10mm Daktronics ProStar Video boards, The 13-year-old arena (opened October 29, 1999) stands Rico, Canada and Europe, controls over 1.92 million two 360-degree LED Daktronics ProAd rings, tall in the colorful mix of downtown New Orleans, and is entertainment seats worldwide, and manages over SacoVision video screens, auxiliary scoreboards connected by two pedestrian ramps to the magnificent nine million square feet of exhibit space. and message boards throughout the main arena, Louisiana Superdome. For additional company information, visit www. a 360-degree LED board, two SacoVision hustle Built for $112 million, the facility is managed by smgworld.com boards located in each end zone and monitors SMG, which provides facility services to 189 venues throughout the concourses, suites and private worldwide. With a seating capacity of 18,500 (17,188 dining areas. for Hornets games), the Arena contains 56 executive EXECUTIVE SUITES suites, Hub Club super suite including 140 seats, and The Arena has 56 executive suites; 16 have 18 2,800 club seats, maintaining and providing personal PRESS FACILITIES theatre-style seats; all others have 12 theatre-style amenities specific to each suite. The Arena provides seats. Other amenities include a private concourse, Media facilities include courtside seating, a facilities at various locations for the convenience refrigerators, wet bar, television sets with in-house TV working press area, an interview area and dining of its patrons: 24 permanent stands for food and and cable channels, access and membership to two area provisions for uplink to satellite vans and beverage, three permanent stands for merchandise, club level lounges and preferred parking. state-of-the-art TV broadcast facilities. 18 women’s restrooms and 14 men’s restrooms on public concourses and a 5,000-car Superdome garage adjacent to the Arena. All seating and access are in The super suite remains one of the Arena’s unique LOCKER ROOMS compliance with ADA regulations. attributes. Sponsored by Hub International, it is Along with the Hornets locker room and visiting named The Hub Club, this super suite offers the NBA locker room, the Arena is equipped with three convenience, comfort, and service of a private suite for additional locker rooms along with six dressing LOCATION the individual who wants the suite experience. The Hub rooms and three production offices. Address: 1500 Girod St.; New Orleans, LA 70113 Club includes 140 seats and is newly furnished with The Arena is located downtown, at the foot of a the same carpeting, tables, chairs and TV monitors. CONCESSIONS STANDS ramp from Interstate 10, the Mississippi River Bridge approach and the Pontchartrain Expressway; The Arena has 24 permanent concession stands CLUB SEATS connected by two pedestrian ramps to the Louisiana plus numerous other portable units for the sale Superdome. The Arena has 2,800 club seats, all located in the of food, beverages and souvenir items. The Arena middle sections of the lower bowl; 1,400 each side of has made efforts in recent seasons to offer more the arena floor. All have oversized, cushioned seats healthy eating options for fans. HOME TEAMS with cup holders. Excellent access is provided to Club New Orleans Hornets (National Basketball Association), lounges (one on each side). Club seat holders have BOX OFFICE Tulane University (Conference USA Basketball), Nokia options for all Arena events. Sugar Bowl Basketball Tournament. The seating The Arena has full box office services, with 16 ticket capacity for basketball is 18,500 (17,188 for Hornets) windows at the main entrance on the Northwest CAPITAL ONE CLUB and for concerts, the seating capacity is 17,000. corner of facility plus six additional windows on Accessed from the East Lobby on LaRouge Street, the the East end of the building. The box office phone Capital One Club offers a lounge area, dining facilities, number is (504) 587-3822. a patio area and a unique view of the team as it heads onto the court. The lounge is open exclusively to courtside season ticket holders through the beginning ARENA FLOOR of the fourth quarter. The Capital One Club opens to The Arena floor has 24,650 sq. ft. of column-free the public for the fourth quarter and for post-game space; 290 ft. long by 85 ft. wide, with removable cocktails and mingling. seating units in both end zones. 217 miscellaneous miscellaneous ALARIO CENTER Location: 2000 Segnette Boulevard, Westwego, LA 70094 Telephone: (504) 349-5525 Press Facilities: A complete press area with phone access is available for all Hornets functions The John A. Alario Sr. Event Center at the Bayou Segnette Sports Complex is a multipurpose facility located on the Westbank of Jefferson Parish in Westwego, La. The Alario Center is designed to host athletic events, trade shows, concerts, graduations and other events and has served as the Hornets’ practice facility every season the team has been in New Orleans. With the recent completion of the new Hall C expansion, the Center now can offer basketball tournaments up to six hardwood courts under one roof. The Alario Center can also accommodate nearly 3,000 theater-style seats or two hundred 10x10 trade show booths. The new addition increased the size of the facility from 77,000-square feet to 107,000-square feet. The Alario Center also has three 1,500-square foot meeting rooms and a boardroom. The Bayou Segnette Sports Complex grounds are ideal for hosting festivals and outdoor events. The final component of the Bayou Segnette Sports Complex is Segnette Field, a state-of-the-art baseball stadium, which opened in May of 2002. For more information on the Bayou Segnette Sports Complex, please visit www.alariocenter.com. The Alario Center also served as the Hornets’ 2008, 2010 and 2011 training camp headquarters. The Hornets’ basketball operations offices are also housed in the Hall C expansion facility. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT The Hornets are committed to building a legacy in our community with vision, behavioral benchmarks. While rewarding students during the first and second integrity and passion. We are focused on enriching the communities in the quarters of their school year, MVPs are then provided with over $10,000 Gulf South Region through initiatives in Education, Health and Wellness and in scholarships for participating in an essay and art contest. The program Environmental Responsibility. The Hornets believe in creating fun, exciting culminates on with a field trip to the Hornets game making the New Orleans memories that will last a lifetime and will positively impact the lives of arena the “Largest classroom in Louisiana,” in which MVP students each receive individuals in our community. a ticket, lunch, transportation to the game, a Hornets “MVP” T-shirt, a Hornets EDUCATION drawstring bag with a workbook including basketball related educational material and in-arena recognition throughout the game and face time with Education is an important factor in the personal and economic development of Hornets players. our community and plays a key role in the lives and well-being of our youth and adults. The Hornets focus on initiatives that encourage and reward our youth for academic, behavioral and leadership achievements. EMERGE Emerge is a Salvation Army program in partnership with Richard’s Disposal and MATHMOBILE the New Orleans Hornets. Focused on incentivizing school attendance, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in the Recovery School District receive monthly rewards The New Orleans Hornets Mathmobile, presented by Chevron is an oversized to stay in school and achieve perfect attendance. The Emerge Program reaches interactive motor coach bus that travels the state of Louisiana distributing over 2,000 students and since the program’s inception, average monthly free math and science books to students of all ages at schools and community attendance has increased by 14%, and the total percentage of students with events. The Mathmobile features iPads with build in applications that focus on perfect attendance by the end of the school year has more than doubled targeted math skills to help promote math literacy and education through a compared to prior years. During the holiday season, Rouses Supermarkets fun, interactive learning environment. join in to supports the Emerge program by providing Thanksgiving dinners to qualified students and their families. BOOKMOBILE The New Orleans Hornets Bookmobile presented by Shell is an exciting library- MATHLETES on-wheels that distributes free books to students at local schools and The Mathletes Program rewards over 10,000 ninth- 12th grade students in community events in the New Orleans metropolitan area. The Bookmobile visits St Tammany Parish for academic achievements in mathematics. The program students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade to stress the importance of encourages students to improve and focus on the importance of math and the literacy and education. impact successful studies can have on their lives and future careers. Qualifying students receive quarterly incentives for increasing their math GPA such as a MVP PROGRAM Hornets hat and all Mathletes earn a trip to the Mathletes Field Day in which students receive tickets to a game, Lunch, Hornets T-shirt, Hornets Backpack, The Chevron MVP (Most Valuable Pupil) Program is a year-long initiative that live recognition during the game courtesy of Chevron. Chevron also provides rewards fifth – eighth-grade students in the New Orleans Recovery School $4,000 to the winning Robotics or Mu Alpha Theta Clubs as part of a grant District, Orleans Parish Public, and KIPP charter schools for reaching GPA and writing contest to encourage math focused programs.