What's sad here is there is a lost art of conveying a sense of our decadent stage of imperial capitalism through subtext. Instead we just hit you right over the head with it so much that it becomes uninteresting.
Like we've all just given up trying.
Caesars and Saints executives said the scope of their partnership agreement goes beyond the naming rights deal. They said the plan is for additional joint investments that will use Caesars' leverage in the entertainment and sporting world to bring more events to the Superdome, as well as to enhance Champions Square as a venue.
"This will be their building for the next 20 years at least, so a big part of the discussion has been about how do we get some of the world class entertainment they have," said Saints President Dennis Lauscha. "How do we get some of the big boxing matches into New Orleans? How do we develop Champions Square to take it to another level from an entertainment standpoint? Those are really big investments that we're talking to them about making jointly."
Whose building? The one the people of Louisiana built and maintained for four decades? The place we've invested not only our public money but our community pride, the place where we welcomed Popes and Presidents, hosted concerts, crowned athletic champions at every level, this worldwide symbol of our collective suffering as well as our (ugh hate to use the word) civic resilience; whose building is this, Dennis?
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