19 September 2007
Conde Nast has an article about Rita Benson LeBlanc, future owner of the Saints. Tom Benson can’t retire soon enough.
The city’s pro-football fans—the ones Benson LeBlanc took by storm—hope she tells her grandfather something like what Saints coaches tell potential free agents: Move the team and become just another owner; stay and become a hometown hero. “The question is how much being beloved is worth to Benson,†says Matheson.
It may be worth less to Benson than to his granddaughter. After all, he takes concessions; she makes them. Benson LeBlanc says a shiny new stadium would be nice, but she’s not “pushing hardcore†for one. “There are no mandates from the club,†she says, sounding like the anti-Benson. “Any proposal would have to go beyond just a mere facility and involve reclaiming property that was devastated by Katrina. We’re trying to do everything we can to bring prosperity and economic investment to New Orleans.â€
http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2007/09/17/Rita-LeBlanc-Benson-Saints#page1
posted Wednesday, 19 Sep 2007 at 9:55am by Kent in New Orleans & Sports
10 Comments currently posted.
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Comment #2
It’s a pity Joe Horn is no longer a Saint.
-Kent on Wednesday, 19 Sep 2007 at 9:10pm | Rating: 
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Comment #3
or John Carney (or is it spelled with a K)
-marnie on Thursday, 20 Sep 2007 at 8:15am | Rating: +0
Comment #4
Maybe Mike Vanderjadt has had time to think about getting kicked off the Cowboys. He can’t be any worse than Mare.
-Kent on Thursday, 20 Sep 2007 at 9:09am | Rating: +0
Comment #5
You said Joe Horn because he hooked up Willie Roaf’s wife, right? Was Carney known for his escapades?
I’m into the Saints’ sex life.
-David on Thursday, 20 Sep 2007 at 9:43pm | Rating: +0
Comment #6
Yes I did. Thanks Joe, Willie will go into the Hall of Fame as a Chief because of you.
-Kent on Thursday, 20 Sep 2007 at 10:01pm | Rating: +0
Comment #7
I wonder if Willie’s wife is as big as he is. Joe’s not a big guy.
-David on Thursday, 20 Sep 2007 at 11:16pm | Rating: +0
Comment #8
Dave, you are worse than a bunch of women! If don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
-Marnie on Friday, 21 Sep 2007 at 8:40am | Rating: +0
Comment #9
She;s more like Conde Nasty. She’s burning me with her eyes.
-Amber on Wednesday, 26 Sep 2007 at 11:40am | Rating: +0
Comment #10
That’s because she can smell a Cowboys fan from miles away.
Who sleeps w/ her first: Reggie or any other player?
-David on Wednesday, 19 Sep 2007 at 7:52pm | Rating:
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