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- The story of the New Orleans Jazz and their move to Utah . . . - Deadspin
Initially, the Utah team was going to be called the Saints (taking another New Orleans name, from the city’s NFL team), chosen in a contest by the local Chamber of Commerce in Salt Lake City
- The Reason Why The New Orleans Jazz Moved Their Franchise To Utah
The New Orleans Jazz acquired Pistol Pete Maravich in their first season, but success did not follow, and limitations to their arena led to the franchise moving to Utah
- This Day in Sports History: When the Jazz Went Marching out
In the end, a combination of bad facilities, decisions and economic factors contributed to the Jazz’s demise in New Orleans Battistone determined the franchise could not survive in the
- Deseret News archives: Improbable story of Jazz arrival from New . . .
The Jazz almost left Utah in the early 1980s, but the Larry H Miller family assumed ownership and made significant, lasting commitments to the team and community
- Utah Jazz - Wikipedia
Deciding the Jazz were no longer viable in New Orleans, Battistone decided to move elsewhere After scouting several new homes, he decided on Salt Lake City, even though it was a smaller market
- Why did NOLA never have an MLB team? | More Sports
For quite some time during baseball's mega-expansion in the 1960s, there was no place for a team to play The minor league Pelicans played for years to good crowds at Pelican Stadium at Tulane and Broad
- Fun Fact: Baseball was two votes away from a team in New Orleans, and . . .
However in a unexpected twist of events the owners of the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds denied the unanimous consent needed to expand under NL bylaws killing the process (the NL would not expand again until 1993)
- Jazz Move to Utah Endorsed - The New York Times
After several attempts to keep the Jazz in New Orleans ended in failure the owners unanimously gave Sam Battistone, the Jazz owner, permission to move the team to Salt Lake City
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