Effect Of Hurricane Katrina On The New Orleans Hornets
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2005, and caused extensive damage to the New Orleans Arena, the New Orleans Hornets (now known as the New Orleans Pelicans) of the National Basketball Association were unable to play any home games there for the entire 2005–06 season. They temporarily relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, becoming the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. After playing the majority of home games for both the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, the Hornets returned to New Orleans for the 2007–08 season.
Following the success of the Hornets' tenure in the city, the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City for the 2008–09 season, and now compete as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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