Quote Originally Posted by OKCisOK4me View Post
It was made known to me that New Orleans only has one Fortune 500 company (Entergy @ #261 (thank you Green Country)). I did a search via Wikipedia and both cities are about even. As of 7 months ago (the last update), OKC has 2 500s, 1 1000, 35 headquartered and 28 with significant presence for a grand total of 66 and I'm sure there are other smaller companies that didn't make the list. For New Orleans, the one top 500 and 62 other companies either headquartered or with significant presence for a total of 63 +/- the local businesses that the updater didn't know about (updated 2 months ago).
True. The only thing New Orleans really has above OKC is the cultural heritage and tourist draw. In terms of economics, I would say OKC is about even with if not ahead of the Big Easy. Wouldn't it be the raw economics that would determine if teams can be supported, or does tourism/national image play a part?