Like other enterprises operating out of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the city’s sports teams have also had to find new homes, if only temporarily, writes Courtney Fingar.

While football’s Saints franchise is basing itself outside San Antonio for the time being and considering a permanent move to Los Angeles, the local professional basketball team, the Hornets, headed north to Oklahoma City. The Hornets are to play 35 ‘home’ games in Oklahoma City’s 20,000-seat arena.