Pontchartrain Center ends contract with longtime management company
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👀 Legends Global, the company that manages the Caesars Superdome, cut ties with the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner this week after contract negotiations fell apart. (WDSU)
- Employees say they were laid off with only a week's notice. The city of Kenner is now in charge of operations.
- The venue is set to become the home of the Pelicans' G League affiliate team this fall. (NBA)
🏭 Air Products is not moving forward with its Ascension Parish project, which the company describes as the world's largest low-carbon energy complex. (Reuters and press release)
⚖️ Jimmie "Chris" Duncan has been freed from death row after the Louisiana Supreme Court deemed the evidence against him "scientifically indefensible." (Verite)
- He was imprisoned for 27 years. (Attorney statement)
🚗 A sinkhole trapped a car in New Orleans East. (WDSU)
🏛️ President Trump says he will nominate LSU grad Anna St. John to serve on the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. (The Times-Picayune and Truth Social)
- The 5th Circuit is one of the country's most conservative appellate courts. (Axios)
⚽️ Team USA plays Bosnia-Herzegovina tonight in a World Cup knockout game. (Local watch parties and game preview)