New Orleans

==Sports==
{{Main|Sports in New Orleans}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Club
!Sport
!League
!Venue (capacity)
!Founded
!Titles
!Record attendance
|-
| [[New Orleans Saints]]
| [[American football]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Football League|NFL]]
| [[Caesars Superdome]] (73,208)
| align=center | 1967
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 73,373
|-
| [[New Orleans Pelicans]]
| [[Basketball]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
| [[Smoothie King Center]] (16,867)
| align=center | 2002
| align=center | 0
| align=center | 18,444
|-
| [[New Orleans Jesters]]
| [[Soccer]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Premier Soccer League|NPSL]]
| [[Pan American Stadium (New Orleans)|Pan American Stadium]] (5,000)
| align=center | 2003
| align=center | 0
| align=center | 5,000
|-
|[[New Orleans Gold|NOLA Gold]]
|[[Rugby union|Rugby Union]]
| align=center | [[Major League Rugby|MLR]]
| align=center | [[Gold Mine on Airline|Goldmine on Airline]] (10,000)
| align=center | 2017
| align=center | 0
| align=center | 
|}

[[File:Fleur de lys (or).svg|right|upright=0.45|thumb|The [[fleur-de-lis]] is often a symbol of New Orleans and its sports teams.]]

New Orleans' professional sports teams include the 2009 [[Super Bowl XLIV]] champion [[New Orleans Saints]] ([[National Football League|NFL]]) and the [[New Orleans Pelicans]] ([[National Basketball Association|NBA]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nba.com/pelicans |title=The Official website of the New Orleans Pelicans |website=Pelicans.com |access-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223202116/https://www.nba.com/pelicans |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.neworleanssaints.com/ |title=The Official website of the New Orleans Saints |website=neworleanssaints.com |publisher=[[New Orleans Saints]] |access-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224015339/http://www.neworleanssaints.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/voodoo/index.ssf/2010/09/the_new_orleans_voodoo_and_the.html |title=The New Orleans VooDoo and the Arena Football League are returning |access-date=September 15, 2010 |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075356/http://www.nola.com/voodoo/index.ssf/2010/09/the_new_orleans_voodoo_and_the.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is also home to the [[Big Easy Rollergirls]], an all-female [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association|flat track roller derby]] team, and the [[New Orleans Blaze]], a [[National Women's Football Association|women's football]] team.<ref name="BlazeFootball">{{cite web |url=http://www.neworleansblaze.com/PRpdfs/HistoryoftheNewOrleansBlaze.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001171600/http://www.neworleansblaze.com/PRpdfs/HistoryoftheNewOrleansBlaze.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2008 |title=History of the New Orleans Blaze |access-date=September 27, 2008 |publisher=New Orleans Blaze |date=April 3, 2008}}</ref><ref name="BERG">{{cite web |last=Vargas |first=Ramon |url=http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=18963 |title=Big Easy Rollergirls deliver bruising derby action |access-date=September 27, 2008 |publisher=New Orleans CityBusiness |date=May 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622064720/http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=18963 |archive-date=June 22, 2007}}</ref> New Orleans is also home to two [[NCAA Division I]] athletic programs, the [[Tulane Green Wave]] of the [[American Athletic Conference]] and the [[UNO Privateers]] of the [[Southland Conference]].

The [[Caesars Superdome]] is the home of the Saints, the Sugar Bowl, and other prominent events. It has hosted the [[Super Bowl]] a record seven times ([[Super Bowl XII|1978]], [[Super Bowl XV|1981]], [[Super Bowl XX|1986]], [[Super Bowl XXIV|1990]], [[Super Bowl XXXI|1997]], [[Super Bowl XXXVI|2002]], and [[Super Bowl XLVII|2013]]). The [[Smoothie King Center]] is the home of the Pelicans, VooDoo, and many events that are not large enough to need the Superdome. New Orleans is also home to the [[Fair Grounds Race Course]], the nation's third-oldest thoroughbred track. The city's [[Lakefront Arena]] has also been home to sporting events.

Each year New Orleans plays host to the [[Sugar Bowl]], the [[New Orleans Bowl]], the [[Bayou Classic]], and the [[Zurich Classic of New Orleans|Zurich Classic]], a golf tournament on the [[PGA Tour]]. In addition, it has often hosted major sporting events that have no permanent home, such as the [[Super Bowl]], [[ArenaBowl]], [[NBA All-Star Game]], [[BCS National Championship Game]], and the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Final Four]]. The [[Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon]] and the [[Crescent City Classic]] are two annual [[road running]] events.

In 2017, [[Major League Rugby]] had its inaugural season, and [[New Orleans Gold|NOLA Gold]] were one of the first teams in the league.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOLA Gold Rugby - Official Website |url=https://www.nolagoldrugby.com/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=NOLA Gold Rugby |language=en-US |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716150424/https://www.nolagoldrugby.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They play at the [[Gold Mine on Airline]], a former [[Minor League Baseball|minor league baseball]] stadium in the suburb of [[Metairie, Louisiana|Metairie]]. In 2022, a consortium started an attempt to bring professional [[Association football|soccer]] to New Orleans, hoping to place teams in the male [[USL Championship]] and women's [[USL Super League]] by 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |author=USLChampionship com Staff |date=2022-07-14 |title=Local group aims to bring USL club to New Orleans |url=https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1232585-local-group-aims-to-bring-usl-club-to-new-orleans |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=USL Championship |language=en-us |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714142318/https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1232585-local-group-aims-to-bring-usl-club-to-new-orleans |url-status=live }}</ref>