The Saints would like to host the Super Bowl in 2031, but the team needs a new lease with the Superdome. The current one expires in 2030. Saints spokesperson Greg Bensel says it would be in everyone’s best interest to get a new lease that extends well beyond 2030, since the partnership has been a public-private one.
Bensel says they are close to reaching a new agreement with the state on a new lease.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle has formed in the Eastern Atlantic, and it’s forecast to become just the second hurricane of 2025. Like the first one, Erin, it’s expected to stay well clear of the U.S. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says that’s because of what’s known as the “Bermuda High.”
The Louisiana Department of Health is urging caution after a fifth person has died of Vibrio vulnificus. Andre Champagne reports.