Posted on 08/31/2005 4:06:45 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
Extending a hand Reliant Park officials offer use of stadium to Saints Posted: Wednesday August 31, 2005 12:12AM; Updated: Wednesday August 31, 2005 12:27AM
OUSTON (AP) -- The Houston Texans' stadium could be used for the New Orleans Saints' home opener if the hurricane-damaged Louisiana Superdome isn't available, stadium president and general manager Shea Guinn said Tuesday.
Guinn offered Reliant Park as an option to the NFL, but hasn't heard back from the league.
The Saints are supposed to play their home opener Sept. 18, the same date the Texans play the Pittsburgh Steelers at home.
"It would be a heck of a lot of work and a challenge but the circumstances are extraordinary. We would do everything we can to help," Guinn told Houston television station KRIV.
Tens of thousands of refugees from Hurricane Katrina have been staying at the Superdome, but officials said Tuesday they would have to evacuate as flood water continues to rise.
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They're already going to San Antonio to practice.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/4824982
Somebody on the radio said they could come here to Memphis to play in the Liberty bowl. We got whored out by the Titans remember.
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