Shreveport sports complex

Shreveport was set to become the home of a New Orleans Pelicans minor league team, but now that team will head to Birmingham, AL

According to a Tweet from KTAL's John Walton, the New Orleans Pelicans have "moved on" from Shreveport for the Pelican's G-League team.

Corporate Realty of Birmingham, Alabama has proposed spending $139 million dollars to build a retail complex at Cross Bayou. The project would also have included a hotel and residential space. Is the deal dead now that the Shreveport City Council has voted 6-0 against the Mayor's plan to sell $30 million in revenue bonds to fund an arena to house the New Orleans G-League team.

The debate over the proposed sports complex for the Cross Bayou area in Shreveport has been raging for weeks. All of it came to a head at the Tuesday City Council meeting.

Mayor Ollie Tyler wants to build a sports complex at Cross Bayou to house the team. Corporate Realty of Birmingham, Alabama has proposed a multi-faceted complex that would include a hotel, residential, and retail. The company wants to invest more than $100 million on the deal.

Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler has unveiled details of a $100 million dollar sports complex along the Cross-Bayou Corridor on the riverfront.