Some trade groups and industry officials say they disapprove of a proposal being considered by a Louisiana seafood promotion board to buy the naming rights to the New Orleans Arena.
Critics say the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board's $5.2 million proposal would consume about 17 percent of the $30 million BP gave the group to repair Gulf seafood's damaged reputation after the Deepwater Horizon spill.
“Those dollars were for the purpose of rebuilding and promoting an injured and struggling Louisiana seafood industry and not to promote celebrity sports millionaires or New Orleans over the entire state of Louisiana,” said Alan Gibson, a board member who works at Tideland Seafood Co. in Dulac.
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