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David Dixon (businessman)
David Dixon (June 4, 1923 – August 8, 2010)〔(Dave Dixon, driving force behind Superdome, dies Sunday morning, ''The Times-Picayune'', August 8, 2010 )〕 was an American businessman and sports executive who helped create the New Orleans Saints NFL team, the Louisiana Superdome, World Championship Tennis (WCT) and the United States Football League (USFL).〔Richard Goldstein, ("David F. Dixon, Force Behind Saints and Superdome, Dies at 87" ), ''New York Times'', August 9, 2010.〕 An alumnus of Tulane University, Dixon created the New Orleans Professional Football Club, Inc., to lobby for an NFL or an AFL franchise for that city starting in 1962.
In the 1961 season the Oakland Raiders finished 1-13, but several future Hall of Fame players were on that team. The owner decided to sell the team to Dixon for $236,000, and the team would have become the New Orleans Raiders; however, the mayor of Oakland interceded and helped put a group together and the team remained in Oakland.
After persuading the AFL to play its 1965 All-Star game in New Orleans, Dixon experienced a setback when black players encountered discrimination in the French Quarter. The AFL moved the game to Houston.〔"AFL Game Shifts to Houston", ''Oakland Tribune'', January 11, 1965, p. 31〕 Later in the year, Dixon first proposed a football league, also called the USFL, that would play its games in the spring rather than the fall. Dixon eventually used the formation of this league to persuade the NFL to expand into New Orleans, which is how the New Orleans Saints came into being on November 1, 1966.〔''Dallas Times-Herald'', April 11, 1965; "Dallas GM Says NFL Planning Live Football January to May", ''Waterloo Sunday Courier'', April 11, 1965, p. 42〕
==New Orleans Saints==
On November 1, 1966, the efforts of Dixon and Governor John McKeithen paid off when the NFL awarded its 16th franchise to New Orleans. On November 8, after Dixon had persuaded McKeithen to endorse financing of a domed stadium, New Orleans voters approved funding to construct the Superdome. Along with John W. Mecom, Dixon became a part owner of the Saints.〔"New Orleans Gets Newest NFL Franchise", ''Fresno Bee'', November 1, 1966, p. 1-C〕
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