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The New Orleans Saints NFL football team can be found at the 60,000-seater Louisiana Superdome (tel: (504) 733 0255), formerly the home of the famous Sugar Bowl game that concludes the college football season on New Year's Day. The previous week sees the Sugar Bowl Basketball Tournament, again between the best college teams. These now take place at the new Nokia Sugar Bowl, 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive (tel: (504) 525 8573), which also has tennis, sailing, swimming and track and field facilities. The New Orleans Zephyrs play baseball at Zephyr Field (tel: (504) 282 6777) and, during the winter, the New Orleans Brass hockey team plays at the New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod Street (tel: (504) 522 7825), behind the Louisiana Superdome.

Fitness centres: Many of the large hotels have their own fitness centres and even some of the smaller ones have exercise rooms. Places that accept guests include Le Meridien New Orleans, 614 Canal Street (tel: (504) 525 6500), at US$12 per day, and the Hilton Riverside, 2 Poydras Street (tel: (504) 561 0500), at US$10 per day, which also covers its putting and driving range, tennis, squash and racquetball courts.

Golf: There are at least two dozen public and private courses in the New Orleans area. The English Turn Country Club, One Clubhouse Drive (tel: (504) 391 8019), has a course designed by Jack Nicklaus and hosts the PGA's Entergy Classic each April. Fees are around US$150. Non-members must be accompanied by a guest or have their reservation made by their own club's golf pro. The closest public course to downtown is the 18-hole Audubon Golf Club, 473 Walnut Street (tel: (504) 865 8260). Fees are US$9 weekends, US$12 weekdays. There is also a course in City Park (tel: (504) 483 9397).

Horseracing: The Fair Grounds Race Track, 1751 Gentilly Boulevard (tel: (504) 944 5515), is the third-oldest in the USA, first opened in 1872. It hosts races from November to March, Wednesday-Sunday at 1330.

Tennis: There is a Tennis Center in the City Park (tel: (504) 483 9383) and courts in Audubon Park (tel: (504) 895 1042), but otherwise courts are private.



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