As New Orleans gears up for the Super Bowl, the city is also abuzz with the chance that the Charlotte Hornets might come to town.New Orleans has until March 15 to meet ticket sale requirements, or the Hornets can fly away from the city. As part of the deal, New Orleans must be able to sell 54 suites, 8,000 season tickets and 2,450 club seats.The news might say that the deal is signed, sealed and delivered, but there is always an out clause. It is clauses like the ticket sales guarantees that have kept the NBA out of New Orleans in the past. So what are the odds of the Hornets coming to New Orleans this time? The fan in me says that they are already here, but the realist says fifty-fifty.Why fifty-fifty? This is the third time New Orleans has attempted to get an NBA franchise since the New Orleans Jazz left for Salt Lake City in 1979.Eight years ago, the Minnesota Timberwolves were all but here. That is until NBA Commissioner David Stern came along and stopped the deal in its tracks. Not bringing the Timberwolves to New Orleans was probably the right decision, because New Orleans really didn’t have anything to offer to the NBA, but the Charlotte deal is solid. Along with ticket sales, New Orleans is offering rent based on the team’s record.Last year, the Big Easy lost out to Memphis in the bidding war for the Vancouver Grizzlies. New Orleans lost out because it is in a small TV market. Although Memphis could only offer a college arena at the current time, it won because more money could be made right away.So now it’s New Orleans vs.Charlotte. It’s time to look at the statistics on both cities in an economic tale of the tape.Charlotte is 27th in TV market size; New Orleans is 43rd. The average household income in Charlotte is $14,000 higher than that of New Orleans.Charlotte is the logical choice for Commissioner Stern from a business standpoint, but Charlotte is last in the league in attendance. The Hornets stand to lose $20 million this year. The once-great basketball town of Charlotte is now hurting to make ends meet. Money is not the only thing that a city can offer. New Orleans is offering a plan that contains the needed financial revenue and the facilities that every team in the NBA needs to survive. New Orleans’ first two attempts at an NBA team were shot down by Commissioner Stern due to problems of planning, but none of those problems exist here.The plan to bring the Hornets to New Orleans is solid and well-thought- out. The only real obstacle standing in the way is the New Orleans Brass. The Brass have raised issues involving the sharing of weekend dates.Two tenants in one building is not a big deal. In Milwaukee, three tenants share one arena, and all of the teams make money. The Hornets will take precedence over the Brass when picking home dates, but there is no reason they can’t coexist. Bringing the Hornets to New Orleans seems like a feasible plan. Someone just needs to convince Commissioner Stern of that.