Sports & Entertainment

Arts Council recruiting companies to Baton Rouge

The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge has begun reaching out to companies outside the Capital Region in an effort to recruit them to Baton Rouge. 

LSU’s College World Series win drives up sports betting revenue for state

LSU’s first College World Series win since 2009 was a home run for Louisiana sports betting, according to the chair of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.

Theaters face economic threat as strikes by actors and writers continue

Theaters in Baton Rouge such as those operated by Cinemark and AMC are not immune from the current industry shutdown caused by the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes. As the strike prolongs, movie theaters across the nation face impending risk, Axios reports. 

What the actors’ strike means for the Baton Rouge film industry     

Following a month of negotiations over pay, the union representing more than 160,000 actors, models and performers is officially set to strike. 

Hockey takes another shot

It’s been 20 years since the Kingfish left town but Barry Soskin says he’s got the formula for making minor league hockey a success in Baton Rouge.

New hockey team will take to the ice as the Baton Rouge Zydeco 

The Louisiana capital’s new professional hockey team will be called the Baton Rouge Zydeco,...
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Media company founder who grew up here looks to launch investment fund for local films

While Sanjay Sharma always wanted to make movies, the son of Indian immigrants didn’t see a viable path into that world, so the Baton Rouge High, Columbia University and Stanford Law graduate ended up working as an in-house attorney at Warner Bros. 

Belle of Baton Rouge will rebrand and move casino ashore into atrium

The Belle of Baton Rouge casino will move its games from the riverboat onto...

Opinion| The joy of passion and great expectations

Baton Rouge has the potential to be as successful as LSU sports if we're willing to invest the same passion and expectations.

New Baton Rouge hockey team hopes to outlive Kingfish, but what does success look like?

When officials announced Baton Rouge was getting a new minor league expansion team, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome urged the community to work together to make the team a success.