New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets temporary home (2005–2007)

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the New Orleans Hornets played their home games at the Ford Center in downtown Oklahoma City for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 NBA seasons. The team was officially branded as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets during that period. Hosting the Hornets demonstrated Oklahoma City's ability to support NBA operations and helped raise the city's profile as a potential long-term NBA market.