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'''Shreveport''' is the third largest city in the state of [[Louisiana]]. The metropolitian city had a population of 392,302 in 2000. <ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_US25&-redoLog=false&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=&-format=US-10%7CUS-10S&-_lang=en] 2000 Census </ref> Shreveport is located in the north west corner of the state were [[Arkansas]], Louisiana, and [[Texas]] meet. Barksdale Air Force Base is located in nearby Bossier City where the 8th Air Force is headquartered. The [[Boeing]] [[B-52]] Stratofortress and the Fairchild-Republic [[A-10]] Thunderbolt II are the primary aircraft at the base which opened in 1933. Shreveport was also a major oil business center and Standard Oil of Louisiana was based in the city until it was absorbed into [[Standard Oil]] (Esso) of New Jersey.
==Shreveport Sports==
In the 1990's Shreveport had a professional football team from the [[CFL|Canadian Football League]]; the the Shreveport Pirates. The Pirates, like all of the American CFL teams, by 1996 the team had folded. Shreveport was a potential city to temporarily house the [[NFL]]'s [[New Orleans Saints]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], but instead they played at [[San Antonio]] and LSU Stadium. The Saintswould play the Dallas Cowboys during the 2006 NFL preseason.
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==Shreveport Sports==
In the 1990's Shreveport had a professional football team from the [[CFL|Canadian Football League]]; the the Shreveport Pirates. The Pirates, like all of the American CFL teams, by 1996 the team had folded. Shreveport was a potential city to temporarily house the [[NFL]]'s [[New Orleans Saints]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], but instead they played at [[San Antonio]] and LSU Stadium. The Saintswould play the Dallas Cowboys during the 2006 NFL preseason.
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[[Category:US Towns and Cities]]