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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''' 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 where [[Arkansas]], Louisiana, and [[Texas]] meet. The city is named after Capt. Henry Miller Shreve, a river boat captain credited with clearing a major logjam from the Red River in the 1830's, allowing trade to flourish in the region.  Barksdale Air Force Base, headquarters of the 8th Air Force, is located across the Red River in Bossier City.  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 is the home of Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS), Centenary College, Southern University at Shreveport, and Louisiana Baptist University. 

==Shreveport Sports==

==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.

In the 1990's, Shreveport had a professional football team, the Shreveport Pirates, from the [[CFL|Canadian Football League]]. The Pirates, like all of the American CFL teams, had folded by 1996.  Shreveport was a potential city to temporarily house the [[NFL]]'s [[New Orleans Saints]] after [[Hurricane Katrina]], but they instead played at [[San Antonio]] and at LSU Stadium in Baton Rouge. The Saints would play the Dallas Cowboys in Shrveport during the 2006 NFL preseason.