It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

You could say we re sports crazy in south Louisiana. And with good reason more professional athletes come out of Louisiana per capita than any other state in the U.S. Maybe it s our famous cuisine. Or the chemicals in our environment Whatever the reason, It s taken us a while to capitalize on one of our greatest natural resources, but that is starting to change. Our sports obsessed culture is spawning a growing number of sports related businesses. Eric Engmann is helping to lead the charge and grow the business of sports in Louisiana and, particularly, the Capital Region. Eric is vice president and CEO elect of the Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation. For more than two decades the Sports Foundation has worked to bring sporting events to Baton Rouge and has worked with local, regional and national sports events coordinators in planning and executing their events here. Eric has been with the Foundation since 2007 and has master s degrees both in sports administration and business administration. He was promoted