I don't get that. What was that all about? |
I think it could be a symbol for the rebuilding of New Orleans. |
I think it could be a symbol perhaps of the rebuilding of New Orleans. There are a lot of good memories in the dome too. |
I think the image of New Orleans that America had was that image of the damaged roof. It was very, very important to us not only from the operations side to get the roof temporarily repaired, but symbolically. ... It shows we are making progress. |
I'm a little more encouraged after walking through it a second time. |
If everything goes well, we will have the dome football-ready in November. The seating areas, locker rooms and press box will be ready and up to NFL standards. |
If you were to walk through it now you would say it's not that bad and could possibly be repaired. |
If you were to walk through it now you would say it's not that bad and could possibly be repaired. The thing you don't know is how many of those electrical panels and transformers have been damaged beyond repair and have to be completely replaced; the same thing for the plumbing. And we still don't know what we're going to find when we start tearing down that Sheetrock. |
It is a symbol of the recovery and rebirth of New Orleans. |
It's in bad shape. Whether it can be rehabilitated in nine or 12 months is not something I could tell you about now. There's severe damage to the roof (70 percent exposed), severe damage to the electrical distribution systems and a lot of the interior spaces are damaged. |
It's unbelievable. All these big oak trees are just uprooted, everything is brown and the waterline is up to 7 feet on the house. It's like somebody dropped a nuclear weapon and just killed everything. There's not any sign of life. There's no greenery. It's bizarre. It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my life. |
It's very early at this point to speculate about the future of the Dome and whether it can be repaired. |
One guy asked me why we wouldn't just want to tear down the Dome because it harbors so many bad memories of the storm, but we had 30 years of good memories here before the hurricane. It could be a symbol for the rebuilding of New Orleans, something people could rally around. |
She's taken a hit. She's been given the ultimate test. |
That building is a little worse than I first thought. I'm a little discouraged by what we saw there. |