Doug Thornton
Doug Thornton
bad damage electrical interior months nine percent roof severe spaces systems whether
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.
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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.
bad possibly walk
If you were to walk through it now you would say it's not that bad and could possibly be repaired.
covered flood management million protection risk storm
The Superdome is covered through risk management. We have $100 million for flood protection and $500 million for storm damage.
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You get the feeling that if you could take this thing down to the bare walls and replace some of the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (systems), you could be back in business. I don't know how long that would take, but structurally the building seems to be in pretty good shape.
dome next ready
We're working to make the Dome ready for the next season.
cost
That would cost $30 (million) to $40 million.
expect higher
We don't expect to take any water. But we wanted them up higher in case.
I don't get that. What was that all about?
given taken ultimate
She's taken a hit. She's been given the ultimate test.
encouraged second walking
I'm a little more encouraged after walking through it a second time.
building happens whatever
This will make this a better building for all the users, whatever happens to the Saints.
million otherwise patch spending
We've got to be cost-effective here. You've got to be really careful, otherwise you're going to be spending a million or $2 million just to patch the roof.
We were down to an hour-and-a-half of fuel.