Paul Hoolahan
Paul Hoolahan
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I think it's obvious, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we are faced with some formidable challenges. It's difficult to go forward when you are ejected from your home venue. ... First and foremost in our thinking is that we want - in every way possible - to conduct our event in the state of Louisiana.
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We've got to figure out what the marketplace will bear. But there is more than a little bit of concern.
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To say that we agonized over this decision would be an understatement. We clearly wanted to play the game in Louisiana and look at every possible alternative.
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This was pre-Katrina, absolutely. This was basically involving negotiations with Fox, which is taking over the broadcast.
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The president said he would dedicate the resources necessary to restoring New Orleans. We would like to think the Superdome could become the economic engine of the recovery.
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First and foremost in our thinking is that we want in every way possible to try to conduct our event in the state of Louisiana. We would ask LSU if we could use the facility to stage the game - Tiger Stadium obviously. Baton Rouge can handle the game easily.
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We are going to continue to talk with city and state officials, everybody who will need to be involved in this process. This is totally about New Orleans.
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We don't want to hamper the recovery operation in any way. However, we want to see if there is room where we can coexist.
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I wonder what kind of shape the offices inside the Louisiana Superdome are in after Hurricane Katrina? The valuable things like jewelry, watches, rings, anything they thought they could pawn, all the food and drink, were gone.
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I can't say with any level of confidence today that it won't be played in Baton Rouge.
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I give them a tremendous amount of credit. They put the bowl above their own personal problems and made it something special. Everyone from top to bottom was impressed with the job we did. It gave us a feeling that if we could handle this, we can handle just about anything.
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We lost some possessions, but they can be replaced. The important thing ? our family ? is OK.
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We want to see if we can coexist. These are questions that no one can effectively answer at this point.
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We still think it's doable. But it's obvious we are faced with some formidable challenges. We're not able to use the Superdome and we have to determine what options are available to us.