Paul Hoolahan
Paul Hoolahan
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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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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 want to be able to go to the legislators, the mayor and the governor knowing that we did everything humanly possible to make it happen in the state of the Louisiana.
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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 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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The Sugar Bowl cup, the original cup, believe it or not, was still there. We quickly left with that.
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The Southeastern Conference (which furnishes the host team for the bowl) wanted it played within the (geographic) footprint of the league, and it was only appropriate that it should be.
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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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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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This was pre-Katrina, absolutely. This was basically involving negotiations with Fox, which is taking over the broadcast.
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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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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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It's being decontaminated right now. Then the engineers can go in and assess the structural issues.