2006-09-25 14:07:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It looks very good. I didn't think it could be done.
2006-09-25 14:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by robee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Renovating the Superdome and Convention Center will be catalysts for getting New Orleans' second biggest industry back on it's feet, the hotels filled and the tourism dollars coming in.
BTW, tourism is only a recent industry in New Orleans, the largest port in the US. The Port is the reason the city exists and will continue to be for many years to come. New Orleans can live fine without tourism, but the low wage unskilled and uneducated relied on these jobs for a living.
There is no one "forgotten" in New Orleans. While a few....and I mean a FEW...neighborhoods are still in ruin, 80% of the city is alive and vibrant and cleaned up or in the process of being so. Only in the neighborhoods where the social parasites lived prior to the storm are people sitting in government provided housing, eating government provided food and watching the Saints on government provided televisions and government provided electricity complaining that the government is not doing anything to help them.
Guess oppressed social parasites are good news fodder and the rest of New Orleanians, the other 80% black and white who have actually fixed things are not good news.
I just spent a week there. What you see and read on the news or what Spike Lee tells you is a very small part of a very optimistic and uplifting story of recovery. Go see for yourself.
2006-09-26 15:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by DJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did a good job, the pre game show was very good. The bulk of the $184 million set aside to renovate the Superdome has been spent – not only in an attempt to restore the building but to transform it from a symbol of despair to one of hope.
FEMA contributed $115 toward repairs and required the state to pitch in $13 million. The governmental agency that oversees the Superdome refinanced a bond package that raised another $41 million, and the NFL provided a $15 million grant.
There's been no howl of protest calling for the money to be spent on basic services. In fact, there's hardly a peep of opposition. Maybe that's best explained by C.B. Forgotston, a political watchdog who closely tracks the use of public funds in Louisiana – funds such as those now being used to rebuild the Superdome.
"If Katrina hadn't happened, I would have been raising hell," Forgotston said. "And I could show you in dollars and cents why it doesn't make sense. But we have to accept things as they are. It's a psychological boost that's needed."
2006-09-25 21:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by Bigboi47 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks great. But i have 1 complaint. The floors are very slippery and i saw several people go down. And I did a couple times myself. It was only bad in the wet spots, but it was wet all over. I'm hoping they address this because I wouldn't want someone hurt or even a law suit
2006-09-26 13:40:10 · answer #4 · answered by tiger_patriot 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From what I've seen on TV, it really looks beautiful.
2006-09-25 21:09:59 · answer #5 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beautiful I think.
2006-09-25 21:09:00 · answer #6 · answered by fayem7 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I still haven't seen it yet.
2006-09-25 21:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by Nico 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm glad they have been working on it.
2006-09-25 22:25:08 · answer #8 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whats the point of it? its pointless..
2006-09-25 21:09:14 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋