Just Heard That The Superdome May Have To Be Torn Down....

[global1]

due to the damage. I thought most of the damage was to the roof of the dome. I know that they sustained some damage inside - but come on really - could it be that bad that they can't just remodel the inside?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. I can't see myself every going to a game there again n/t

[Rude Horner]

2. Torn down to be replaced with ...

the "Haliburton Superdome".

[XNASA]

9. The Halidome.

:rofl:

[Lasher]

3. This was in the news a while back

I have wondered if it has anything to do with possible availability of federal dollars to build a brand new stadium.

[papau]

4. Can we say insurance fraud?

or are the insurance companies only going to chase the poor/middle class home owners on denials of liability because of "flood" damage - or suing the city because the city said go to the Dome.

A tear down seems more like a public money new football home - but I am a cynic.

[Skidmore]

10. I don't know about fraud, but tearing it down is the decent

thing to do. How could you maintain a public sports arena on a site where so much pain, misery, and death had occurred? No amount of cleaning or refurbishing could eliminate the stench of death and suffering from this place.

[FSogol]

5. BS. That team wanted a new stadium and

Katrina is the excuse de jour

Do a major clean up, fix the roof, replace the turf and paint everything. 15-20 million renovation tops.

[MasonJar]

6. Except generally when buildings are named for cos. the com-

pany donates money. This time it would be taking money.

[DemInDistress]

7. Its not going to be torn down just yet

Mayor Nagin plans to use the Superdome as a retail area for residents
who begin to flow back into the city.The massive clean-up is under way
and shortly necessites will be stocked inside the Dome.Makes sense,I cant see mom and pop stores opening up for a long time,so the Dome as
a supply shop makes sense...

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. When this is all done

The Superdome should be torn down and turned into a Memorial Park for the victims.

It was an old, nasty building even before the storm and who the hell would want to play a game in there now?

[daninthemoon]

11. Probably the first thing *'s billions of extra money will go to.

[zbdent]

12. May? MAY???? Whaddaya expect from a bunch of Republican Socialist

owners?

They've probably been licking their chops for the opportunity to get some more publicly funded housing so that they can sell PSLs and luxury boxes!

[maxsolomon]

13. the death & mayhem & suffering are no reason to tear it down

we don't tear down the Hamilton County courthouse because of the lynchings that took place outside it last century, do we?

power washing, reparations, blessing, exorcisms.

of course, getting rid of the saints & tearing it down, replacing it with a functioning mixed income residential neighborhood is just fine with me.