What news on a new stadium in New Orleans? Is there an emotional attachment to the Superdome?
There certainly is. It was an incredible building when it was built, and it did a great deal to revitalize that area of New Orleans. I think there are a lot of things that our city and hopefully the state can help to support as far as visionary development that can change and enhance downtown. We’re seeing what we can do to build more green space, tailgating, to add around the Superdome. Will there still be a Superdome in ten years time? I would say that the Superdome will be there. We’re open to discussing other facilities and future things, but it would certainly have to incorporate development of an actual area – there’s a lot that’s been done for different sporting events or facilities to revitalize downtown and re–energize areas, and so something like that could be interesting for our city. How’s the city looking now? Are there still areas of disarray? It’s not as much. I did some driving out of town on the East Side; a lot of what looked blown out doesn’t look the same any more.
