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I know that Hurricane Katrina caused a lot of damage to the Louisiana Superdome (Everybody should offer their thoughts and prayers to those severely hurt by the attack). My question, being college football related, is what are they going to do with the Sugar Bowl? The Superdome may be ready, but how about all of the hotel and accommodations for the fans? Could you see them move the Bowl To Baton Rouge (If the Rose Bowl can be filled to capacity, I do not See why They can't fill 90,000 plus fans into Tiger Stadium). - ELW
A: Considering the nightmare that’s occurring in the Superdome at the moment, and that some are hinting it’ll take a minimum of ten years before New Orleans will be environmentally safe enough to truly consider rebuilding, there’s no way the Sugar Bowl will be played there. BCS officials have already started discussions with Sugar Bowl officials to get the ball rolling and get this figured out. Look for the Bowl to be moved to either the Alamodome in San Antonio, somewhere in Houston, or Baton Rouge as long as there aren’t major problems there with all the refugees piling in. Considering the Sugar Bowl has been in New Orleans since 1934 and is worth around $175 million a year to the community, I’d vote for it to be played in Baton Rouge if only to keep all the money and the tradition in Louisiana to help the overall effort.
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I know that Hurricane Katrina caused a lot of damage to the Louisiana Superdome (Everybody should offer their thoughts and prayers to those severely hurt by the attack). My question, being college football related, is what are they going to do with the Sugar Bowl? The Superdome may be ready, but how about all of the hotel and accommodations for the fans? Could you see them move the Bowl To Baton Rouge (If the Rose Bowl can be filled to capacity, I do not See why They can't fill 90,000 plus fans into Tiger Stadium). - ELW
A: Considering the nightmare that’s occurring in the Superdome at the moment, and that some are hinting it’ll take a minimum of ten years before New Orleans will be environmentally safe enough to truly consider rebuilding, there’s no way the Sugar Bowl will be played there. BCS officials have already started discussions with Sugar Bowl officials to get the ball rolling and get this figured out. Look for the Bowl to be moved to either the Alamodome in San Antonio, somewhere in Houston, or Baton Rouge as long as there aren’t major problems there with all the refugees piling in. Considering the Sugar Bowl has been in New Orleans since 1934 and is worth around $175 million a year to the community, I’d vote for it to be played in Baton Rouge if only to keep all the money and the tradition in Louisiana to help the overall effort.
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