You said a mouthful. They are having an election this weekend for a new insurance commissioner. The current Sec of State says that they expect only 20-30% turnout. I really quit having much sympathy for them when they re-elected that idiot mayor. I hate Landreaus as a rule but, really....
I've only been a few times, for a few minutes and it was a reeking (of pee and puke)mess.
As for the Superdome...I really do think that it was a decent idea to rebuild. It will have an economical impact that is direly needed and an inspirational impact to bring business back.
In the '80's, a few friends and I always went to the Final 4. The only time we had tickets was for the Superdome in '86, I believe. Much to our chagrin, our tickets for the Sat. games were in the second to last row, which I believe placed us in North Dakota. The court was nowhere to be seen. But we did sit on the first level with the Indiana fans for the final which came down to a last second win by Indiana.