Stephen Perry
Stephen Perry
Steve Perry is a solo artist and the former lead singer of the band Journey...
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The tourist infrastructure is standing up well and will rebound before the rest of the city, ... the great issue is when the city will have basic services back to manage visitors. We will all work hard to make sure the time frame is pushed as early as possible, but only if public safety and basic human issues have been addressed.
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In New Orleans, people live for food and it's going to be one of the first things as people come back.
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The interior will require considerable cleaning and renovation,
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From a multibillion-dollar tourism perspective here in the city, this is one of the most powerful national signals that we can have, because it is the first major sporting commitment since Katrina. It is an event that attracts thousands of people, it has exposure all over the world, and it puts a highlight that weekend on New Orleans as a destination.
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Mardi Gras will set us back on the path to economic revitalization. Millions of tax dollars will flow back and help pave the way to providing the opportunity for every one of our citizens to come home from all over the United States.
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So this really, for us, is the new birth of New Orleans, our culture and our economics all at the same time.
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Damage assessments are forthcoming but early views are very optimistic, ... Unconfirmed secondary sources report that the center has suffered minor window breakage and wind damage. Water damage is limited to two halls and is very manageable at this time.
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You're looking at 50,000 people coming into the city for the game. You're looking at hotel rooms over a minimum of three days for those 50,000 people. So that's huge.
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Only the next few weeks will determine whether tourism will begin rebounding in late October or early November, or whether it is pushed into early next year.
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We just want to make sure that everything is right as people come back, ... You want them to have the full New Orleans experience.
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We were surprised at the announcement, because it requires a very complex business calculation. It has an awful lot of hurdles at the state level.
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We expect it to be a real catalyst for recapturing some market share that was lost by the building of all the new centers in other cities.
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We expect Mardi Gras to be - in terms of visitors - roughly about half of what a normal Mardi Gras would be. Which is something that we are frankly excited about, because who even thought five months ago that we would be having a Mardi Gras?
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Tourism doesn't just happen. We have a damaged brand.