Twenty years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina came ashore along the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coasts. The Superdome became one of the focal points of the tragedy in New Orleans, as thousands of evacuees were stranded there in the immediate aftermath of the levees’ failure and the city flooding.
In the 20 years since then, the Superdome’s renaissance has mirrored the city’s own rebirth.
“They knew that failure was not an option,” Superdome executive Doug Thorton said, referring to his staff who helped get the Superdome back in order in the year following Katrina…