30 Quotes by Paul Hoolahan

We want to be able to go to the legislators, the mayor and the governor knowing that we did everything humanly possible to make it happen in the state of the Louisiana.

We don't want to hamper the recovery operation in any way. However, we want to see if there is room where we can coexist.

To say that we agonized over this decision would be an understatement. We clearly wanted to play the game in Louisiana and look at every possible alternative.

We've got to figure out what the marketplace will bear. But there is more than a little bit of concern.

The president said he would dedicate the resources necessary to restoring New Orleans. We would like to think the Superdome could become the economic engine of the recovery.

First and foremost in our thinking is that we want in every way possible to try to conduct our event in the state of Louisiana. We would ask LSU if we could use the facility to stage the game - Tiger Stadium obviously. Baton Rouge can handle the game easily.

This was pre-Katrina, absolutely. This was basically involving negotiations with Fox, which is taking over the broadcast.

We are going to continue to talk with city and state officials, everybody who will need to be involved in this process. This is totally about New Orleans.

The Sugar Bowl cup, the original cup, believe it or not, was still there. We quickly left with that.