Thornton, lead executive with the company that runs and manages the Superdome, was there in 2005 and remains the top man ...

“God bless us,” a grim Nagin said Sunday as Hurricane Katrina ... The Superdome, the 70,000-seat home of football’s Saints, opened as an emergency shelter at daybreak Sunday, giving ...

Deteriorating conditions in New Orleans will force authorities to evacuate the thousands of people at city shelters, including the Louisiana Superdome ... help oversee Hurricane Katrina recovery ...

(CNN) -- The confusing odyssey for New Orleans evacuees began while Hurricane Katrina was ... to the Louisiana Superdome, dubbed the refuge of last resort, and other city shelters.

Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with enormous force. The city had faced deadly storms previously, including Hurricane Betsy in 1965, which caused extensive ...