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New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel project could be delayed two years
Construction on the New Orleans Hard Rock hotel could be delayed two years, an executive says.
Hard Rock International chairman Jim Allen said the current focus is making the site safe and ensuring businesses in the surrounding area can get back to work.
"Our prayers are with the families," Allen told Fox Business.
"It’s important to want to move forward, but we certainly have to work through the process itself. The surrounding businesses, all that economic impact, is something we’re trying to focus on."
The site collapse killed three and dozens were injured.
It caused the evacuation of several businesses and residential homes in the immediate area.
City mayor LaToya Cantrell has said the building must be totally demolished.
If that is the case Hard Rock is still committed to the project.
"Certainly, the structural integrity of the building itself is in question, So, if the building has to come down completely, then obviously that puts us back two years," Allen said.
"These things do happen, You never want to lose sight of the fact that we have human loss here. And to us, right now, that’s the most important thing we’re focused on."
Two unstable cranes were brought down by controlled explosives at the weekend.
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