re: Part of the new Hard Rock Hotel collapses (NOLA) 3 dead, Cranes Down-ish

Can someone give a run down on this situation for someone out of the loop and now living on the west coast.


I haven't followed except for the initial couple hours after the collapse.

I heard from my dad that there are several blocks each direction shut down.


I got an email from NOAC saying they partnered with other gyms for members to use their services.


Bodies recovered? Figure out what caused it? What's the timelines? Does it all have to come down? Anyone going to jail? What politician's pet project was it? Corners cut? How's the rampart street car line?


I have a feeling if I read the 63 pages it will be mostly filled with bullshite



Thanks in advance


Geaux tigahs

"Something" caused a pancake collapse of the upper floors of the still under construction hotel.

As part of that collapse, some items fell into the streets (Canal / Rampart), as well as an exterior temp construction elevator fell across Rampart and crashed into the Saenger Theater.

It is not a total collapse, the lower floors (which would have made up the parking garage) are intact but compromised. The hotel was basically built on top of said garage.

There is an evacuation order of several square blocks which includes the NOAC and the Saneger, and a few restaurants, and the hostel, and a few other businesses. There is a larger zone surrounding it of street closures.

The collapse also severely damaged the two cranes on-site. One in particular is in danger of collapse, of course, if it were to collapse, it could take out whatever it hits. The evacuation zone is pretty much what would be hit by a falling crane.

And because it's NOLA and we can never catch a break, there is a late season tropical issue that, while a head-on hit is unlikely, could bring 30 MPH gusts into the city starting tomorrow night. That could cause one or both cranes, which are weakened and no longer secure, to collapse.

Thus, because time is of the essence, the decision has been made to do a controlled explosion to destroy / bring down the cranes, and keep the debris in the footprint.

Thank you Gent

Quite possible that the cranes are brought down in the middle of the night so this doesn’t become a spectator’s sport.

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Quite possible that the cranes are brought down in the middle of the night so this doesn’t become a spectator’s sport

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Haha umm NO


They are not setting off explosive charges on huge cranes at night to crash into a collapsed building.

I saw on Facebook Anthony Magrette's family confirmed he was the guy seen running on the side of the building. He had his harness on and it pulled him back.

Who is in charge of placing these explosives?

An explosive demo expert

Pretty sure it’s the same company that did the hotel at Canal and interstate.

I don’t buy that either. If that were the case the load bearing partition walls would have been framed prior to the concrete deck above being poured