Out of sensitivity to the people of New Orleans.

Nothing like this has ever happened before. There's no model for it. We could have 10 more people or we could have 10,000 more.

That's something that we were talking about doing anyway. This will provide people with something extra to do on either end of the core area of the parade zone.

Now we get people from New York City, California, Colorado. It's a fun party. In the past, some people thought New Orleans was too big a deal and they didn't want to go through that. We also have a range of different events. Our Mardi Gras has evolved into a lot of very different experiences.

We started working very seriously with police and the city. We are spending more money on security and clean up.

Year after year, we've had growth with our events, Katrina aside. But when you throw Katrina in the mix, we have the potential for an even greater number of people.