New Orleans is the site of the Louisiana Superdome, one of the world's largest sports arenas.

新奥尔良也是世界上最大的体育场馆之一的路易斯·安娜超级场馆的所在地。

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In 2005, the city's Louisiana Superdome housed thousands of New Orleanians who couldn't, or didn't, heed the mandatory evacuation order.

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The family, including Shenae's sisters -- Sheniya, 4, and Shemiya, 2, -- eventually wound up in the Louisiana Superdome, where one of Thomas' sisters found them.

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Outside the Louisiana Superdome, where as many as 30, 000 people sought shelter, refugees waiting for a bus out of town completely covered an outside plaza, where they waited in the heat and rain.

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