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Orpheum Theater Reopens After 10 Years And $13 Million In Renovations

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Eileen Fleming
Published September 18, 2015 at 2:09 PM EDT
A before-and-after look at the Orpheum Theater, which was damaged and shuttered by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters.
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A before-and-after look at the Orpheum Theater, which was damaged and shuttered by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters.

Orpheum Theater Reopens After 10 Years And $13 Million In Renovations

The Orpheum Theater in New Orleans' Central Business District has reopened, 10 years after the facility flooded during Hurricane Katrina and after $13 million in renovations.

WWNO's Eileen Fleming has this look at the people who got together to buy and renovate the historic theater.

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