“I was here when it hit, so about 6 in the morning, I hear something almost like an explosion. I looked out and I saw the canvas and it was just mind-boggling, how part of that could be on the back part of the grandstand.”
“Before the Chase, we were barely selling the suites out, ... Last year we had to bring in 12 temporary suites. This year we're building 16 new suites, and those are sold out. We'll be putting up some new temporary suites too.”
“When you look around and see what happened to the rest of the community, I think we're real lucky. This place was built as the result of Hurricane Andrew, and it was built like a fortress.”
“I didn't mind talking about it. It showed there needs to be better security at convenience stores, and to the employees working the third shift an idea that it might happen to them.”
