Cajundome sheltered 18,000 after Katrina, Rita in 2005 : com

The Cajundome was built for hosting basketball games and concerts. But in 2005, it became the nation's first mega-shelter, housing for 58 days more than 18,000 people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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