It was unexpected and unfortunate.
And some of it could have been caused by the third parties.
I am referring to the flooding at Millennium Studios on Monday.
The lease of the studios to G-Unit is an “as is” lease and it was executed after the FIRST flooding of the studios.
Monday was the SECOND flooding.
The KSLA report below states that “the city will work with G-Unit on both temporary and long-term solutions.” .
The question that hopefully will be asked at the Shreveport City Council work session meeting on Monday is “why should be city do ANY work on Millennium”?
Millennium Studios Floods After Heavy Rain
City thought previous repairs had solved the problem
The city of Shreveport thought it had made significant progress in protecting Millennium Studios from flooding, but after Monday’s heavy rain, water still made its way into the building.
Mayor Tom Arceneaux said the work the city completed made a difference, but not enough.
“But the work that we did made a big difference, but not a big enough difference,” Arceneaux said.
City leaders are once again looking for ways to keep Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s Millennium Studios dry during major weather events.
The city says over about a 10-minute period, a huge amount of rainfall fell and there was no place for the water to go. The majority of the water collected at the back of the building. Vehicles driving through floodwaters also pushed water through the front doors.
The mayor called the situation “disappointing,” saying previous repairs were expected to prevent this type of problem.
“I would say that it was more disappointment,” Arceneaux said. “We really thought we had solved the problem with the prior repairs or that they wouldn’t have signed the lease, the amendment to the lease. So I think we were all disappointed that this was such a unique event, although we’ve had two of them in the last three years.”
The city says it will work with G-Unit on both temporary and long-term solutions. The mayor says those fixes could take time, potentially delaying parts of 50 Cent’s multi-phase project for the property.
Arceneaux said there is no indication the previous work was inferior or that contractors failed to do something they should have done. He said contractors did the work according to the specifications they were given.
City leaders are evaluating what went wrong and what improvements are needed.