 It was funded based on Congressional incentives intended to promote recovery.Design and construction were expedited to meet the December 2009 sunset clause, that required that the building begin service by December 31, 2009.The financing combined tax credits and Gulf Opportunity Zone incentives according to a February 2009 story in "The Times-Picayune" by Kate Moran, while a January 2009 story in "The Times-Picayune" by Robert Travis Scott claimed that the GO Zone bonds were not used when an alternate funding source was found.