Much of the campus of the University of California, Los Angeleswas under water on Tuesday after a water main ruptured nearby,flooding everything from parking garages to the iconic PauleyPavilion basketball stadium with an estimated 10 million gallons ofwater.

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The water was shut off at 7pm PT Tuesday and the area hasstarted to dry out as of Wednesday.

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But the damage – particularly to Pauley Pavilion, whichunderwent a $136 million upgrade just two years ago – had alreadybeen done and could be extensive. And that's to say nothing of thehundreds of cars that were left submerged overnight in twounderground parking garages.

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“Pauley Pavilion has taken quite a bit of water,” UCLAChancellor Gene Block told reporters Tuesday night, according to NBC News. “It's painful. It's a beautifulstructure. We're of course concerned. We've got to let it dry outand see where we are.”

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Classes resumed Wednesday.

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Click below to see some of the more dramatic photos of thedestruction.

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Water shoots in the air from a broken 30-inch water main underSunset Boulevard, uphill from UCLA in the Westwood section of LosAngeles, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. The resulting flood inundatedseveral areas of UCLA, including Pauley Pavilion, home of UCLAbasketball, a parking structure and several other building. (APPhoto/Mike Meadows)

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Vehicles are inundated in several feet of water in a parkingstructure on the UCLA campus. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)

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A Los Angeles firefighter helps a driver whose car becamestranded on Sunset Boulevard amid flooding on the UCLA campusTuesday, July 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Gentry)

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Several drivers became stranded in the fast moving flood waters.(AP Photo/Steve Gentry)

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Water covers the playing floor of Pauley Pavilion, home of UCLAbasketball. (AP Photo/Matt Hamilton)

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Workers walk down stairs to a parking structure as watercascades down on them on the UCLA campus. (AP Photo/MikeMeadows)

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Water rages down the streets surrounding UCLA and near theschool's athletic facilities. The famed floor of Pauley Pavilion,the neighboring Wooden Center and the Los Angeles Tennis Center,and a pair of parking structures that took the brunt of the damage.(AP Photo/Krysta Fauria)

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Water cascades down the stairs to a parking structure adjacentto the main entry doors of Pauley Pavilion, home of UCLAbasketball. (AP Photo/Matt Hamilton)

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In this photo taken from video provided by nbc4la.com, waterreaches the main entry doors to Pauley Pavilion. (APPhoto/nbc4la.com)

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In this photo taken from video provided by nbc4la.com, waterreaches into the air after a water main burst on Sunset Boulevardin Los Angeles near UCLA Tuesday, July 29, 2014. (APPhoto/nbc4la.com)

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