‘We’re in mourning, but thank you for coming:’ Attack fallout lingers as French Quarter workers welcome Super Bowl fans
Since the New Year’s violence, service workers across the French Quarter have navigated a strange dissonance, grappling with the emotional and financial fallout of an assault that hit so close to home while putting on a smile to do what they do so well: Show tourists a good time in a romanticized city that could live or die by their spending.
I went through French Quarter security ahead of the Super Bowl. Here's what it was like.
The music was pumping, the daiquiri machines were swirling and a few Chiefs and Eagles fans were hanging out on Bourbon, beads around their necks. But the reassuring sense of normalcy was interrupted by metal barriers,
In New Orleans, Chiefs fans say they 'feel safe' about enhanced Super Bowl security
It’s a big difference from past Super Bowls in New Orleans, but fans say they appreciate it. One Kansas City fans says he reconsidered coming after the New Year's Day truck attack, but didn't want his family to miss out.
To be fair, it was also the first time I'd seen Bourbon Street in the daylight. The streets of the French Quarter were still ...
Following a terror attack on New Year’s Day in New Orleans’ French Quarter, city officials assure that security measures for ...
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The Super Bowl Is Desperately Trying to Keep Reality AwayA little more than a month later, as New Orleans gets ready to host Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, the party still hasn’t stopped. One of the many great things about staging the Super Bowl here is that a ...
New Orleans terrorist attack victims and survivors have filed a civil lawsuit against city leaders for negligence after ...
According to NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, Bourbon Street will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. every night this week, including Super Bowl Sunday.
Officials scrutinized security plans for Super Bowl LIX after a deadly New Year’s Day terrorist attack on Bourbon Street ...
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