These New Orleans Bars Won't Be Showing The Super Bowl In Protest

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A handful of New Orleans bars and restaurants will not be airing Super Bowl LII between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots on Feb. 3 in protest of last Sunday's controversial ending. Instead, these venues will be showing the 2010 Super Bowl, where the Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. Per The Advocate...

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A few public officials are floating the idea of staging a parade to honor the team's otherwise impressive 13-3 season, as a form of counter demonstration. And a local music promoter is busy trying to organize a game-day music festival called “Boycott Bowl,” with the hope of bringing Saints fans together in one huge act of defiance.

“If we want the change, we have to demonstrate for this,” said Travis Laurendine, who is putting together the music event with his childhood friend, Brandon Rizzuto, the former general manager of the New Orleans VooDoo arena football team. “The idea is: Why don’t we bring people together to celebrate our community and celebrate the Saints? Why not do what we do really well and give (the NFL) a giant (expletive) that’s many thousand people strong?”

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Among those bars boycotting are Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar, Vaughan’s Lounge in Bywater and Magazine Street’s Dat Dog. Read more here.

(The Advocate)