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Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:30 pm to WestCoastAg
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and located in the countries second largest market
does this really matter for the super bowl?
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:39 pm to white_mj
Misleading thread title
Posted on 2/3/16 at 3:59 pm to LL012697
We were down in New Orleans for the '95 Texas-Virginia Tech Sugar Bowl and the 2010 NCAA First Round Tournament.
Although I haven't been for a Super Bowl, I'll agree with just my two experiences with these two events. New Orleans is the best place to host. The accommodations are more than abundant. New Orleans has plenty of hotels, inns, guest houses, bed and breakfasts to host all. The Super Dome's proximity to the French Quarter is superb. You don't need to rent a car and you really only need to catch a cab to and from the airport. New Orleans open container law allows the entire downtown/French Quarter to be an open, roaming tailgate. The food is great, the music is great, the entertainment and nightlife is great. Also, New Orlean's temperature is pretty mild in the wintertime.
The only issues with New Orleans are 1.) The safety and 2.) The airport. The safety is pretty abysmal, but given the size of the event, I see no reason why one should feel unsafe unless they are travelling alone or wander off after too many beers in the Quarter. The airport really isn't that big of an issue, but more than likely, you'll have to make some connections.
Although I haven't been for a Super Bowl, I'll agree with just my two experiences with these two events. New Orleans is the best place to host. The accommodations are more than abundant. New Orleans has plenty of hotels, inns, guest houses, bed and breakfasts to host all. The Super Dome's proximity to the French Quarter is superb. You don't need to rent a car and you really only need to catch a cab to and from the airport. New Orleans open container law allows the entire downtown/French Quarter to be an open, roaming tailgate. The food is great, the music is great, the entertainment and nightlife is great. Also, New Orlean's temperature is pretty mild in the wintertime.
The only issues with New Orleans are 1.) The safety and 2.) The airport. The safety is pretty abysmal, but given the size of the event, I see no reason why one should feel unsafe unless they are travelling alone or wander off after too many beers in the Quarter. The airport really isn't that big of an issue, but more than likely, you'll have to make some connections.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:01 pm to Grandioso
If it wasn't so cold, Nashville would be another great city to host. You can stay in all the hotels downtown, party on Broadway, and simply walk across the pedestrian bridge to get into the stadium.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:01 pm to Deactived
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it should be nola every yea
It couldn't be in NOLA this year. It's Mardi Gras weekend.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:02 pm to Deactived
id say its a plus 
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:05 pm to white_mj
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After reading, i kinda have to agree with it.
I am a local and loyal to Louisiana and I disagree. New Orleans should be in a permanent 4-city rotation with Miami, Los Angeles, and a random site.
I am admittedly butthurt that New Orleans or Miami were rejected for 50 for Bay Area, and New Orleans was rejected for its tricentennial for Minneapolis, only because the NFL has turned the host city competition into "The Annual Roger Goodell Award Rewarding Corporate Welfare."
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:06 pm to H-Town Tiger
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It couldn't be in NOLA this year. It's Mardi Gras weekend.
touche. That would be a disaster.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:12 pm to white_mj
Written by the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation!
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:14 pm to WestCoastAg
i get that it does more good than harm but i dont see it really mattering. the super bowl could be in el paso and hundreds of millions of people are still going to watch it. location means very little in those terms
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:16 pm to REG861
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That would be a disaster
its not possible. Endymoin uses the dome Saturday, various Krewes in the CC all week and Friday, hotels already full
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:17 pm to lsutigers1992
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New Orleans was rejected for its tricentennial
that really pisses me off. I'm rooting for an epic blizzard in Minny that week
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:20 pm to H-Town Tiger
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that really pisses me off. I'm rooting for an epic blizzard in Minny that week
I hope a blizzard makes US bank Stadium cave in just like the Metrodome.
Just kidding, that'd be crazy.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:28 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Every Super Bowl should be in NOLA and every Final Four in Indy. Not sure about CFP.
That's the easy one.
Every CFB Championship game should be in the Rose Bowl...starting at 2pm and ending in the gloaming.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:28 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Pasadena is great but still second to NOLA. It's beautiful. but there's just not enough there too far outside the city.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:34 pm to genro
Westwood is great.
Most of LA though just never ends...one big scrawl down to Disneyland - one day LA and San Diego will merge.
But the Rose Bowl (for me) is the perfect setting for college football's biggest game...and yes, it should start in the afternoon.
NOLA and Miami are obviously the best for pro football and for tourists and fans.
This Super Bowl will be a nightmare at the Niners stadium. Hwy 101 is a giant pot-hole and already crowded...people commuting from S.F. and north from Carmel and Santa Cruz will face crazy gridlock.
Most of LA though just never ends...one big scrawl down to Disneyland - one day LA and San Diego will merge.
But the Rose Bowl (for me) is the perfect setting for college football's biggest game...and yes, it should start in the afternoon.
NOLA and Miami are obviously the best for pro football and for tourists and fans.
This Super Bowl will be a nightmare at the Niners stadium. Hwy 101 is a giant pot-hole and already crowded...people commuting from S.F. and north from Carmel and Santa Cruz will face crazy gridlock.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:36 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:Pasadena is mostly residential. There are few bars and restaurants. I've been there.
Most of LA though just never ends...one big scrawl down to Disneyland - one day LA and San Diego will merge.
I've also been to Miami, Phoenix, and NOLA. Miami sucks as a location, it's even more remote from the happening parts of the city.
Tailgating, and experiencing the atmosphere outside is a huge facet of College football.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:41 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
the setting is great but the location is terrible. getting to the rose bowl was way too much of a hassle for us. the surrounding area is also very meh in terms of entertainment
Posted on 2/3/16 at 4:42 pm to genro
Been to two Rose Bowls and lived in Westwood for about 3 months.
I know Pasadena as well.
NFL won't go back unless an LA team.
But families, would certainly sign-up for a Super Bowl week in LA with Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, Hollywood, the beaches, etc.
I know Pasadena as well.
NFL won't go back unless an LA team.
But families, would certainly sign-up for a Super Bowl week in LA with Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, Hollywood, the beaches, etc.
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 4:44 pm
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