A dog in The Krewe of Barkus parade walks the French Quarter during the Mardi Gras 2013 celebration in New Orleans, January 27, 2013. New Orleans is bracing for record crowds as the biggest sporting event of the year, the NFL Super Bowl played on February 3, collides with Mardi Gras season in what many locals call "Super Gras". (REUTERS/Jeff Haynes)
One thing about New Orleans, tragedies aside, is it’s always ready for a party.
This is the American home of late night.
The town that invented overindulgence.
New Orleans is almost everything the NFL is: A good time, a little bit dirty, occasionally troubling, but full of food and music and energy and everything entertainment.
It may not be what it once was after all it has been through, but this is a comfort zone place for the Super Bowl.
