That we most definitely do. It really boils down to we host a massive 4 day event every signal year that being the big weekend of Mardi Gras and Jazzfest is pretty much a semi-massive 2 weekend event we do every year. It comes down to practice and repetition. There is no city in America as practiced at doing mega events as the New Orleans metro is. I am sure Nashville will bring this to the table as well but there also really is no substitute for southern hospitality.
We do have some shortcomings. Florio wrote last week that NOLA shoukd be in a 4 year rotation with some random city and Las Vegas and Miami. He linked this article:
https://frontofficesports.com/the-battle-for-the-super-bowl-can-new-orleans-still-host-the-big-game/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FOS AM Feb 7 2025&utm_content=FOS AM Feb 7 2025+CID_52f8fb50b0376ae01638121ac47c3b12&utm_source=FOS Daily Newsletter&utm_term=The Battle for the Super Bowl Can New Orleans Still Host the Big Game
Which he said has NFL front office fingerprints on it. Some of which I agree with some I don’t. We could indeed use some more reasonably priced hotel rooms and infact some of that is popping up just across the river in Gretna. We also need a better venue for the NFL honers. The Sanger is smallish as is the Orphium. If they ever get the river front Pelicans arena built they may want to think about that in its construction. All and all if that’s all they are cuttting up about we got it made. Their complaints about the Dome are unfounded. It isn’t Los Angeles or Jerry World but it’s not bad at all. Who ever wrote this obviously had not been to the dome since it was redone.