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This is not ‘breaking news’.. Not directing this at the OP, since I’ve seen it as Breaking News this morning on other sites as well, but my brother has a company that does a little bit of contract work for the City of NO, and he told me way back in March of this year, when the pandemic and lockdowns were first starting - that word from the Mayor’s office is that there would be no Mardi Gras in 2021.. i thought he was mistaken so I asked him to repeat himself, but he said that’s right, 2021.. He is in no way an ‘insider’ with any special clearance or whatever, so if my brother has known for 7 or 8 months, then it’s pretty common knowledge... and honestly, when you sit back and realize that Mardi Gras 2021 is less than 3 months from today, then it’s a no-brainer to cancel it.
I think it's only breaking in the sense that it's official now? It's certainly not been a secret that this would happen, but I don't recall any official announcement of the cancellations.