SPORTS.
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New Orleans will host several events in the next few years, including:
• 2012 NCAA Men’s Final Four
• 2012 BCS National Championship
• 2013 NCAA Women’s Final Four
• 2013 Super Bowl
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has committed to New Orleans through the 2014 bowl season
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New Orleans will host several events in the next few years, including:
• 2012 NCAA Men’s Final Four
• 2012 BCS National Championship
• 2013 NCAA Women’s Final Four
• 2013 Super Bowl
The Allstate Sugar Bowl has committed to New Orleans through the 2014 bowl season
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AIRPORT
There are plenty of flights into New Orleans! Currently, Louis Armstrong New Orleans
International Airport offers 117 flights serving 33 cities.
There are plenty of flights into New Orleans! Currently, Louis Armstrong New Orleans
International Airport offers 117 flights serving 33 cities.
SAFETY AND CRIME
Crime exists in all major cities. In New Orleans, 99 percent of violent crime is targeted
criminal-on-criminal drug and retaliation acts which occur in inner-city neighborhoods, not in
popular tourist areas.
As with any destination, we recommend that vacationers and convention attendees practice
common sense and do not wander into deserted, non-tourist areas of the city.
Crime exists in all major cities. In New Orleans, 99 percent of violent crime is targeted
criminal-on-criminal drug and retaliation acts which occur in inner-city neighborhoods, not in
popular tourist areas.
As with any destination, we recommend that vacationers and convention attendees practice
common sense and do not wander into deserted, non-tourist areas of the city.
CURRENT POST-KATRINA POPULATION
According to GCR & Associates, roughly 72-75 percent of the population or 327,000
residents have returned to New Orleans proper with GCR estimating 454,000 residents prior
to Hurricane Katrina. According to the August 24, 2008, issue of The Times-Picayune, Post-
Katrina, the metropolitan New Orleans area has 1,165,440 residents. Pre-Katrina, this
number was approximately 1.3 million.
New Orleans’ hospitality industry is the city’s largest employer with a workforce that is over
70,000 strong
According to GCR & Associates, roughly 72-75 percent of the population or 327,000
residents have returned to New Orleans proper with GCR estimating 454,000 residents prior
to Hurricane Katrina. According to the August 24, 2008, issue of The Times-Picayune, Post-
Katrina, the metropolitan New Orleans area has 1,165,440 residents. Pre-Katrina, this
number was approximately 1.3 million.
New Orleans’ hospitality industry is the city’s largest employer with a workforce that is over
70,000 strong
WEATHER
The average temperature during the coldest month of the year, January, is 64 degrees F.
The average temperature during the coldest month of the year, January, is 64 degrees F.
AIRPORT TAXI RATE
$33 for one or two persons to downtown and French Quarter. ($12 additional person)
$33 for one or two persons to downtown and French Quarter. ($12 additional person)
MOVIES RECENTLY PRODUCED OR IN PRODUCTION IN NEW
ORLEANS:
THE PAPERBOY starring Nicole Kidman & John Cusack
NOW YOU SEE ME starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, and Morgan Freeman
PARKER starring Jennifer Lopez
VIPAKA starring Anthony Mackie
BULLET TO THE HEAD starring Sylvester Stallone
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION starring Channing Tatum / Bruce Willis
DJANGO UNCHAINED staring Jamie Foxx ( A Quentin Tarantinomfilm )
BROKEN CITY - Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe
DOG FIGHT - Will Ferrell
ORLEANS:
THE PAPERBOY starring Nicole Kidman & John Cusack
NOW YOU SEE ME starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, and Morgan Freeman
PARKER starring Jennifer Lopez
VIPAKA starring Anthony Mackie
BULLET TO THE HEAD starring Sylvester Stallone
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION starring Channing Tatum / Bruce Willis
DJANGO UNCHAINED staring Jamie Foxx ( A Quentin Tarantinomfilm )
BROKEN CITY - Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe
DOG FIGHT - Will Ferrell
VISITORS HINT:
We locals go to Cafe Du Monde at night. (You won't see locals
waiting in line in the morning - plus we don't get up that early.)
This must do attraction never closes - open 24 hours a day.
Beignets (Creole donuts) are served with Cafe Au Lait
(Located on Decatur St by Jackson Square)
We locals go to Cafe Du Monde at night. (You won't see locals
waiting in line in the morning - plus we don't get up that early.)
This must do attraction never closes - open 24 hours a day.
Beignets (Creole donuts) are served with Cafe Au Lait
(Located on Decatur St by Jackson Square)
TWO NEW HOSPITALS
are currently under
construction in New Orleans.
are currently under
construction in New Orleans.
"DJANGO UNCHAINED" is being produced and partly financed The Weinstein
Co., which is no stranger to Louisiana. Among the locally shot titles it has acquired for
distribution are the Miley Cyrus action-comedy "So Undercover," the Brad Pitt action film
"Cogan's Trade" and the Kate Hudson dramatic comedy "A Little Bit of Heaven," all of
which were shot in New Orleans and all of which have yet to hit theaters.
Co., which is no stranger to Louisiana. Among the locally shot titles it has acquired for
distribution are the Miley Cyrus action-comedy "So Undercover," the Brad Pitt action film
"Cogan's Trade" and the Kate Hudson dramatic comedy "A Little Bit of Heaven," all of
which were shot in New Orleans and all of which have yet to hit theaters.
| MARDI GRAS 2011 last day of Carnival is Tuesday, February 21 (see our Mardi Gras page) |
A NIGHT TO MAKE IT RIGHT - GALA
On March 10 at Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Brad
Pitt and Ellen DeGeneres will host “A Night to Make
It Right” with special guests Randy Jackson and
performances by Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, Seal and
local favorite Dr. John and friends. The benefit gala
will raise vital funds for the completion of 150
environmentally friendly homes.
On March 10 at Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Brad
Pitt and Ellen DeGeneres will host “A Night to Make
It Right” with special guests Randy Jackson and
performances by Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, Seal and
local favorite Dr. John and friends. The benefit gala
will raise vital funds for the completion of 150
environmentally friendly homes.
The pilot for a new TV series on USA network is
currently filming. (February 2012)
The show is titled "Common Law".
currently filming. (February 2012)
The show is titled "Common Law".
Tom Hanks filming in New Orleans:
Sony Pictures’ feature film Maersk Alabama (A Captain’s Duty) starring Tom Hanks will
shoot February 13, 2012 to May 2012 in New Orleans.
Sony Pictures’ feature film Maersk Alabama (A Captain’s Duty) starring Tom Hanks will
shoot February 13, 2012 to May 2012 in New Orleans.
| New Orleans Opera Association Richard Strauss' SALOME March 2 & 4, 2012 Ruggero Leoncavallo's PAGLIACCI and Carl Orff's CARMINA BURANA April 27 & 29, 2012 |