Local
organizers of Super Bowl 2013 are holding the last in a series of news media
briefings on Wednesday about preparations for New Orleans to host the massive
event. The NFL’s championship game kicks off at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in
18 days with a plethora of related events beginning about a week before that.
The agenda
for the media luncheon, taking place at the House of Blues, includes remarks
from the political pundit couple and co-chairs of the New Orleans Super Bowl
Host Committee James Carville and Mary Matalin, Quint Davis, the rganizer of
the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival who is running a free festival in
Woldenberg Park in conjunction with the Super Bowl and New Orleans Mayor Mitch
Landrieu.
The festival
along the Mississippi River, called Super Bowl Boulevard, will include music,
food, games and the display of the towering Roman numeral XLVII, a monument to
professional football’s 47th championship game. Davis is set to make
announcements about the performer lineup and schedule.
Landrieu is
scheduled to discuss the “state of the city.” Government agencies have been
undertaking widespread infrastructure improvements in advance of the game,
including French Quarter street restoration, construction of a new streetcar
line in the Central Business District and renovations at Louis Armstrong
International Airport.
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