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Wasn’t aware and you’re right. In fact, I’ll say the new mayor and council, not only could do a lot of damage, they WILL do a lot of damage. Once they get a look at the numbers the NFL says they are going to bring in, they are going to try and bleed them dry.

If they were smart, the NFL would just build a nice stadium in Vegas, have the Super Bowl in the same place every year. Someplace that has pretty much morphed into the perfect location for all that stuff and has the infrastructure to support it.

New Orleans banned smoking in bars ,casinos ,restaurants etc. in 2015. It sounds good but this is New Orleans. A place where people went to to have fun, party and smoke if they feel so inclined. You can smoke at casinos in Mississippi so some folks just crossed the border to gamble.

I had not been to New Orleans in awhile but the first time I did go after the ban I can say it was strange to not see smoke wafting in the bars on Bourbon. Especially the blues bars and clubs. Dim lights and smoke add to the ambiance of a good blues bar, whether you smoke or not.

There was talk of banning open containers on the streets but that was going way over the line, even for the local banning crowd. No one has had the nerve to suggest a time limit on bars and alcohol sales. Not yet anyway.