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Tourism Lobby Hustling

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Published Dec. 7, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

  The special interests that represent Louisiana's travelindustry are already stirring up their respective constituencies forwhat could be another major budget battle in 2010. Gov. BobbyJindal vetoed $2.2 million in tourism marketing funds earlier thisyear, bringing the total amount cu ...

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New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee Names Co-Chairs

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Published Sept. 2, 2009 at 8:57 a.m.

The New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee, at its inaugural press conference, announced today that James Carville and Mary Matalin will serve as the Host Committee Co-Chairs for Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. The formation of the Host Committee is the first step in preparation for hosting the world’s most special sporting event. The Committee will be responsible for fulfilling all the obligations of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and New Orleans Saints’ bid presented to the NFL. In May

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Make It Fare

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Published May 18, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

In a tourism-dependent city like New Orleans, it's essential to havereliable, readily available taxicabs. City government has recognizedthis need and has tried to make sure that any price adjustments arefair both to the cabbies and to the riders. Last month, however, a CityCouncil committee cut ...

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New Orleans Awarded Super Bowl XLVII

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Published May 19, 2009 at 9:53 a.m.

The City of New Orleans has been awarded Super Bowl XLVII, it was announced today by New Orleans Saints Owner Tom Benson. After exhaustive efforts by Benson, the Saints organization, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and other officials, Benson’s fellow NFL owners voted that the city will host the league’s championship game in 2013 ... Mr. Benson has led the bid to secure the game for his hometown. He enters his 25th season as Saints owner in 2009, and this is the fifth Super Bowl he

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Saints Make Impact

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Published April 29, 2009 at 11:57 p.m.

ECONOMIC IMPACT ... As one of the area’s top businessmen, New Orleans Saints Owner Tom Benson has recognized since taking over the team in 1985 that the club has a key role in supporting the local economy in addition to being a source of civic pride and common rallying point. The economic impact of the club includes total spending, total income, total employment and total state and local tax revenues due to operations of the Saints in the State of Louisiana. The fiscal impact of the Saints is

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Tourism not affected post Gustav and Ike!

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Published Sept. 28, 2008 at 10:10 a.m.

Some travelers have questioned whether Gustav and Ike had any major impact on New Orleans. We were fortunate in the immediate areas of the city to have lost only power for a few days. But all of our venues, restaurants, and tourist areas are back up and running.Come see what’s new like the Audubon Instutute’s [ ... ] ...

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