All New Orleans bars closed for Mardi Gras; no loitering on Bourbon Street
I am surprised at this even considering last year.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - All bars will be closed for indoor and outdoor dining citywide from Friday, Feb. 12 through Mardi Gras day, Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced.
Liquor stores will be closed and liquor sales in the French Quarter will be banned.
Portions of the French Quarter will be closed to traffic. Closures will occur on Decatur, Bourbon, and Frenchmen Streets. Officers will be at every intersection of the closure, per NOPD. Claiborne Corridor will be fenced off. I am really concerned about Mardi Gras and the potential for super spreaders,” Cantrell said Thursday at the groundbreaking for a new shelter.
Governor John Bel Edwards said there will be an increased presence of state troopers, Fire Marshals, and ATC officers.
A video of large gatherings on Bourbon Street posted to Twitter spurred officials’ efforts to begin outlining ways to control crowd sizes.
More: ‘This risks lives’: Mayor Cantrell responds to video of large Bourbon Street crowd
Limits on takeout drinks and road closures were being discussed, according to city spokesman Beau Tidwell.
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February 05, 2021, 03:55 PM
GT-40DOC
I understand, but it is hard to believe that there will be no Mardi Gras!!
February 05, 2021, 03:57 PM
bigdeal
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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: More: ‘This risks lives’: Mayor Cantrell responds to video of large Bourbon Street crowd...
And what doesn't you complete moron! Fatty foods, cigarettes, obesity, diabetes, etc. Ya gonna ban everything to insure people don't risk their lives due to those factors too?
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February 05, 2021, 03:57 PM
Flash-LB
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Originally posted by ThankGod4Sig: But if mask work................
If masks work, why do we need social distancing? And if masks and social distancing work, why do we need vaccines?
February 05, 2021, 04:01 PM
lastmanstanding
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Originally posted by GT-40DOC: I understand, but it is hard to believe that there will be no Mardi Gras!!
I don't understand this ongoing escalating oppression what so ever. Perhaps you can clear it up?
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February 05, 2021, 04:33 PM
gearhounds
I’d be shocked if there wasn’t a large degree of drunken civil disobedience in the near future...
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February 05, 2021, 04:48 PM
snwghst
I listened to the press conference
The city COO blamed all the bars that have not abided by the on going restrictions for killing people basically
Latoya the Destroya (Mayor) threatened to shut down businesses permanently if they do not adhere to the new shut down
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February 05, 2021, 04:52 PM
rscalzo
A friend who lives outside of the city in Slidell said they cancelled a lot of the parades. So tourist traffic will be way down.
We’ve spent the last 4 days in New Orleans. It is dead. The few folks we have seen are masked indoors and out. A drive around the French Quarter was no different. We visited the WW2 Museum and it was dead as well. We’re lodging in Covington and for 2 of the evening dinners, we were the nay ones in the restaurants.
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February 06, 2021, 05:50 AM
Fredward
Hard to kill the economy if tourist are allowed to spend money.
February 06, 2021, 07:00 AM
Blume9mm
Went to New Orleans once...not at Mardi Gras....
I have never understood the attraction of getting stupid drunk and showing it in public....
It seems that's what down town was all about.
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February 06, 2021, 07:27 AM
Flash-LB
I've been there also, and also not at Mardi Gras, but I was under the impression that Nawlins was about the food and the partying was secondary.
February 06, 2021, 09:10 AM
Balzé Halzé
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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
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Originally posted by ThankGod4Sig: But if mask work................
If masks work, why do we need social distancing? And if masks and social distancing work, why do we need vaccines?
And if the "vaccines" work, why do we still need to wear masks and social distance?
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February 06, 2021, 09:20 AM
cne32507
Well, let's QUIT BITCHEN and have our own Mardi Gras!
February 06, 2021, 09:25 AM
caneau
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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
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Originally posted by ThankGod4Sig: But if mask work................
If masks work, why do we need social distancing? And if masks and social distancing work, why do we need vaccines?
Because they're both probabilistic not deterministic.
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