Super Bowl LIX is in New Orleans. This is the 11th Super Bowl being played in New Orleans, tied with Miami as the most of any city. Eight have bene played at the Caesars Superdome, more than any other venue. Super Sunday in 2025 is Feb. 9. It pits the Philadeslphia Eagles against the Kansas City Chiefs.
With that in mind PubClub.com, which has been in New Orleans so many times it’s almost like a second home, provides these Super Bowl LIX tips for safety, food & drinks and the bars and nightlife of Bourbon Street.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., ET, or 5:30 New Orleans time. It will be broadcast on Fox. The halftime headliner is rapper Kendrick Lamar.
Is New Orleans Safe?
The Big Easy will be one of the safest places in the world to be for the Super Bowl. Security will be everywhere and while there is always the possibility that something could happen, that is the case anywhere.
On a normal basis, New Orleans is a very safe place for tourists. Just be sure and stick to the main areas and don’t stray too far away from the Superdome. The main areas as the French Quarter, Canal Street, Midtown and Frenchman Street, which is where you want to go if you want to escape the tourists and mingle with the Creoles (New Orleans locals).
Security For Super Bowl LIX
Security for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans will be tight. It was always going to be that way but after the New Year’s Eve incident on Bourbon Street, it’s going to be tighter than a cheerleader’s outfit. Expect a huge police presence around the Stadium the day of the game and on Bourbon Street and throughout the French Quarter all week. Barricades will be in place, dogs will be sniffing around other security measures will be in place all over the city.
If all this inconvenient to you, just deal with it. This is, unfortunately, the world in which we live in today.
All this being said, New Orleans officials will be doing everything in thier power to maintain the city’s Laissez les bons temps – let the good times roll – mentality. Mardi Gras parades are already underway but don’t really get going until the last two weeks of February building up to Fat Tuesday, which in 2025 is March 4.
Bourbon Street Tips
1.) Stick to the Same Color of Drink. In New Orleans, there are cocktails in a kaleidoscope of colors: Red, various shades of blue, yellow, even green. Don’t worry what’s in them, just don’t mix them. If you start out red (Hurricane), then stick with red. If you have an itching for a Hand Grenade at the Tropical Isle, then keep at it. DO NOT MIX Hurricanes and Tropical Itches, or any other color combination.
2.) Don’t Overdue It During Bourbon Street’s Happy Hour. It would be easy to go overboard before it’s even dark. That’s because there is a 2-for-1 and even 3-for-1 Happy Hours every day on Bourbon Street. With live bands, Super Bowl fans and the general upbeat atmosphere of Bourbon Street, it’s pretty lively scene. But watch out because while PubClub.com believes in living in the moment, it’s also important to think ahead to the Big Game. .
3.) Limit The Shots. In the festive atmosphere that is New Orleans, it’s easy to get carried away with the shots, Particularly when sexy girls are shoving tubes of various booze concoctions in your face from a tray. Be careful of overdoing these shots. Some are full of sugar which helps fuel a hangover but most importantly, you’re drinking so much and for so long that doing shots is like a piling-on penalty in the Superdome.
New Orleans Food Tips
1.) Don’t Overeat Krystal Burgers or Lucky Dogs at the End of the Night. It’s easy to walk up to a Lucky Dog cart or see those tiny little burgers at Krystal on Bourbon Street and think you need several of them. That’s until you wake up the next morning and see the little boxes from Krystal scattered everywhere in the room. That’s when you stomach starts to growl and you say, for the first of many times, “I should NOT have had that last drink!”
2.) Famous New Orleans Food. Items you wil find on nearly every menu in New Orleans are gumbo, jambalaya and beignets. Budget restaurants also have Po Boys, sandwiches made with special bread; the shrimp Po-Boy is a speciality. A few places also have muffalettas, a cold Sicilian-influenced sandwich with a lot of meats; the original place is Central Grocery on Decatur Street in the Quarter where a whole one is the size of an SUV’s steering wheel. Brennan’s Vieux Carré Restaurant on Bourbon Street created Bananas Foster.
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