The lead-up to New Orleans’ annual Mardi Gras season intensifies Friday with major nighttime parades down historic St. Charles Avenue and animal lovers gathering at a venerable French Quarter restaurant to pay tribute to four-legged faux royalty.
FILE - Members of the Krewe of Zulu parade throw beads from a float during Mardi Gras on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in New Orleans. The lead-up to New Orleans annual Mardi Gras celebration is intensifying with events big and small. Three parades are set for Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 along historic St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans.
“The impact this has on other homeless dogs, it just goes on and on,” Billie Jean's owner, Katherine Gelderman. “If you think about the complex logistics, over multiple neighborhoods, multiple krewes, multiple law enforcement agencies — this is like Times Square on New Year's Eve for two weeks,” Kelly Schulz of New Orleans & Company, the city tourism industry's trade association, said during a city news conference Thursday.and a shortage of police officers, which somewhat muted the celebration's comeback last year.
“We are seeing strong hotel bookings so far,” Schulz said. “We are seeing a lot of pent-up demand for travelers to come back to New Orleans. For many this will be their first time, since before COVID, experiencing Mardi Gras.”
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