Come here and give mama some Suga (Bowl) hot tips

[sonofdaxjones]

A good regional (going national) sports bar chain is Walk-On’s.  There’s one on Poydras near the CBD. the Cooper Vine next door is good.

[mocat]

American sports saloon at the north end of the quarter is p good if you're looking for a sports bar for some reason. Watched the 2020 afc championship game there upstairs

[Phil Titola]

A good regional (going national) sports bar chain is Walk-On’s.  There’s one on Poydras near the CBD. the Cooper Vine next door is good.

dax now suggesting chain bars a mile away from where ben ji is going to be. 

[DreamWeaver69]

Cooter Browns is the best sports bar in New Orleans, but you'll need to leave downtown for it, so I'm sure no one wants to go there, but that's where I always go for American sports ball.

[sonofdaxjones]

A good regional (going national) sports bar chain is Walk-On’s.  There’s one on Poydras near the CBD. the Cooper Vine next door is good.

dax now suggesting chain bars a mile away from where ben ji is going to be. 

Just some suggestions for the non TouristTimmy’s who don’t want to hang in some Bourbon Street shithole and watch games

[WildcatNkilt]

ben ji I'm supposed to fly out Friday early and change planes in Houston.  Even if I get out of KC, I'm afraid I'll get stuck in Houston.  I will probably drive tomorrow morning with bro and thinking of stopping in Vicksburg, MS as they look to have some Casinos.  Then Friday would be a shorter leg to NOLA. 

[DreamWeaver69]

Some of you will get to drive through Brittney Spears hometown if you go to Jackson and go south on 55

[mocat]

Some of you will get to drive through Brittney Spears hometown if you go to Jackson and go south on 55

in the mocat household, McComb, MS is primarily known as the hometown of Jarrod Dyson and Charvarius Ward

[DreamWeaver69]

 

What a town!

[Phil Titola]

If anybody cares looks like save your gas/hotel/food receipts and submit them to SWA

https://www.southwest.com/html/air/travel-disruption.html

[wetwillie]

I think you have a better chance of winning the lotto than seeing a dime from them

[Phil Titola]

I think you have a better chance of winning the lotto than seeing a dime from them

I'd agree.

[Phil Titola]

regarding parking - this should go without saying public parking in any city but clean out your car. It maybe trash, empty bag, 82 cents in change to you, but it will get your window broke.

See you on Bourbon, shoving off.

[ben ji]

ben ji I'm supposed to fly out Friday early and change planes in Houston.  Even if I get out of KC, I'm afraid I'll get stuck in Houston.  I will probably drive tomorrow morning with bro and thinking of stopping in Vicksburg, MS as they look to have some Casinos.  Then Friday would be a shorter leg to NOLA.

Yeah, I'm basically resigned to driving at this point. VROOM VROOM

[mocat]

this exact thing happened to me in january 2020 (flight delayed like 6 hours due to weather then canceled) so we rented a car and drove the whole way through the night. HUGE PRO TIP THAT I DID NOT FOLLOW is to make sure and split up the driving time among multiple people if you can. starting a long weekend in freaking new orleans on no sleep is the dumbest idea in a long list of dumb ideas that i've ever had. if you're renting a car, pay the extra whatever to have multiple drivers if it puts your mind at ease

[SkinnyBenny]

Two Questions

1. Backup plan is to drive if our flight gets cancelled. Our hotel is some small bougie place in the quarter and does not have parking. Where is a good/safe spot to park near the quarter/downtown? If we do have to drive down we probably won't go back to the car until we leave.

2. What sportsbars would you recommend in the French Quarter if I wanted to watch some CFP games after the katz win?

1. Honestly you should find a parking garage that’ll let you keep it there overnight and just pony up for it. It’s way safer. Decent amount of smash and grabs in New Orleans. I wouldn’t leave it just out in the open on a street overnight, at least over Sugar Bowl/NYE.

2. Manning’s and Walk-On’s. There are some smaller places in the quarter but none are that great.

[SkinnyBenny]

Cooter Browns is the best sports bar in New Orleans, but you'll need to leave downtown for it, so I'm sure no one wants to go there, but that's where I always go for American sports ball.

It’s great for tourney action, or huge games with local interest. The last few times I’ve gone there, though, it’s failed me because they haven’t been playing any game audio, just crap male genitals rock. But for Saints or LSU or March Madness, hell yeah.

[SkinnyBenny]

I mean you can find tons of places in the quarter to watch the games, don’t get me wrong. There’ll probably just be an element of either Bon Jovi cover bands or club hit Nnn-Tss-Nnn-Tss-Nnn-Tss-Nnn-Tss playing in the background, too.

[DreamWeaver69]

Cooter Browns is the best sports bar in New Orleans, but you'll need to leave downtown for it, so I'm sure no one wants to go there, but that's where I always go for American sports ball.

It’s great for tourney action, or huge games with local interest. The last few times I’ve gone there, though, it’s failed me because they haven’t been playing any game audio, just crap male genitals rock. But for Saints or LSU or March Madness, hell yeah.

Yeah, that happened to me too the last time I went there to watch a cats game. Still a pretty cool spot.

[SkinnyBenny]

Good bar food, on the streetcar line, oyster guy, it’s kind of a dream.

[ben ji]

ben ji I'm supposed to fly out Friday early and change planes in Houston.  Even if I get out of KC, I'm afraid I'll get stuck in Houston.  I will probably drive tomorrow morning with bro and thinking of stopping in Vicksburg, MS as they look to have some Casinos.  Then Friday would be a shorter leg to NOLA.

Yeah, I'm basically resigned to driving at this point. VROOM VROOM

My Flight is showing good for tomorrow and southwest sent me an email saying they are resuming normal operations on Friday....

[star seed 7]

You're getting scammed

[SkinnyBenny]

ben ji I'm supposed to fly out Friday early and change planes in Houston.  Even if I get out of KC, I'm afraid I'll get stuck in Houston.  I will probably drive tomorrow morning with bro and thinking of stopping in Vicksburg, MS as they look to have some Casinos.  Then Friday would be a shorter leg to NOLA.

Yeah, I'm basically resigned to driving at this point. VROOM VROOM

My Flight is showing good for tomorrow and southwest sent me an email saying they are resuming normal operations on Friday....

Bro…..I would not be rolling the dice like that. At least not without snorting a line of bee venom first for good luck.

I will also warn you all, the New Orleans airport baggage claim is a hot rough ridin' mess. Do your best to fit it all in a carry-on if you can. It will save you at least an hour.

[star seed 7]

I'm normally very pro-risk (everything works out in the end guy) and there is no way I would plan on that flight happening

[Trim]

Rent a car one way, figure out flight back later assuming everyone abandoned flight plans and there’ll be options?