Super Bowl LIX is set for Feb. 9 in New Orleans, and we're counting down the days until the game takes place in the Superdome with a look back on

If you were lucky enough to reserve a room at Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans before it sold out, you’ll enjoy guest-only Super Bowl weekend programming, including daily live music, Chandelier Bar tastings and access to the onsite restaurants and bar (the outlets will close to non-guests).

The big picture: Carnival and the Super Bowl have the federal government's highest security threat rating this year, opening the city to extensive federal support. That'll result in some changes to how New Orleans hosts tens of thousands of NFL fans, and how it experiences its biggest annual celebration.

Ever since Gov. Jeff Landry tapped him to wrangle the public, private and nonprofit groups racing to get the city ready for Super Bowl LIX, Greater New Orleans Inc. CEO Michael Hecht has been slowly but surely checking items off a 500-plus item to-do list.

New Orleans officials will deploy stiffer barriers on some downtown roadways ahead of the the big game in February after an attacker barreled down Bourbon Street on New Year's Day, killing 14 people.

One week after the deadly attack on Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, New Orleans has brought in a security expert to help guide the city's plans in the near future. As the city faces lawsuits and investigations concerning the supposed mismanagement of safety barriers,

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