Quote Originally Posted by POD Knows View Post
I have been to NOLA a couple times on business and when we went the Quarter, we always traveled in fairly large packs and didn't really have any trouble but the city as a whole sucks balls, I am sorry, it just does.
N'Awlins is a great place for big events: Super Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Bayou Classic, and even Saints games because there is safety in numbers. Tens of thousands of fans walking along the main roads provides protection from assaults and armed robbery (not necessarily from pick-pockets). Unfortunately, the FCS championship is not that big and won't bring the same crowds.

Tulane's stadium is uptown and relatively safe, but it is in a residential area with few nearby accommodations and little to do, and a doubt the neighborhood would want the game. The main problem with New Orleans is that if a new visitor gets just one block off the safe routes, things can go bad quickly. If a hotel concierge tells you to take a cab for a 2-3 block ride ... listen to him.