New Orleans Mardi Gras Still On
New Orleans city officials on Wednesday announced a scaled-down plan for next year’s Mardi Gras celebration that will still cover both of its traditional weekends but be four days shorter than usual. The hurricane-battered city’s plan is to allow eight days of festivities for the annual pre-Lenten party, and to consider corporate sponsorships to help defray the city’s cost, said Ernest Collins with city’s Office of Economic Development.
The compromise, which still requires the mayor’s approval, calls for parades during the weekend of Feb. 18-19, and the following Thursday, Feb. 23, through Mardi Gras, Feb. 28. Overtime for police may be possible on Mardi Gras and the weekend when some of the biggest parades roll through the city, Collins said. Only eight hours of parades would be allowed the other days.
Source: Washington Post
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