Mack Bradley
Mack Bradley
increases percent sales
The only thing we can go by is sales and that increases 10 to 12 percent every year.
deal evolved fun orleans people range york
Now we get people from New York City, California, Colorado. It's a fun party. In the past, some people thought New Orleans was too big a deal and they didn't want to go through that. We also have a range of different events. Our Mardi Gras has evolved into a lot of very different experiences.
events greater growth katrina number potential throw year
Year after year, we've had growth with our events, Katrina aside. But when you throw Katrina in the mix, we have the potential for an even greater number of people.
happened model people
Nothing like this has ever happened before. There's no model for it. We could have 10 more people or we could have 10,000 more.
downtown running
We've got 20 shuttles running from downtown to the neighborhood all day long and they're free.
clean money police security seriously spending
We started working very seriously with police and the city. We are spending more money on security and clean up.
festival katrina mother nature winter
This is a winter festival and, Katrina aside, Mother Nature has as much to say about turnout as New Orleans.
area core either extra parade people provide talking
That's something that we were talking about doing anyway. This will provide people with something extra to do on either end of the core area of the parade zone.
fat float fun great music tuesday
It's going to be a great party. The float entries get better every year, the music will be very cool, and Fat Tuesday will be fun too.
great
You want to have a great event, but not because of someone else's misfortune.
people
Out of sensitivity to the people of New Orleans.