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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A golden-lit fleur de lis, a public concert stage and the familiar excesses along Bourbon Street were the focus of thousands of New Orleans visitors late Tuesday (Dec. 31).
New Year’s Eve revelers awaited the final countdown to 2025 in the French Quarter with a chilly night of music, laughter, beverages and fireworks along the curve of the Mississippi River.
Tank and the Bangas and local brass band favorite Bonerama played the free concert that ended 2024 and ushered in the new year. The last 10 seconds were to be counted down as the fleur de lis glowing at the Jax Brewery building was lowered across from Jackson Square.
Tourism officials said hotel occupancy rates were high in the city, both for the holiday and from an influx of college football fans in town for Wednesday’s Allstate Sugar Bowl between the University of Georgia and Notre Dame University.
Many of those football fans lined the streets of the French Quarter earlier Tuesday, reaching for throws from riders in the annual Sugar Bowl Parade that rolled at 2 p.m.
The Sugar Bowl is scheduled to kick off Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. at Caesars Superdome.
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