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It is a prominent tourist destination as well as a destination for major events, having hosted eight [[Super Bowl]]s, four College Football National Championship games, five NCAA Basketball Final Fours, the (infamous) Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard "no mas" boxing match (a rematch of an earlier fight; in this fight Duran quit at the end of round eight saying "no mas", Spanish for "no more"), two WWE WrestleMania events, the 1988 Republican National Convention, and an address by [[Pope John Paul II]] to 80,000 children in 1987.
It is a prominent tourist destination as well as a destination for major events, having hosted eight [[Super Bowl]]s, four College Football National Championship games, five NCAA Basketball Final Fours, the (infamous) Roberto Duran-Sugar Ray Leonard "no mas" boxing match (a rematch of an earlier fight; in this fight Duran quit at the end of round eight saying "no mas", Spanish for "no more"), two WWE WrestleMania events, the 1988 Republican National Convention, and an address by [[Pope John Paul II]] to 80,000 children in 1987.
[[File:NO-1815.jpg|thumb|450px|Battle of New Orleans]]
===Battle of New Orleans 1815===
===Battle of New Orleans 1815===
A major British invasion force was defeated in Jan. 1815 by General [[Andrew Jackson]], during the [[War of 1812]].
A major British invasion force was defeated in Jan. 1815 by General [[Andrew Jackson]], during the [[War of 1812]].
===Katrina 2005===
===Katrina 2005===
[[Image:Storm gustav.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Mon Sep 1, 2008, 3:25 AM, before "[[Hurricane Gustav]]", a man hauls bags down Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.]]
Hurricane Katrina passed east of New Orleans on August 29, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina passed east of New Orleans on August 29, 2005.
New Orleans was voted [[America's most dangerous cities|America's Most Dangerous City]] in 2008 by the Congressional Quarterly Press.
New Orleans was voted [[America's most dangerous cities|America's Most Dangerous City]] in 2008 by the Congressional Quarterly Press.
[[Image:Storm gustav.jpg|left|thumb|320px|Mon Sep 1, 2008, 3:25 AM, before "[[Hurricane Gustav]]", a man hauls bags down Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.]]
===2020 Black Lives matter riots===
[[File:LaToya Cantrell.PNG|rleft|300px|thumb|New Orleans Democrat mayor LaToya Cantrell making an obscene gesture a group of constituents.<ref>https://www.kalb.com/2023/02/19/mayor-cantrell-seen-yelling-making-obscene-gesture-passing-carnival-float/</ref>]]
*[[New Orleans]]: Democrat Mayor LaToya Cantrell praised Black Lives Matter until a mob converged on her home. ''NOLA'' reported:
{{quotebox-float|Cantrell issued a scathing rebuke of their actions, saying they scared her daughter and should take their concerns to state lawmakers. In an open letter released late Tuesday, Cantrell praised the Black Lives Matter movement that has inspired protests across the nation in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, but condemned demonstrators who used the movement’s rallying cry when they converged on her home.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/new-orleans-mayor-latoya-cantrell-cheers-black-lives-matter-except-outside-house/</ref>}}
==Music==
==Music==