The New Year celebrations in the city included parties on Bourbon Street and a parade for the 2025 Sugar Bowl, one of New Orleans's major sporting events, which was scheduled to take place on the night of January 1 at Caesars Superdome between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Law enforcement had increased security in One person was wounded in a shooting on Bourbon Street Saturday night after a gun was accidentally discharged on the busy strip, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police were called Sunny skies and unusually warm weather fueled the street party fervor in New Orleans as the city celebrated Mardi Gras — Fat Tuesday — the annual, ebullient climax of Carnival season, marked With Mardi Gras just days away, New Orleans is boosting security to historic levels after a terror attack on the city's Bourbon Street killed 14 people on New Year's Day. One of the biggest Mardi Gras parades, the Krewe of Endymion, rolled down a major thoroughfare and just skirted Bourbon Street a few hours before the shooting. Typically, once the parades end Project NOLA camera shows the intersection of Canal & Bourbon Street several seconds before the January 1 terrorist attack. This image has been blurred by the source. - Courtesy Project NOLA Authorities at the scene of an attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on January 1. New Orleans now faces safety concerns for two major upcoming events, Super Bowl LIX and Mardi Gras. A Texas man plowed a pickup truck flying an ISIS flag through New Year’s Day revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing 15 and injuring more than 30 in an attack the FBI They included how to access a balcony on Bourbon Street, information about Mardi Gras, and he researched several shootings in the city, as late as mid-November. Just hours before the attack on One of the biggest Mardi Gras parades, the Krewe of Endymion, rolled down a major thoroughfare and just skirted Bourbon Street a few hours before the shooting. Typically, once the parades end Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 truck-ramming and shooting rampage on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter was allegedly carried out by a 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran investigators say was inspired by the ISIS terrorist group. Mardi Gras 2024 comes to a close with annual sweeping of Bourbon Street. ONE THAT WAS RELATIVELY SAFE DESPITE THAT EARLY MORNING TRIPLE SHOOTING. YEAH, THOSE LEADERS WERE ACTUALLY JUST BLOCKS Mardi Gras; Arthur Hardy - Mardi Gras Guide; Movies/TV; Music; Society; Where NOLA Eats; 21, was the most critically injured of 10 shooting victims on Bourbon Street last weekend. The nursing People view a memorial on Canal Street near Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, to honor the victims of the recent attack. STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE With Mardi Gras just days away, New Orleans is boosting security to historic levels after a terror attack on the city's Bourbon Street killed 14 people on New Year's Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 truck-ramming and shooting rampage on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter was allegedly carried out by a 42-year-old U.S “There are ways to prevent ramming attacks. There’s not yet a way to prevent people from walking on Bourbon Street and doing bad things.” Pedicab driver Jody “Cajun Queen” Boudreaux, 65, said Bourbon Street has always embodied New Orleans’ laissez-faire charm and she is not sure whether the city has the will to shore up its lax Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. Mardi Gras day on Bourbon Street, New Orleans. r/NewOrleans. r/NewOrleans. gear and philosophies behind shooting street. members. Go to FantasyBookers The shooting on the 700 block Bourbon Street about 2:45 a.m. Sunday, June 29, 2014, left 10 people injured. An unidentified woman was listed in critical condition that morning, police said.
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