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New Orleans gears up for Super Bowl XLVII
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After years of costly preparations the city takes on Super Bowl XLVII
- Duration 2:25
- Date Jan 26, 2013
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Virtue ears this city planned for it worked on it and nearly -- says completed.
A task that other cities would consider overwhelming.
-- great city New Orleans.
Is ready for Marty Roth and we're ready for the Super Bowl.
47 I guarantee -- nobody is on both of these things -- the same time ever.
5000 members of the media are starting to arrive.
It is in fact.
The largest media platform.
In history the TV viewer -- for the last Super Bowl.
Was over 111.
Million viewers stories are being told on the international stage about New Orleans as Super Bowl 47 approaches.
And to take this opportunity.
To show the rest of the world -- -- -- Romans has come for a city that seven years ago was fifteen feet under water.
And the last on every list in America that mattered and now we find ourselves in a city that's on the world stage.
This city's goal is to welcome every football fan from the airport to the hotels into the streets with VIP treatment.
Projects to prepare included 305.
Million dollars in renovations at the airport.
336.
Million dollars at the superdome.
And -- of the convention center underwent nine.
Between the states the federal government and the city of New Orleans we invested 75 million dollars and highways streets sidewalks street cars.
-- -- -- With 150000.
Visitors in tam just for the Super Bowl.
And a lot more coming for Mardi Gras security is a priority.
We are all hands on deck chief Ronald -- -- says NO PD officers already had their assignments.
But we provided police service to our neighborhoods first.
When we created this plan we ensure that every single neighborhood in New Orleans will be covered we'll have police and even higher levels than normal.
About 300 officers from outside law enforcement agencies will also be -- to help this is a huge effort.
And the big story is this is not the end of the road for us.
This city's hope is to pull off the greatest Super Bowl ever and put New Orleans in a position to host to more in the future.
Don't run away the best place I was a Super Bowl and hopefully get eleven -- back here in 200810.
