Yo ikes you weren't alone in liking NOLA way more than you thought:
http://www.wwl.com/Will-Super-Bowl-c...to-Ne/15451904
Also a lot of early buzz that we're heavy favorites for 2018 Super Bowl because of how well the week went minus the lolblackout and it's the city's tricentennial. So you got East Rutherford and Glendale coming up, then apparently Miami/SF are fairly solid favorites for 2016 and 2017. Indianapolis and Denver are already bidding for 2018 I guess as well. I would love to have one again.
Just judging by driving around it seems like there are still a ton of football fans still in town, Mardi Gras is probably going to be slammed starting tomorrow.