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Not over my head at all I know exactly where he was going. But to answer the question. Last night and today was the smallest crowds I have ever seen at CF for Mardi Gras. Although admission is free they now have 4 to 5 designated entrance points where everyones bag is checked and is waned with the metal detector. At times the lines looked like Cajun field when they had some of the larger crowds and the entrances would get way backed up. In the long run the carnival goers persevered and no complaints were heard from those that were there. I am sure those who didn't go, who usually do, will have many complaints and reasons why they didn’t go. FYI. KK only goes because his two teenaged daughters likes the music of Wayne Toups and Travis Matte and company. I look forward more to tomorrow night and the weeks to come in that area.
Update still a bunch of hidie yies there today. Definitely not the same crowd as Saturdays in the fall. I just drove by and held my nose as I passed.
Cajun Field may have been sparse, but I've never seen those crowds along the parade route. Can't speak for Rio or Bonaparte, because we stayed in front of our neighborhood, but we walked the route a couple times yesterday and it was jammed packed from start to finish.
I really hope Gabriel isn't getting the revenues from parking at Cajun Field (which may even include RVs w/ hookups?). A friend who is involved in a few krewes says this is indeed the case.
Pretty sure we were told early on we had to pay for parking as UL couldn't "give" something of value (parking) away for free (but what about parking across Congress?).
That said, I don't have a problem paying for parking if its going to Athletics.
But frankly i'm gonna pizzed if the Greater Southwest Louisiana Mardi Gras Assocation is given the use of UL land for parking that THEY then collect revenues on.
Oh, and by the way, to the adult men who constructed a grandstand at the barricades and grabbed beads away from my 2 and 1/2 yo granddaugher?
Feel free to eat a bag of dix.