"So anyway," Landrieu continued, "we are going to figure this out for him, and we are going to remin

Less than nine months until Super Bowl XLVII kicks off in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the New Orleans cheap travel tickets Super Bowl Host Committee and the Saints cheap travel tickets announced cheap travel tickets Chevron as one of its major corporate sponsors Wednesday during the "Wednesdays at the Square" concert series at Lafayette cheap travel tickets Square.
Chevron will serve as the host committee's cheap travel tickets volunteer services partner, and as part of the announcement, officials from Chevron, the host committee and the Saints said they are also kicking off a drive to find 8,000 volunteers for the Super Bowl.
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Although cheap travel tickets terms of Chevron's sponsorship, which a host committee executive termed as "substantial," were not revealed, the partnership has helped push the host committee's fundraising past $5 million. The host committee, which has a $12 million budget, hopes to raise at least $6 million privately, and it will get another $6 million from the state to put on the game.
"Chevron brings a different level of involvement to the table like we have never seen before," said Jay Cicero, the executive director of the host committee. "Their entire project team is involved with our volunteer management staff."
Before the news was announced, Mayor Mitch Landrieu cheap travel tickets helped ignite the crowd of about 2,500 at Lafayette Square by taking a shot at ESPN radio personality Colin Cowherd, who blasted New Orleans and questioned why so many major sporting events come to the city.
"I was listening to that guy, and I couldn't really believe that he said that," Landrieu said. "Maybe he doesn't believe that the city of New Orleans has hosted more Super Bowls than any city in America cheap travel tickets except Miami. ... Maybe he didn't hear that the All-Star game for the NBA is coming back here.
"So anyway," Landrieu continued, "we are going to figure this out for him, and we are going to remind the rest of America something they already know: that New Orleans puts on the best damn party of any other city anywhere in America."
Cicero, too, took time to address Cowherd's comments. As one of the most integral people in helping cheap travel tickets steer major sporting events to New Orleans, Cicero took offense to Cowherd's claim that New Orleans, which in the past five months has hosted cheap travel tickets the BCS title game and Final Four and in February will host the Super Bowl, was perhaps landing these events by default.
"He's obviously expressing his opinion, which he is entitled to," Cicero said. "But when you look at the facts of what we do, and to say that New Orleans has been given these events by default, is absolutely ludicrous. We are aggressive. We market. We go out and actively get these events. And when they come here, we do them better than any other city.
"And that's why they come here, not because it's by default and they just come to throw a party in the French Quarter. We've got to beat the other cities, not only financially, but in everything that we offer to convince them to come back."
cheap travel tickets VOLUNTEER SIGNUP: The host committee has set up a text messaging system to sign up volunteers for Super Bowl XLVII. People who wish to volunteer can text 63566 and type in "Super." The host committee is also accepting volunteers on its website, gnosports.com.