CLEAN-WASHING

NFL Clean Zone, New Orleans LA.  Apparently this has happened in previous Super Bowl Cities, and ours is near-exact as Indianapolis's 2012 Clean Zone, civil liberties arguments and all.  In bringing in a large-scale event, the city is in effect trying to limit the scale of "undesirable" byproduct activities such as advertising, hanging in public places.

 Any temporary signage approved by the City of New Orleans, shall be required to consist of at least 60% Super Bowl / NFL Branding look and feel and no more than 40% third party commercial identification.

  At the same time, Mardi Gras Krewes are relocated at their own expense, businesses cut off by inane redevelopment, volunteers wasted on holding rich out-of-towner's hands, The city is spending "only" $13 million to put this on (Dallas spent $38 million in 2011.. not sure of the expenses breakdown of that $13mil, and what is not included), and expecting $185 million in returns for the efforts (Dallas made just over $200 mil.  This institution is INSANE).  The money will be going mostly to tourism-based endeavors + merch sales. Dont get me started on tourism industry's parasitic existence, keeping local workers in a servant class... my feebly-posi mind can only handle one negative rant at a time.

The Mississippi, most polluted river in the US, is part of the Clean Zone.  What is actually "clean"?  Advertising, elites wasting $, and brovibes make me feel like I've bathed in shitpuke.

 Watch out! How will the Clean Zone evolve between now and 2018?  NO has also officially put in a bid for the 2018 Super Bowl, this time to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the city.  WOW.  Im already sick of talking about football + researching it, what the heck is going on? 


HERES SOME LINKS
      * New Orleans Code Enforcement Clean Zone official pdf
      * Heres a paper from Marquette Law Review...  "Unconstitutional Hosting of the Super Bowl: Anti-Ambush Marketing Clean Zones' Violation of the First Amendment"
      *New Orleans Super Bowl Committee says "this is what we are doing to help the city"... volunteers escorting folks from the airport, volunteers putting in astroturf, CBD streetcar line (who cares), French Quarter road improvements (good thing all the other roads are smooth like all the tourist asses getting wiped), etc.  At least Hunter's Field is getting new lights, that spot is killer.
      *result of ACLU lawsuit
      *Michael Patrick Welch on Why the Super Bowl Screws New Orleans , part 2
      *evolution of NFL Clean Zone regulations
      *and a breath of fresh air reality, from"Occupy Group Fights New Orleans Super Bowl Clean Zone"

“No matter what the ordinance,” said Karen Dalton-Beninato, journalist and co-founder of the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund, “odds are locals will still be selling bottled water out of a cooler and working the ‘I know where you got them shoes’ grift somewhere within the Clean Zone.”