Super Bowl

BR Hotels Rake In $2.54 Million Over Super Bowl Weekend

Ashley Westerman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:37:59 +0000

Super Bowl XLVIIgenerated a major boost for Baton Rouge tourism. That’s according to Smith Travel Research, which tracks hotel occupancy nationwide, and capital city tourism officials are pleased with the numbers.

BR Gets Tourism Bump From Super Bowl Spill-Over

Ashley Westerman — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:42:05 +0000

Preliminary data from the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation shows Super Bowl XLVII brought an estimated 150,000 visitors to New Orleans, and is expected to rake in an estimated $432 million for the city’s economy.

Just about 80 miles up the road here in the capital city, tourism spill-over from the Super Bowl-boom gave Baton Rouge a bit of an economic bump as well.

Visit Baton Rouge President and CEO Paul Arrigo says Baton Rouge started planning for Super Bowl 2013 in 2009, when New Orleans was initially chosen for the site.

MONDAY: Investment Advisors Andy Anderson & Eiad Asbahi, NFL Great Jim Taylor, CNN's Jake Tapper

Jim Engster — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:31:27 +0000

Jim talks investments, and which is better right now: mutual funds or stocks? Investment advisors B.F. "Andy" Anderson and Eiad Asbahi discuss the merits and possible pitfalls of both.

Former LSU Tiger and pro football Hall of Famer Jim Taylor, who was at Super Bowl 47 in New Orleans Sunday.

CNN news anchor and Washington correspondent Jake Tapper talks about his recent move from ABC News, and his new book, "The Outpost".

Player's Mom Caters To Baltimore Ravens Team

editor — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:52:00 +0000

Transcript

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.

The San Francisco 49ers are the favorites to win the Super Bowl, but the Baltimore Ravens have a special source of fuel. Raven Jacoby Jones is from New Orleans, where the game will be played, and his mom made the team 150 plates of food. Jones describes the feast as, quote, "gumbo, jambalaya, potato salad, bread pudding, macaroni - the whole nine yards."

Finally, somebody used that cliche in a sport where it makes sense.

It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

FRIDAY: Louisiana GOP Chairman Roger Villere, LSU Mass Comm. Professor Jensen Moore

Jim Engster — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:39:46 +0000

Louisiana Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere talks about Governor Bobby Jindal, Senator David Vitter and the future of the state GOP.

From the LSU Manship School of Mass Communications, Dr. Jensen Moore talks about the highly expensive and often controversial Super Bowl commercials

TUESDAY: 49ers Archivist Jerry Walker, PBS Host Dennis Wholey, Former LABI Head Ed Steimel

Jim Engster — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:48:51 +0000

Jim talks with San Francisco 49ers team archivist Jerry Walker about the Super Bowl.

A visit with Dennis Wholey, host of PBS's "This Is America"

Jim chats with former LABI and PAR head Ed Steimel about his life and times, at 91 years of age.

Lt. Gov. Criticizes Jindal, Looks Forward to 2016

Lisa Lovello — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:02:42 +0000

Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne is looking ahead to 2016. At the Baton Rouge Press Club today, Dardenne anticipated that Gov. Jindal would be running for president and indicated he would consider running to be the chief executive of Louisiana.