by Mary Kilpatrick

Two women took the phrase, “Get a room,” a little too literally on Valentine’s Day. The criminals obtained a master key to the Hyatt Place Convention Center Hotel (881 Convention Center Blvd.) on Feb. 14, and around 7:55 p.m., began stealing hotel guests’ laptops, according to NOPD.

by Sarah Esenwein

Stacy Head’s push for increased food trucks began with festivals in Central City, and it has grown to a citywide conversation about the pros and cons of mobile vittles. City Council members convened this morning to hear consideration of new proposals put forward by Councilwoman Stacy Head designed to govern the city’s burgeoning food truck population.

Despite the increased police presence around the CBD on Sunday, the iPhone snatchers didn't take the night off for the Super Bowl. About 9:25 p.m. at the corner of Common St. and St. Charles Ave., an unsuspecting man had his iPhone taken from him by an armed man.

As branding reaches new peaks to usher in Super Bowl XLVII, some citizens are concerned that NFL is taking top priority over NOLA.

With Super Bowl XLVII a little more than a week away, the City has initiated its second phase of road closings.  If you work in the downtown area, especially near the Super dome, or the CBD you may want to rethink your normal route.  Starting tomorrow, January 26, traffic restrictions already in place near the Dome will only get worse.  

by Samantha Hilsenrod

There are signs the Super Bowl is coming to town. Many huge signs measuring as large as 198 feet tall and 51 feet wide, to be exact. Local company Crystal Clear Imaging has begun the tall task of “wrapping” four buildings in the CBD. 

The Vietnamese food craze in the Big Easy is getting close to a plateau, but Asian dining is still on the rise. Coming up in March, the CBD will welcome Lucky Rooster, a Pan-Asian resto from some of the city’s finest chefs and restaurateurs.

We're less than a month until the Super Bowl between two teams that aren't the Saints arrives in New Orleans. While the excitement of the big party is getting as thick as a filled King Cake, there's also a reality for CBD commuters and other locals: traffic is only going to get worse. A day before Carnival's arrival, the City kicked off the season of traffic closures in anticipation of the Big Game on Saturday.

Three people were killed Sunday night, and two men were stabbed in the French Quarter and CBD over the weekend in New Orleans, according to New Orleans police. A cab driver was among the people killed in an apparent robbery on Sunday night, according to police.

Updated 1 p.m.

Street construction in the French Quarter and CBD has already reminded us that the Super Bowl is coming soon. Right after the Sugar Bowl ends, more roads will close as a result of the big game on Feb. 3. From Jan. 5-25, the Superdome exit off Interstate 10 will close, and even more barricades will go up on the weekend of the game. according to maps released by the city today. Click through to view them all.