Most Big Easy residents will be watching the game from the comfort of their own living rooms, or their favorite bar stools. Here are some restaurants and bars with giant screens and good deals for the big game.

New Orleans police are investigating a Saturday morning parking garage robbery in the French Quarter, and released video of the incident in hopes of tracking down the suspect. About 6 a.m., a woman was walking back to her car in a parking garage in the 200 block of N. Rampart St., and was stopped by a man who looked to be in his early 20s, according to police.

The New Orleans music scene gets a little bigger this weekend as famous musicians from across the country set their destinations to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII.  Every corner of the city offers surprise guests, football players and hip-hop stars of all kinds. On the Riverwalk, it'll begin to look a lot like French Quarter Fest Thursday night with the Quint Davis-produced Super Bowl Blvd. bringing the best of the South Louisian circuit.

by Sarah Esenwein

Good Morning America is bringing its Times Square concert series down from New York City and joining the Super Bowl Tailgate festivities, and Louisiana native and country superstar Tim McGraw is coming with them. Country music being for the people, the public is invited to come down and participate.

A man wearing a chef's hat cooked up a robbery scheme in the French Quarter Tuesday, and NOPD is on the chase. About 8:30 p.m., a man was walking in the 1100 block of Bourbon St., when the 6 ft. 5 in. tall man in a chef's hat (composite sketch pictured) approached him. The man pretended to trip in front of the Bourbon Street stroller, then grabbed him and wrestled him to the ground.

by Sarah Esenwein

With Mardi Gras ongoing, the Super Bowl this weekend and the many large-scale events to come in New Orleans, Verizon has taken an invested and disciplined spending approach to building a permanent coverage infrastructure, ever capable of handling the demand of cell and wifi needs of locals and visitors. 

Thanks to new video, police are looking to get into the driver's seat of a French Quarter investigation. NOPD is seeking to ID and catch a car thief who ditched his ripped off ride. About 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 19, a man parked his 2005 red Toyota Corolla at the intersection of Iberville and Burgundy. The keys were inside the car, and the car was running. At some point while the owner was out of the car, a man jumped in and sped off.

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

If the Mayor's fact-spittin' and CBD gridlock aren't enough indication that Super Bowl XLVII is almost here, a stroll through the French Quarter will do. The Vieux Carre is slated to become the backdrop for the world's largest media convergence, and that requires a little setup. Click through for a photo essay of the progress as of Friday:

A conversation with a stranger in the French Quarter quickly turned into a robbery and attack for one visitor this week, and NOPD is looking for one of the assailants, according to a news release. About 5:20 a.m. Tuesday, a man left his hotel to take a walk around the Quarter. When on Bourbon St., he was approached by a transgender person who tried to strike up a conversation, according to police.