Getting Ready for Mardi Gras
New Orleans’ 140th celebration of Mardi Gras begins Feb. 9 and ends 12 days and about 60 parades later on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Visitors may obtain tourism information from the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors’ Bureau, 1520 Sugar Bowl Drive, New Orleans, LA 70112; tel. (504) 566-5068.
Lodging information is available from the Greater New Orleans Hotel & Motel Assn., 150 Baronne St., New Orleans LA, 70112; (800) 695-2264.
The 20th edition of Arthur Hardy’s Mardi Gras Guide is available for $6.50 from Arthur Hardy Enterprises, P.O. Box 19500, New Orleans, LA 70179. Orders are shipped the day they are received.
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