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The Mayor's Office of Cultural Economy is seeking up-to-date contact information for professionals in the cultural and creative industries interested in potential Super Bowl LIX opportunities, leading up to and on game day (February 9, 2025).

Information provided will be shared with the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, Super Bowl leadership, and NFL-affiliated stakeholders. Opportunities may include the NFL Experience, NFL Honors, Pre-Game Activities, Host Committee Events, Super Bowl Perimeter Activities, and many more.

Please submit information by Wednesday, August 28, 2024, for primary consideration. A link to the Call for Interest form can be found here. 

Learn More

To learn more about how our office works with the cultural economy through initiatives, partnerships, and community, and the impacts of that work, read or download Cultural Economy: Culture, Community, and Connection

 

Defining the Cultural Economy

Cultural Economy is defined as the people, enterprises, and communities that transform cultural skills, knowledge and ideas into economically productive goods, services and places.  There are six key segments:

  • Culinary Arts:  Food-related cultural products including food processing, specialty food products and locally-owned, full service restaurants (does not include franchise/non-local chain restaurants);
  • Design:  Individual designers and firms involved in the communication arts such as graphic design, printing, and advertising;
  • Entertainment:  The performing arts (music, theater, and dance), individual performers, and the film industries;
  • Literary Arts and Humanities:  Individual writers and editors and book, periodical, and newspaper publishing;
  • Preservation:  Economic activities focused on the restoration and redevelopment of the built environment including architecture, landscape architecture and a percentage of construction activity focused on preservation and renovation; and
  • Visual Arts and Crafts:  Individual artists and craftspeople as well as the galleries and museums that present cultural products.

 

General Contact for Cultural Economy

(504) 658-4900

Please request an appointment here.
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