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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2008, file photo, color lights play on the Louisiana Superdome at twilight before the BCS championship college football game in New Orleans. The NCAA has announced that New Orleans will host the 2022 men's basketball Final Four. The announcement, made Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, means New Orleans is set to host college basketball's men's semifinals and championship game for the sixth time — each time in the Superdome. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2014, file photo, a worker attaches a banner to a scaffolding in New Orleans in preparation of the NBA All-Star basketball game. The NBA has decided to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, because the decision hasn't been announced. New Orleans replaces Charlotte, which was set to host the game until the NBA decided last month that it wouldn't hold its marquee, mid-season event in North Carolina because of a state law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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I got booed out of my convention ... (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)
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Email Server (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)
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The Battle of New Orleans
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant greets fans as he leaves the court after an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans, Friday, April 8, 2016. The Pelicans won 110-102. Bryant says he will be retiring at the end of the season, thus his last NBA game in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Paramedics with New Orleans EMS transport Racquel Smith, wife of former New Orleans Saints' Will Smith, following a shooting in New Orleans late Saturday, April 9, 2016. The former New Orleans Saints player was fatally shot after a traffic accident. (Michael DeMocker/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; USA TODAY OUT; THE BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE OUT; THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Restaurant owner Hieu Doan, 41, talks with customers in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. “Namese,” a Vietnamese restaurant in New Orleans, infuses the famous flavors of New Orleans with traditional Asian favorites. New Orleans is a city where eating has long been a serious business. But 10 years ago, that seemed imperiled when Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches that flooded the coast threatened that rich culinary history. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
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Poke! (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)
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In this Nov. 21, 2014 photo, guests sit for a tasting in the main dining room of Brennan's Restaurant, a historic restaurant in the French Quarter in New Orleans. New Orleans’ tourism industry has rebuilt, rebounded and modernized in the 10 years since Katrina, and its restaurant scene has boomed. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Off and running! (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)
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On Gov. Bobby Jindal's watch, Orleans Parish, which includes downtown New Orleans, limited its cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying it would hold only illegal immigrants charged with murder, aggravated rape, kidnapping, treason or armed robbery, according to ICE. (Associated Press)
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FILE - This Jan. 26, 1997, file photo shows Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre celebrating after throwing a touchdown pass to Andre Rison during first quarter action at Super Bowl XXXI in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during the National Right to Life convention in New Orleans on July 10, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Flat Albert (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks during an interview with The Associated Press in New Orleans in this May 18, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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FILE - In a Nov. 28, 2012 file photo, David Rainey, center,a former BP vice president during the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, leaves Federal Court after being arraigned on obstruction of a federal investigation in New Orleans. Jury selection in a federal trial is set to begin Monday, June 1, 2015, in New Orleans for Rainey, who is accused of obstructing a congressional investigation into the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Rainey has pleaded not guilty to charges. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker talks during an interview with The Associated Press in New Orleans, Monday, May 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Lauryn Hill performs at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans on Nov. 1, 2014. (Barry Brecheisen/Invision/Associated Press) **FILE**
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Karisa Lambert, 14, is reunited with her Yorkshire terrier "Sam" — who was stolen in 2012, and picked up as a stray in Iowa — at New Orleans' international airport in Kenner, La., Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Thomas Lambert said his brother gave Sam to Karisa when she was 4 years old. The dog disappeared in June or July 2012 from their back yard, which is surrounded by woods in a rural part of the New Orleans suburb. “We had just given him up for dead,” he said. (AP Photo/Bill Fuller)
