Eat your way through the Guy Fieri Flavortown Tailgate at Mardi Gras World on Feb. 9. Pregame with the spiky-haired chef at the world’s largest tailgate and watch performances by Diplo, Flavor Flav and local rockers Cowboy Mouth.

Ever since Gov. Jeff Landry tapped him to wrangle the public, private and nonprofit groups racing to get the city ready for Super Bowl LIX, Greater New Orleans Inc. CEO Michael Hecht has been slowly but surely checking items off a 500-plus item to-do list.

One week after the deadly attack on Bourbon Street in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, New Orleans has brought in a security expert to help guide the city's plans in the near future. As the city faces lawsuits and investigations concerning the supposed mismanagement of safety barriers,