When it comes to Super Bowl parades, we don't usually see one until a team actually wins the game, but in New Orleans, they do things differently and that's a big reason why the city decided to hold a parade the day BEFORE the Super Bowl.

The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a stabbing that happened in the French Quarter on Sunday. This stabbing comes as security has been heightened for the Super Bowl. According to the NOPD, the stabbing was reported in the 1000 block of Decatur Street.

If visitors want to explore the French Quarter during Super Bowl weekend, they'll have to do it on foot with numerous street closures and armed guards at every intersection.

As we gear up for the Super Bowl, Eagles fans are excited for the Birds to take the field, but the real show-stopper is what they're playing for: the Lombardi Trophy.

The parade is followed by the Absinthe Ball at the Fillmore. Its theme is Candy Hearts Run Free. There’s entertainment by the demonic ABBA cover band BAAB, plus aerialists, circus arts performers. The ball is open to the public, and the doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $82 via fillmorenola.com .

Mardi Gras floats with bead-tossing revelers cruised through New Orleans on Saturday as the city celebrated its record-tying 11th Super Bowl hosting gig with a stout security presence after a New Year's Day attack.

Never a city short on color, New Orleans has been looking positively brightly adorned in recent days, as the city undergoes its makeover for Super Bowl LIX.