> Where will tourists celebrate Mardi Gras after it's gone?

Mardi Gras is celebrated all along the Gulf Coast, from New Orleans to Pensacola. Go to a parade in Alabama, for example, and every third or fourth person will be from New Orleans - looking to escape the tourist nightmare their city becomes.

In other words, hopefully nowhere ;)

My point is that maybe tourism is a nightmare, but it drives a lot of the economy...something Louisiana can't take for granted.

Every king cake I've ever had was in Shreveport, but you and I both know tourists won't be flying there.