NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has a ticket to the Super Bowl and the taxpayers are footing the bill.
Nagin expressed shock last week that as the city's chief executive, he only had been offered the option to buy tickets in a "nosebleed section" of Sun Life Stadium in Miami, where the Saints make their Super Bowl debut Sunday.
Nagin said Thursday the city paid for his ticket after consulting with the city attorney on whether he should find another way to pay for the ticket.
But Nagin said he was told that city hall could foot the bill, especially since New Orleans was chosen last year to host Super Bowl XLVII at the Superdome.
A Nagin spokesman tells The Times-Picayune that tickets were purchased for the mayor and his security detail.
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Information from: The Times-Picayune, http://www.nola.com
