NEW ORLEANS – The city of New Orleans will hold a parade to honor the New Orleans Saints football team on Tuesday, February 9 at night, a city spokesperson said Thursday.
The parade will come on a night that was scheduled to be void of parades.
A city spokesperson said the parade route and time were still to be determined, but that the parade would happen ‘win or lose.’
The spokesperson also said the parade would be at night so that people could attend after work and school.
The parade will not be the only involvement by Saints players and coaches during the Carnival season.
Quarterback Drew Brees is scheduled to reign as Bacchus, one of the city’s premier superkrewes that normally chooses someone from Hollywood as its king.
Team owner Tom Benson is scheduled to ride in Endymion and head coach Sean Payton is slated for Orpheus. Other players are almost certain to be riding in other Carnival parades.
