re: Need some help regarding watching the game in New Orleans.

Champion's Square has no roof, and it will be so packed that you will move about as fast as you can on Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras day. The beer (Bud) lines might be long but they move and have a decent price, all considered (unless they jack them up above the usual Saints' game price).

The Sheraton is located on Canal Street, just across from the Quarter. Give them a call. That sounds like a great deal. Check out some of the other big hotels too: the Marriott (on Canal a few blocks from the Sheraton) and the Hilton (end of Canal near the Marriott and the Casino). Even better, the Dome MIGHT have admission inside its gigantic meeting rooms. Give 'em all a call. From there, go to Google and search big hotels in New Orleans. There are quite a few; New Orleans has made sure it has more hotel space than it needs for any event. Even the mid-sized ones can have big rooms.

Never ever get off the beaten path of long crowds headed to the Quarter from the hotel or the Dome, or you will become beaten or worse. Women simply must have at least one decent man with them and more around them. Most people know “equality” is at best a lie. At night, women should never walk anywhere in New Orleans alone even if it is to catch a streetcar packed with solid citizens or to cross the street. Even the daytime is unsafe; but this discussion is limited (because of the need to be brief) to the night of the NC in New Orleans.

Don't drink and drive; this is preaching practicality not morality. (Just add up the relative costs as they say on TV.) If worse comes to worse, take a cab to your local sports bar, and get the best seat in the whole world outside of your living room.

Good luck.