Super Bowl LIX festivities are in full swing in New Orleans ahead of the big game on Feb. 9. Why it matters: Follow us this week for updates as we party hop and go to the official NFL events. The big picture: The Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Events around the city featured Travis Scott, Post Malone, Snoop Dogg and more, while Taylor Swift caused a stir everywhere she went.

The 11th Super Bowl hosted by New Orleans is finally at hand after years of planning and months of feverishly fixing up the French Quarter and downtown. New Orleans’ pre-Super Bowl scramble was like a last-minute, city-wide house cleaning before company arrives. The disruption of January’s once-in-a-century snowstorm didn’t help.

Fans inside the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans are shelling out $14 for a draft Bud Light while they watch Super Bowl LIX. The big picture: One of the specialty cocktails in the Dome is going for $40.

Football fans are getting ready for Super Bowl 59 as the Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Superdome in New Orleans, marking the second time in three years that the teams have competed for a shot at another National Football League Championship.

The biggest sporting of the event of the year has arrived in New Orleans! See all the celebrities who traveled to the Big Easy for Super Bowl 2025. Expectations were high for the New York Jets entering the 2024 season as Aaron Rodgers returned from a torn Achilles that cost him essentially the entire 2023 campaign.

The players on the field Sunday at Super Bowl LIX are celebrities in their own right, but they're far from the only big names gathered in New Orleans for the Chiefs-Eagles matchup.