Jenni Carlson
12/28/2013, 11:40 AM
The Sugar Bowl football classic is capping off the tourism year for New Orleans and getting 2014 off to a good start, thanks in part to a matchup between teams with fans known to travel. Tens of thousands of football fans - and their dollars - will make their way to the Big Easy for the college football game between third-ranked Alabama and No. 11 Oklahoma. Fans are expected to begin arriving this weekend for days of concerts and fanfare leading up to the Sugar Bowl game Jan. 2 at the Superdome. ''Sugar Bowl is always a big deal for us, but it's really a big deal because of the two teams we have this year,'' said Kelly Schulz, spokeswoman for the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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